IN DEFENDING Nigeria’s decision to close its land borders, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has repeatedly claimed that China similarly shut its borders to international trading for decades and this somehow improved its economic fortunes. But this …
ON Tuesday 13th August, President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that Nigeria has achieved food security, thus directed the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop Forex to food importers. “We have achieved food security,” Buhari said proudly. Buhari made this …
DELIVERING the customary annual speech on the occasion of Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2019. This projection has, however, been …
By Chikezie OMEJE. NIGERIA’S progress in the latest Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is confusing. The media, including The ICIR, reported on Thursday that Nigeria moved up 10 places in the 2018 Global Competitiveness Report. Nigeria was ranked 125 …
By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO. WITH the 2019 presidential election gradually drawing closer, claims are more frequently made in attempts to discredit one political party, candidate or the other. One of such claims was aired on Wednesday during an interview session with Osita …
By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO. IFEANYI Okowa, Governor of Delta State, said the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of his state was as low as N30 billion in 2016 but, thanks to his administration, this has been raised to N51 billion annually. He passed …
By Ajibola AMZAT. GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola has listed 10 major achievements of his 8-year tenure on the website of Osun State government. The third on the list of his achievements is that the government has increased the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N300, 000,000 …