Is FG running out of economic recovery and growth ideas?
In view of recent outbursts of economic development pundits on the current state of the Nigerian economy, their aggregate argument seems to suggest that either the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) is not yielding results or the…
Why Ghana is harvesting Nigeria-bound deep pocket investments—BHIU Report
In the last few years, there had been an observed exodus of Nigerian companies to Ghana and the flow is becoming endless despite claims of the performance of the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the flagship development…
W’Bank report rubbishes FG’s ERGP as economy remain on slipping spree
More economic development analysts have continued to review the latest World Bank Report on sub-Saharan economies and mainly the still fragile oil price driven Nigerian economy. Key pronouncements of the Report on the Nigerian economy are as follows: “In Nigeria,…
(Special Report): Why pundits are reluctant to set agenda for Buhari’s 2nd term
Across the world, whenever a new administration or tenure turns up, several industry experts are approached to come up with strategic ideas that will help the government pilot the affairs of the people and economy. However, since President Muhammadu Buhari…
Don’t wait till existing broadband policy expires before formulating new one—Nduwke
Former executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and national coordinator of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), Engineer Ernest Ndukwe has advised the federal government that it was not necessary to wait till the existing National Broadband…
Between ERGP, Bill Gates and Nigeria’s latest ranking as world’s poverty capital
The latest report by Brookings Institution has shown Nigeria that has taken over India as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people. Before now, India used to hold the position with a population of 1.324 billion people…
12 years after OBJ initiated BRISIN, FG, Dermo Impex begin pilot scheme in FCT
The federal government has begun implementation of the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN), more than 12 years after former President Olusegun Obasanjo initiated the project. BRISIN, an integrated system for the collection, storage and distribution of information…
Nigeria’s risen 160m active mobile lines salutary to e-Voting next year—Expert
Following latest figures churned out by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), showing that Nigeria’s active mobile telephone lines has jumped from the 149 million in March to 160 million in April, indicating an increase of 11, 226, 713 million, digital…
BHIU observes design errors in FG’s new investors’ guide portal, ICT missing
The number of design and grammatical errors observed on the iGuide Nigeria (http://theiguides.org), a federal government’s up-to-date online portal, containing necessary information and relevant data for willing investors unveiled last have been identified by Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU). The…
Fashola opens up, says metering, governance issues frustrating privatization
While maintaining sealed lips on possibilities of revoking the privatization exercise by the present administration, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has again, acknowledged that there were challenges that came with the privatisation of the industry…
