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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
What Nigeria's economy optimises for — Without admitting it
Every economy is honest — not in its speeches, but in its outcomes....
Editor | Feb 17, 2026
Economy
Beyond the CBN vault: What foreign reserves truly reveal about Nigeria’s economy
Foreign reserves occupy a privileged place in the symbolic language of economic governance. When they rise, governments speak of renewed confidence; when they fall, analysts warn of looming instability....
Editor | Feb 17, 2026
Economy
Trade as development policy: Making the most of China’s zero-tariff window
When President Xi Jinping announced that China would extend comprehensive zero-tariff treatment to 53 African countries with diplomatic ties effective May 1, 2026, the message at the African Union Summit was clear: market access is the new development cu...
Editor | Feb 16, 2026
Economy
Grain glut, income drought: Repairing Nigeria’s broken commodity markets
In the grain markets of Saminaka in Kaduna State and across trading hubs in Kano State, a troubling refrain now echoes: business has collapsed. Grain merchants who once struggled to keep up with demand now sit beside unsold maize....
Editor | Feb 16, 2026
Economy
Beyond the shock: Why 2026 demands an integrated economic playbook for Nigeria
Nigeria began 2026 standing on a narrow bridge between reform fatigue and reform opportunity...
Editor | Feb 16, 2026
Economy
Promoting good governance through Value for Money (VFM) audit
Most underdeveloped and developing economies face persistent challenges that undermine governance and public trust. ...
Editor | Feb 16, 2026
Economy
Nigeria’s 2026 budget: Reading the state’s true priorities
Budgets are never just spreadsheets. They are political and economic statements, quietly revealing what a government worries about most, what it is trying to protect, and where it is willing to take risks....
Editor | Feb 16, 2026
Energy
Nigeria and the global LNG Surge 2026-2030
The overall purpose of this article is to draw attention once again to the global surge in liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply and demand in the next five years and throw a challenge to Nigeria‘s gas sector managers for a policy response. ...
Editor | Feb 16, 2026
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