The direction of Nigeria’s socio-political environment saddens my heart. Politicians from all sides have decided to adopt a destructive political system that is inimical to the progress of the country. Hardly can one identify in our political system a genuine […]
The Department of State Security Services (DSS), on Tuesday raided the Abuja home of the son of the immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme. Mrs Olejeme was one of the Chief Executives of […]
This essay is part of a special edition being published in partnership with Foreign Affairs, titled “African Farmers in the Digital Age.” This anthology explores the future of African food systems and the role that digital solutions can play in […]
The categorical but grim admission by the immediate Past Minister of Finance and Coordinating Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that she disbursed a whooping sum of $322 M (Three Hundred and Twenty-Two Million Dollars) to the erstwhile National Security Adviser, retired […]
Remarks by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala At The High-Level Opening Plenary, Global Landscapes Forum, Palais des Congres, Paris Saturday, December 5, 2015, 14.00-15.00 Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very happy to address this Forum of special importance to developing […]
Former Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the World Bank that about $500 million (N65bn) recovered from the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha in Switzerland was spent in the 2004 and […]
The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. Andrew Young The trademark of activism in Nigeria is to demonise government officials whether they are corrupt or not, guilty or innocent. The only thing […]
President Goodluck Jonathan may have lost the election and is victimized by many Nigerians for failing to put Nigerians back on the path of greatness. This writer is not exempted as one of the core persons who used the Social […]
Just recently, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was named one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world and this naming ceremony (if i can refer to it that way) was pioneered by […]
