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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...
Economy
Data sovereignty, open data and the price of coherence
Nigeria’s push toward integrated national data systems in 2026 is more than a technocratic fad. ...
Editor | Mar 19, 2026
Economy
Flooding becomes Nigeria’s most ignored economic shock
Like government, like communities: losses fade from memory once the waters recede, and responses remain reactive rather than preventative....
Editor | Mar 19, 2026
Economy
Nigeria’s inflation has changed shape: Why the crisis isn’t over
Nigeria’s latest inflation figures offer what appears, at first glance, to be a welcome reprieve. Headline inflation edged down marginally to 15.06 percent in February 2026, a slight dip from 15.10 percent in January, reinforcing a narrative of gradual ma...
Editor | Mar 18, 2026
Technology
The data dignity deficit: Nigerians and the fight for digital citizenship
Nigeria’s digital economy is expanding at remarkable pace, but beneath the celebratory narrative of innovation lies a more consequential question: who owns the Nigerian citizen in the digital age?...
Editor | Mar 18, 2026
Technology
Digital but disadvantaged: The hidden barriers facing Africa’s online workforce
In countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda, with South Africa ranking 135 out of 237 countries for having expensive mobile data prices according to BestBroadbandDeals.co.uk, high data prices and unreliable electricity make sustained participation in ...
Editor | Mar 16, 2026
Technology
Digital Governance in Nigeria - Why corporate boards must elevate AI oversight, cybersecurity risk and data ethics to boardroom accountability
Digital governance represents a modern component of fiduciary duties for Nigerian Board directors today. The strategic choices they make, rely on data sets and complex network structures....
Editor | Mar 13, 2026
Education
Nigeria’s learning crisis: Why teachers hold the key to education reform
Nigeria’s education crisis is not merely a problem of access; it is fundamentally a crisis of learning and trust. Despite decades of policy reforms and increased school enrolment, the quality of learning outcomes remains deeply troubling. ...
Editor | Mar 13, 2026
Economy
When a narrow strait shakes the global economy
Few geographical locations illustrate the fragility of global trade as clearly as the Strait of Hormuz. This narrow maritime corridor has become one of the most strategic arteries of the global economy, carrying roughly a quarter of the world’s seaborne o...
Editor | Mar 13, 2026
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