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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
The real test of Nigeria’s post-subsidy finances is in state capitals
Nigerian’s political conversation still revolves around Abuja. When hospitals fail, roads collapse or schools deteriorate, public anger travels quickly to the Federal Government. Yet the fiscal reality has changed. The debate is now in the wrong capital....
Editor | Mar 12, 2026
Economy
Nigeria’s reform gains raise the bigger question of durability
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu used his Independence Day address on October 1, 2025 to defend the reforms introduced in 2023. ...
Editor | Mar 12, 2026
Politics
The tragedy of ‘anything goes' politics, and escalating killings
The desperation of politicians is impacting negatively on governance in Nigeria. For politicians, it is about anything goes. Nigeria is standing on the precipice....
Editor | Mar 12, 2026
Energy
Bridging Africa’s renewable energy and climate finance gap: A case study of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) financing model
Africa’s renewable energy future is full of promise but unlocking it has remained one of the continent’s most significant developmental challenges....
Editor | Mar 12, 2026
Energy
Oil rally gives Nigeria’s salary-backed lenders an unexpected boost
Geopolitical tensions lifting crude prices could strengthen fiscal flows and stabilise salary-backed lending, according to a strategy report by Credit Direct Finance Company Limited....
Editor | Mar 12, 2026
Economy
Dangote’s next industrial aspiration: Steel, power and ports as the pivot of Africa’s future
Across the history of industrialisation, transformative economic leaps have rarely been powered by a single industry. ...
Editor | Mar 11, 2026
Companies
Policy pathways: Incentives for sustainable business growth
n boardrooms across Nigeria today, a quiet but important shift is taking place. Sustainability is no longer framed only as corporate responsibility; it is increasingly discussed as a strategic pathway to long-term business value....
Editor | Mar 11, 2026
Energy
Petrol imports hit nine-year low on Dangote output boost
Nigeria’s dependence on imported petrol fell sharply in February 2026, dropping to the lowest level recorded in at least nine years....
Editor | Mar 11, 2026
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