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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...
Companies
Boards and Biodiversity: Nature in governance decisions
Across boardrooms globally, governance is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. ...
Editor | Feb 25, 2026
Economy
Debt service crowds out Nigeria’s growth ambitions
Nigeria’s public finances are expanding rapidly at both federal and state levels. The Federal Government plans to spend N58.18 trillion in 2026, nearly four times the N14.63 trillion spent in 2022....
Editor | Feb 24, 2026
Economy
Lower borrowing costs push Africa’s debt haul to $18bn despite credit gaps
African governments raised about $18 billion and €2 billion from international markets in 2025, up from $12.8 billion in the previous year, as easing global financial conditions reopened the Eurobond window for several frontier issuers, according to a new...
Editor | Feb 24, 2026
Economy
Africa’s demographic growth masks deep labour market crisis
Africa is often described as the world’s youngest continent, with about 60 percent of its population under the age of 25 and a large cohort aged 15–35. According to the United Nations’ World Population Prospects, this youthful profile has been cast as a p...
Editor | Feb 24, 2026
Economy
Export growth fails to curb hunger in West Africa
West Africa is deeply embedded in the global food economy. It supplies raw ingredients for some of the world’s most profitable consumer products, yet at home millions struggle to secure a basic diet....
Editor | Feb 24, 2026
Economy
Borrowing without transformation: Nigeria’s debt–productivity paradox
Nigeria’s fiscal landscape between 2020 and 2025 presents a stark and sobering paradox. Public borrowing surged at both federal and subnational levels, yet the corresponding productivity and developmental outcomes remain uneven, inconsistent, and in many ...
Editor | Feb 24, 2026
Economy
Beyond the price list: How Nigerians should judge economic pain, policy reform and performance
What is circulating in homes, WhatsApp groups and street-corner conversations is not just a political message; it is a household balance sheet written in plain language. On one side of the comparison is a May 29, 2023 memory: the naira around ₦460 to the ...
Editor | Feb 23, 2026
Energy
Crafting a strategy for private sector initiatives in LNG development in Nigeria
The purpose of this article, a follow-up to last week’s article titled, “Nigeria and the global LNG surge 2026-2030,” is to exhort Nigerian private investors to rise up to the challenge of investing in the Nigerian liquefied national gas (LNG) sector for ...
Editor | Feb 23, 2026
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