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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...
Markets
Why investors are taking a second look at naira mutual funds
Investors are returning to naira-denominated mutual funds as the risks that once drove them into dollar assets begin to ease....
Editor | Feb 05, 2026
Economy
Why naira rallied to strongest level in two years
The naira rallied to its strongest level in two years last week, buoyed by a weakening US dollar, rising oil prices, and the cumulative impact of ongoing economic and foreign exchange reforms by the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
Editor | Feb 05, 2026
Energy
Beyond the grid: What the new Electricity Act really changes
Nigeria’s power sector has entered a new phase with the signing of the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill 2025 into law. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave his assent on 2 February 2026, introducing changes that refine the Electricity Act 2023 and further res...
Editor | Feb 05, 2026
Economy
Nigeria’s next economic breakthrough will come from organising its markets
Nigeria’s Go Local movement has achieved something few economic campaigns manage: it has shifted national behaviour. Across fashion ateliers in Aba, agro-processing belts in Ogun, leather clusters in Kano, and creative studios in Lagos, local production i...
Editor | Feb 05, 2026
Finance
Why accounting standards are not ideology
Putting AAOIFI and non-interest finance in proper context...
Editor | Feb 05, 2026
Economy
America first or America isolated? What Trump’s “Monroe” doctrine means for trade, capital and alliances
The Trump administration’s “America First” policy stance is reshaping the global economic and geopolitical landscape, redefining trade, investment and alliance frameworks long underpinned by U.S. leadership. Trump’s maximalist threat has pitted the US aga...
Editor | Feb 04, 2026
Economy
Financing the future: Green bonds and climate funds
Billions in sustainable finance are waiting to be tapped. Nigerian businesses must learn how to access them....
Editor | Feb 04, 2026
Education
The missing link in Nigeria’s digital education push
Nigeria likes to speak the language of digital ambition. Our policy documents read like blueprints for a 21st-century education and workforce: a National ICT Policy that promises connectivity, a National Skills Qualification Framework that gestures toward...
Editor | Feb 04, 2026
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