Nigeria's Oil Economy

Posted on Tue 16 December 2014 in Nigeria • Tagged with opinion, corruption, crude oil, economy, Oil, Oil Price

oil-price

The Nigerian Government must be feeling the heat now. When they made a budget for 2015, they didn't think the oil price would fall to as low as $59 a barrel (price as of 16/12/14). Saying that Nigeria's economy is wholly dependent on oil revenues would be an …


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All hail the new Emir of Kano

Posted on Thu 12 June 2014 in Nigeria • Tagged with opinion, politics, APC, Central Bank of Nigeria, Emir of Kano, Goodluck Jonathan, Kano State, Kano, Lamido Sanusi, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan

Emir-Of-Kano

So a former Central Bank Governor becomes an Emir and not everyone is pleased, who would have thought huh?. The inauguration of Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano after the previous Emir Bayero died was seen as more of a political move by the Governor of the State who …


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