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Against Solutions (opens the original)
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Wherever two or three Nigerians are gathered, you can be sure the country’s many dysfunctions will be part of the conversation. The rapacious corruption of politicians, the interminably unreliable electricity supply, the high cost of living and doing business, the absence of security for human lives and property- the list is endless. As a willing participant in many of these conversations, I sometimes find them a dull and exhausting sport. The feeling of constantly repeating Nigeria’s problems a
Below The Headlines - 149 (opens the original)
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This week, along with a friend, we did a quick and dirty analysis of what listed companies in Nigeria pay their employees. The findings may or may not surprise you. Enjoy the usual selection belowNigerian MediaLet’s check in on cassava prices:For Engineer Okpachu Odeh, a retired mechanical engineer and lecturer who returned to farming in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, cassava farming was supposed to be a profitable venture.Like many farmers, he borrowed money and invested heavily
Labourers and Wages (opens the original)
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A subsidiary discussion recently broke out on Nigerian social media that was partly triggered by the Dangote Refinery IPO and the fact that the company’s accounts were made public for the first time. People can see how much the refinery business pays in salaries and let’s just say it has not gone down well.Obviously I had no interest whatsoever in a discussion about Dangote (not my thing) but circumstances compel me to make this quick and short intervention. As it turns out, a friend of mine who
Below The Headlines - 148 (opens the original)
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Please forgive today’s slightly abridged version - I spent all of the previous week on the Dangote IPO piece and all of this week on the Tidjane Thiam book review that went up this morning. So if you don’t see me for a while…Enjoy the week’s selection below.Nigerian MediaBaba is dead:The palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oyo State, is mourning the death of Baba, a tortoise believed to have lived for about 420 years [BTH Editor’s Note: Citation needed] and become a treasured relic of the ancie
The Man From The Pru (opens the original)
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Back in 2009, I was only a couple of years into my first job in the City of London, working for JPMorgan, which I had only just managed to keep in the turmoil of that period. The financial crisis had swept away thousands of jobs across the industry with Lehman Brothers going bankrupt and several of my friends becoming unemployed overnight and Bear Stearns having to be rescued by my own employer. In March of that year, the insurer Prudential announced that its chief financial officer, Tidjane Thi
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