The Redesign of the Naira amidst National insecurity, crippling inflation and the 2023 presidential election

The biggest topic on the front burner in economic policy discourse in 2022, unexpectedly, is the abrupt decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign the N200, N500 and N1000 notes. The public announcement came on October 26, 2022 by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, via a press release. The announcement came with … [Read more…]

Packing for your journey

Prisca Chidinma Elebe

Does packing for your trip especially short travels come easy to you or does it give you sleepless nights like me? I am that person who never leaves anything I consider essential on a journey because I don’t want to wish I had taken it. I could pack two bags for a weekend; Too much … [Read more…]

Pepper Soup 

Uchenna Amobi

It is the holidays and Christmas is my favorite holiday of each year. Christmas is usually the time to spend time with family, both nuclear and the extended family. The Igbos for instance, travel to their villages to be with their extended family. People also use the opportunity to visit people that they have not … [Read more…]

Brain Drain and what it actually means for the Nigerian economy (The new rise of the ‘JAPA-CULTURE’)

It’s no news of how so many Nigerians have been flooding the shores of Europe and America for better livelihood. With the current insecurity in the country seemingly getting worse, unemployment and underemployment at an all time high, increasing cost of things due to inflation, all making it harder to live in an already fragile … [Read more…]

Last Card for HELIU

PDP Primaries: Ugwuanyi is a Pillar of Peace -Ogbuekwe

By M.O Ene  Every decent person wants peace, but permanent peace is for the dead! The dead rest in peace, eternally in silence of the cemetery. The living is in constant struggle to survive, live, and thrive in a perceived peaceful and enabling environment that is secure and sustaining. (“A Piece on Peace,” 7.14.21) In … [Read more…]