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The immediate past Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, is the National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives

“In the book, Apology of Socrates, the Greek Philosopher Plato attempts a dialogue with, and about his mentor Socrates.  The conversations and exchanges I have had with my mentor Adedeji were as illuminating, as those between Plato and Socrates, and I can write chapters about the intellectual journey of our itinerant Professor Adedeji.  I am […]

The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said until the federal government introduces a no-work, no-pay

Since the days of the Babangida regime and the IMF Structural Adjustment Programme debates, Nigerians have come to see a

Introduction The world is plagued by many development setbacks. In a collective effort to address global development challenges, world leaders came together to develop the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs highlight targets and timelines that can guide the implementation of the goals. The private sector plays a pivotal role…

It is in the midst of such extreme hardship that His Excellency Charles Chukwuma Soludo pushed for more hardship on the populace by demanding for astronomical increases in the price of premium motor spirit, PMS (petrol). No, the Governor of Anambra State and international professor of Economics is too clever to present his demand as crudely or directly as I have presented it. Rather, he demanded that the so-called subsidy on PMS should be removed “as early as yesterday”.

Labour activist and journalist Owei Lakemfa questions Governor Chukwuma Soludo's call for the removal of petrol subisidies

Its birth, on February 22, 1983 as a weekly publication and thereafter a daily publication on July 4, created a radical change in the practice of journalism in Nigeria.

• World Bank calls for sovereign debt changes ahead of looming recession • Cold attitude to reforms harming domestic investment outlook, experts say  • ‘Challenge western countries but with better policy options’ • Nigeria’s Eurobond rises by about 100% in six months Nigeria is gradually inching towards a financial ‘blockade’ at the international financial market, […]

I wish Governor Emefiele the best as he dares these problems. The opposition – internally and externally – will be as solid as the north wall of Westeros. I wondered why Emefiele wanted to be president. Now, I think maybe he wanted to see how he could cause this shock therapy that Nigerians need. It