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Failed State: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Backs Financial Times On Nigeria Assessment

John Ogunsemore Dec 23, 2020 0

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that UK-based business newspaper Financial Times was right in its assessment that Nigeria was fast becoming a failed state.The newspaper made the assertion in an editorial on Tuesday, The Herald reported.…

Features

Financial Times: Nigeria On Verge Of Becoming Failed State

John Ogunsemore Dec 22, 2020 0

Popular UK-based business and economic newspaper, Financial Times, says Nigeria is on the verge of becoming a failed state.It stated that Nigeria has been "going backwards economically" as "carjacking, kidnapping and banditry are among…

Business

Wirecard Says Missing $2 Billion Probably Doesn’t Exist

Oladipupo Ehindero Jun 22, 2020 0

Hole in the fintech company’s books supports arguments that Wirecard used third parties to make itself look larger than it actually was. Wirecard AG said that more than $2 billion missing from its balance sheet probably don’t exist,…

Economy

Brazil central bank chief resists using new QE powers

Oladipupo Ehindero Jun 9, 2020 0

Brazil’s central bank chief says that newly granted quantitative easing powers are intended more for “market stabilisation and not an alternative form of monetary policy”. “We still think we have monetary space on the traditional policy. If…

News

FG refutes Financial Times Article on its food importation policy as untrue

Ismaila Chafe Aug 18, 2019 0

The Presidency has described as untrue the Financial Times report suggesting that Nigeria has placed restrictions on importation of agricultural products into the country.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the article with the…

Government

London-based Financial Times says Buhari running a clueless government

Samuel Oduoye Mar 9, 2019 0

London-based business newspaper, Financial Times, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for running a government without well-defined direction in the last four years.Lamenting that the Nigerian government has no clear economic policy…

Business

Africa Rise and Shine: Jim Ovia Is What Africa Needs- David Applefield

Femi Famutimi Oct 30, 2018 0

David Applefield, a seasoned communications specialist and former Commercial Special Representative for Financial Times, recently gave a thorough review of the business book, Africa Rise and Shine by Jim Ovia.Whilst the Author largely…

Government

Trump called Buhari ‘most lifeless person he’s ever met’

Leo Aug 27, 2018 0

United States President, Donald Trump, will be hosting Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House on Monday, few months after President Buhari turned up as a guest.It will mark the second one-on-one meeting the US president has held with…

Government

Buhari Has Done Nothing For Nigerians – U.K. Media

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jul 13, 2017

The Finacial Times of London has said that the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has done nothing for the country since he assumed office in 2015.The UK media stated that Buhari who is currently in London on medical vacation has…

Opinion

Nigeria’s President missing in action

David Pilling Feb 9, 2017

For two weeks, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s septuagenarian president, has been out of action, receiving medical treatment in London for an undisclosed illness.His absence has sent the rumour mill of Africa’s most populous nation…

Opinion

Financial Times’ Misadventure in Nigeria

Kenneth-Kaunda Adamu Dec 1, 2016

From all indications, the Financial Times is gradually and consistently becoming an infamous media organisation. For a news organization that was able to do an about face in the recently held US presidential election, Financial Times (FT)…