PERSPECTIVE – The economics and politics of rice pyramids
By Etim Etim Sometime in 2001, a group of American bankers from US EXIMBank came to make a presentation to the senior management staff of the bank I was working for at that time on…
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PERSPECTIVE – Ode to a dying year, 2021
By Owei Lakemfa Many parts of the universe entered 2021 with the contentment that President Donald Trump, the American billionaire whose many crooked business deals also saw him to the White House, was leaving in…
Delta partners Stallion to establish tricycle plant, production begins next week
Delta Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited on Tuesday reached agreement to establish tricycle manufacturing plant in the state. Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor, Dr Kingsley Emu disclosed this at the exhibition of the…
Assembly passes Delta State 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Amendment Bill
The Delta State 2021 Supplementary Appropriation amendment bill has been read the third time and passed on the floor of the State House of Assembly. The motion for the third reading of the bill and…
Theme of DOPF’s lecture excites Aniagwu, calls for diversification of Nigeria’s economy
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has applauded the topic for this year’s Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, Annual Lecture, saying that any discussion targeted towards the diversification of Nigeria's economy and security,…
PERSPECTIVE – Tracing grazing routes through the Presidential Villa
By Owei Lakemfa Alhaji Tanimu Yakubu was Special Adviser on Economic Matters to President Umaru Musa Yar’adua. Before becoming one of Nigeria’s best presidents in our leadership-challenged country, Yar’Adua was Governor of Katsina State and TY,…
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$418m judgment debts: Halt payment, Reps Minority Caucus urges Buhari; aligns with governors, demands probe; says consent judgment opaque
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has cautioned against the reported approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the payment of the $418 million suspicious debt despite wide spread national objection by stakeholders,…
DTHA approves N4b loan request by Governor
By Augustine Akanigha The Delta State House of Assembly, today, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 in Asaba, at plenary, approved the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa’s request of N4 billion ‘Bridging Finance Facility’ from Zenith Bank PLC. In a letter sent to the…
Made in Aba for the export market – THE PUBLIC SPHERE with Chido Nwakanma
Business and management consultant Mac Atasie has a single message for the Aba business community: focus on export, building on your low labour cost relative to the competition. Sir Atasie was one of two…
Delta’s economy grows by 51% in 6 years as non-oil sector boosts GDP
The size of Delta State's economy has risen by 51 percent in four years with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) hitting N4.471 trillion in 2019, from N2.961 trillion in 2015, with crude oil and…