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Learning under siege: The fiscal paradox of Nigeria’s safe schools initiative
Nigeria’s Safe Schools Initiative captures a painful contradiction between fiscal ambition and lived insecurity. Despite a N144.77 billion (2023–2026) federal commitment to secure learning spaces, classrooms remain under siege. In May 2026, gunmen abducte...
Security
Learning under siege: The fiscal paradox of Nigeria’s safe schools initiative
Nigeria’s Safe Schools Initiative captures a painful contradiction between fiscal ambition and lived insecurity. Despite a N144.77 billion (2023–2026) federal commitment to secure learning spaces, classrooms remain under siege. In May 2026, gunmen abducte...
Editor | Jun 12, 2026
Economy
The real cost of building on borrowed land
In 2009 and 2010, I understood something that would take most people another decade to learn....
Editor | Jun 12, 2026
Maritime
Manufacturers face margin squeeze as China freight rates jump
Manufacturers in Nigeria are staring at fresh cost shocks after some of the world's largest shipping lines imposed new surcharges on cargo from China, the country's biggest source of imports, threatening to further erode margins at a time when weak consum...
Editor | Jun 12, 2026
Agriculture
Nigeria’s urea export jumps 64% as Middle East conflict drives global shortage
Nigeria's urea exports surged 64 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of the year as geopolitical conflict in the Middle East disrupted a key shipping route accounting for 35 percent of global supplies....
Editor | Jun 12, 2026
Technology
Space X IPO: Is $135 a share a bargain or bubble? 
The much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX is set to open this week, marking what could be the largest IPO in history. With a proposed price of $135 per share, the company aims to raise a staggering $75 billion, valuing it at around $1.7...
Editor | Jun 11, 2026
Companies
The hidden gap in strategy execution
Most organisations do not fail because of poor strategy. In fact, many organisations have:...
Editor | Jun 09, 2026
Pensions
When political exposure enters the pension vault
The recent Premium Pension arbitration may come to be remembered not merely as a boardroom dispute, but as a moment when Nigeria’s private governance architecture was forced to confront a question it has long preferred to treat as ceremonial: can institut...
Editor | Jun 09, 2026
Economy
Nigeria, debt and debt servicing: When the future pays for the present
Nigeria's most expensive budget line is not education. It is not healthcare. It is not infrastructure. It is not security. It is debt servicing. That single fact should concern every Nigerian....
Editor | Jun 09, 2026
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