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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
Rival designs: How Nigeria and South Africa chart divergent trajectories in Africa’s economy
In the grand theatre of African economics, Nigeria and South Africa occupy the leading roles. Each, in its own way, asserts a claim to continental leadership....
Editor | Feb 10, 2026
Economy
Gold at $5,000: Panic, positioning, and what Nigeria should do now
Gold’s surge back above $5,000 an ounce this week feels dramatic, but the real drama lies in what happened just days earlier. ...
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
Climate
Why climate injustice now demands a climate refugees act
The world is already living beyond its safe limits, and the consequences are no longer abstract. Global temperatures have risen by about 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, a shift that may appear modest but is already displacing people from their land, li...
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
Markets
Nigeria in 2026: Markets, money, and the search for durable growth
As we peep into what 2026 may hold for Africa’s largest economy, what stands out is not a dramatic break from recent trends, but a gradual reordering of priorities across markets, policy, and business strategy....
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
Companies
Inside Presco, Okomu’s N202bn earnings spree
Nigeria’s biggest palm oil producers, Presco Plc and Okomu Oil Plc, had their best run in 2025, helped by higher Crude Palm Oil (CPO) prices, which rose to $1,007/metric tonnes (MT) from $923/MT; stronger domestic sales; and sustained volumes....
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
Economy
AGOA’s one-year lifeline: A window Nigeria must not waste
When President Donald Trump signed a last-minute one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), he did more than avert a bureaucratic lapse. He bought time—time for African exporters, time for investors, ...
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
Energy
Needed: A Ministry of Gas Development and Industrialisation
This article makes a strong case for the establishment of a Ministry of Gas Development and Industrialisation by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government of Nigeria. ...
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
Economy
How CBN’s FX reforms, rising compliance triggered Nigeria’s removal from EU’s high-risk list
The announcement by the European Union (EU), that Nigeria has been removed from its list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing shows key benefits from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reforms. ...
Editor | Feb 09, 2026
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