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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...
Technology
Bridging the divide: How digital banking is reshaping financial access across West Africa
Walk into any busy market in Lagos or Accra and you will find vendors accepting mobile payments without a second thought....
Editor | Jun 02, 2026
Energy
The phantom grid: Who governs the darkness?
The story of electricity in Nigeria is usually told in the language of shortages. We speak of megawatts generated, transmission constraints, tariff disputes, and periodic grid collapses....
Editor | Jun 02, 2026
Economy
Nigeria’s electric vehicle market: Opportunity or expensive experiment?
Nigeria’s next major energy transition may not be decided by policy announcements in Abuja....
Editor | May 28, 2026
Technology
The five tasks Nigerian SMEs can hand to AI starting this week
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that settles into the bones of a small business owner in Lagos or Kano or Port Harcourt. It is not simply the tiredness of long hours, though those are plentiful....
Editor | May 26, 2026
Economy
Impact of the upcoming 2027 elections on the Nigerian economy: Risks, reforms and market outlook
Nigeria is heading towards another election cycle, at a time when its economy is still absorbing painful reforms. ...
Editor | May 26, 2026
Sports, Football
Nigeria loves the Premier League but the money flows elsewhere
"Nigeria contributes enormous emotional, commercial, and audience value to European football while capturing relatively little structural value internally."...
Editor | May 26, 2026
Education
Why Nigeria’s talent crisis starts in primary school
When Tosin Eniolorunda, chief executive of Moniepoint, told guests at The Platform Nigeria that his company had struggled to fill about 500 roles locally, it started a whole new conversation that went on for weeks....
Editor | May 22, 2026
Energy
Can China succeed where Nigeria’s refinery revamps failed?
On 30th April 2026, the nation’s national oil behemoth- the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)- signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Chinese firms...
Editor | May 22, 2026
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