Border closure: Nigeria is trampling upon the world legal order
Nigeria has a reputation for blatant violation of international rule of law, for acting with impunity in breach of its...
- Thursday, June 04, 2026
BusinessDay
Nigeria has a reputation for blatant violation of international rule of law, for acting with impunity in breach of its...
Congratulations are, of course, in order. So, first, I congratulate Adeniyi Adebayo on his appointment as Nigeria’s new minister of...
President Muhammadu Buhari unusually started his budget speech this year with an apology. Presenting his 2020 budget on 8 October,...
Every year, at its independence anniversary, Nigeria’s leaders gush out platitudes about the country’s prospects, about Nigeria’s presumed greatness. This...
The death of Chiedu Osakwe, an ambassador, Nigeria’s chief trade negotiator and director-general of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations...
Nigeria has been in the eye of a global legal storm since the decision, on August 16, by a British...
Tax collectors are, historically, hate figures. They are damned if they do; damned if they don’t. Remember the story in...
South Africa is at it again, displaying its customary Xenophobia. Last week, there was a wave of Xenophobic attacks on...
Economic rationality is about actions that maximise utility or welfare. Thus, when a country bans food imports when it lacks...
Trust economists, they will analyse anything. Would you believe that some of them have investigated the conditions under which a...