By Kolawole Ojebisi A multinational professional services network, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has announced exits of member firms in nine Sub-Saharan Francophone countries from its global network. According to the company, the affected countries include Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Republic of Guinea, Senegal, and Equatorial Guinea. In…
With more women moving into traditionally male-dominated industries and a rise of millennial women globally over the past decade, Nigerian women particularly have been taking a cue from the global trajectory as no fewer than eight women are now in the upper echelon of the banking sector in Nigeria, occupying positions that were hitherto reserved…
-The New Diplomat Editorial The news did not come to many as a surprise. And with time, that phenomenon called time which Shakespeare once described as “the swiftest hours, as they flew” is an unavoidable keeper of time-frame and recorder of historical times. This is because time seems to pass very quickly, and sometimes unnoticed.…
The reported disagreement between the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and the Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari which made its way to the public domain has provided an opportunity to re-assess the nation's concept of national security, and its various dimensions. The NSA, in an internal…
The New Diplomat’s Editorial Board Position on the subject matter The Nigerian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) led by then Foreign Affairs Minister, Major-General Joseph Nanven Garba in 1975 stunned participants when he pointedly asserted Nigeria’s strategic position in Africa, and why Nigeria was vigorously opposed to Apartheid. Crucially, Garba’s fascination for re-asserting the…
By 'Dotun Akintomide In spite of Boko Haram's renewed hostilities in the North-east, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) remains resolute in its search for black gold in this beleaguered region as plans are underway for it to return to the Lake Chad Basin in Borno State soon. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr.…
…As Search for Oil Continues in Sokoto, Other Basins The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is eyeing massive investments in the nation’s Oil and Gas Industry with a view to improving the nation’s revenue and creating jobs for the citizenry. Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who was represented at the occasion…
Alarming bells are ringing following recent reports from the Debt Management Office; DMO that Nigeria’s debt profile has risen by N5.4trn since 2015. DMO put the nation’s total debt profile as at May 31, 2017 at N19. 16 trillion. According to the figures released by the debt management office, Nigeria’s domestic debt stood at…
By Oma Djebah Nigeria is at a very critical crossroad and that the nation is currently walking a rather ugly and precarious tight rope. In recent times, symptoms of a failed state appear to have manifested themselves so evidently with all manner of agitations. While some canvass, rightly and logically, for a radical restructuring of the…
