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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...
Technology
AI will not cost jobs bad policy will
Artificial intelligence is often described as a threat to jobs. That framing misses the larger danger. The real economic divide of the next decade will not be between countries with AI and those without it. It will be between states that can rapidly retra...
Editor | Apr 10, 2026
Education
Measuring what matters in Nigerian education
Did you know Nigeria is home to roughly one in five of the world’s out-of-school children? Over 10 million primary-age children remain out of school, with attendance particularly low in northern regions. This is not just a policy problem; it is a measurem...
Editor | Apr 08, 2026
Energy
Power, Productivity, and Profitability: How Nigeria’s energy deficit constraints industrial growth
Power in Nigeria does not reach most homes or companies. Generation remains weak when measured against how many people live in a home versus how much power it actually needs. ...
Editor | Apr 08, 2026
Economy
Imported inflation, apex bank dilemma and the 2026 energy shocks
The Central Bank of Nigeria began 2026 with measured optimism, delivering a 50-basis-point rate cut in February that reduced the Monetary Policy Rate to 26.5 per cent, the first move to stimulate growth in the economy. T...
Editor | Apr 08, 2026
Economy
Capital is not cash: Understanding the CBN’s recent banks recapitalization
The recapitalization of Nigeria’s banking system is a rare policy moment that is simultaneously technical, misunderstood, and profoundly consequential. To many outside the financial system, the directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria seemed almost litera...
Editor | Apr 07, 2026
Politics
The politics of survival: How Nigerian politicians govern for relevance, not results
In Nigeria, governance is rarely about what works. It is about what lasts — politically....
Editor | Apr 07, 2026
Economy
Imported inflation, apex bank dilemma and the 2026 energy shocks
The Central Bank of Nigeria began 2026 with measured optimism, delivering a 50-basis-point rate cut in February that reduced the Monetary Policy Rate to 26.5 per cent, the first move to stimulate growth in the economy...
Editor | Apr 06, 2026
Energy
The war in Iran and its ripple effects on international energy markets
The ongoing United States-Israel-Iran war which started on February 28, 2026 has been described in its impact on global supply of oil and gas as “unprecedented in its immediate scope.”...
Editor | Apr 06, 2026
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