Nigeria @ mid-2022 shows cloudy times are yet ahead
BY MARCEL OKEKE The Nigerian economy has tottered and wobbled through the first half of the year, 2022 (January to June), with
Seaports: Push or drag on Nigeria’s growth?
BY MARCEL OKEKE Akinwunmi Adesina (PhD), president and chief executive officer of the African Development Bank (AfDB), gave the above
The Nigerian economy at its lowest ebb ever?
MARCEL OKEKE The title of this piece retooled from something similar in one of Nigeria’s national newspapers the other day, and it
Strides, novelties and oddities in Nigeria’s banking landscape
BY MARCEL OKEKE Developments in the Nigerian banking system in recent times can be dispassionately classified into some giant strides,
Nigeria’s galloping inflation and the spiralling of poverty
BY MARCEL OKEKE It borders on stating the obvious to say that the consistently high and galloping inflation rate in Nigeria has
Nigeria: A questionable head count in war times
BY: MARCEL OKEKE Not a few Nigerians were thrown into shock and utter disbelief about two weeks ago when the Council of State rose
New banks, fake banks and dubious banking
BY: MARCEL OKEKE A seemingly innocuous ‘war’ has been raging in the Nigerian financial services space for some time now: the ‘war’ to
Minister Adebayo’s lamentation over companies fleeing Nigeria
In a rare but queer move recently, Mr. Adeniyi Adebayo, Nigeria’s minister of industry, trade and investment, told the House of
Nigeria: The odds against an export-led growth policy
BY MARCEL OKEKE Marcel Okeke, a practising economist and consultant in Business Strategy & Sustainability based in Lagos, is a
Nigeria’s paradox of oil windfall and rising poverty
BY MARCEL OKEKE Marcel Okeke, a practising economist and consultant in Business Strategy & Sustainability based in Lagos,