Law, Policy & The Economy

CBN Denies BDC Recapitalisation Deadline Extension, Stands Firm on June 2025

CBN Denies BDC Recapitalisation Deadline Extension, Stands Firm on June 2025

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has categorically dismissed reports claiming an extension of the Bureau De Change (BDC) recapitalisation… Read More

1 month ago

World Bank Slashes 2025 Global Growth Forecast to 2.3%

The World Bank has issued a stark warning, slashing its global economic growth forecast for 2025 to just 2.3% as… Read More

2 months ago

India’s Extreme Poverty Rate Drops to 5.3% from 27.1% – World Bank Report

India has drastically reduced its extreme poverty levels over the past decade according to the latest World Bank data. According… Read More

2 months ago

“Importation Means Import of Poverty and Export of Jobs” – Dangote

At the inauguration of the access road to the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s leading industrialist, delivered a… Read More

2 months ago

Tinubu’s Oil Sector Order Faces Test of Execution, Says Top Energy Lawyer Tominiyi Owolabi

Nigeria’s bold new policy to cut upstream oil production costs must overcome legal ambiguity, regulatory overlaps, and institutional frictions, warns… Read More

2 months ago

Eight Phillipine Nationals Bag One-Year Jail Term For Internet Fraud in Lagos

Eight Phillipine nationals have been sentenced to a one year jail term by Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High… Read More

2 months ago

Nigeria’s 2025 Upstream Cost-Efficiency Order: Structure, Context, Implications

President Tinubu’s new Upstream Petroleum Operations Cost Efficiency Incentives Order (2025) ties tax relief to verifiable cost savings in Nigeria’s… Read More

2 months ago

AU Over-Reliance on External Funding: At What Point Does the African Union Become Truly Independent?

yWhen the African Union (AU) was formed in 2002 to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) after a three-year… Read More

2 months ago

Sidi Oud Tah: New AfDB President, Advocate For Gulf Nations’ Intervention in Addressing Africa’s Capital ‘Gulf’

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Governors on Thursday elected Mauritanian national Sidi Oud Tah as the new president… Read More

2 months ago

Who is Dr. Bala Bello, Head of New AMCON Board?

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, recently inaugurated a new board for the… Read More

2 months ago