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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
By 2026, Africa will be the world’s largest digital identity test case
Africa is expanding digital identity systems not just by 2026, but it will be stress-testing them at a scale not achievable in any other region. ...
Editor | Jan 22, 2026
Economy
The great capital reboot
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has rarely sent a clearer signal than it did with its January 2026 revision of minimum capital requirements for capital market operators...
Editor | Jan 22, 2026
Politics
Of Godfathers and Governors: When politics becomes an economic risk
The political standoff unfolding in Rivers State between Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, is often framed as personal or partisan drama. ...
Editor | Jan 22, 2026
Health
America first, Nigerian industry last? The economic stakes of the new $5 billion Nigeria-U.S. health MoU
U.S. aid tied to corporate interests could undermine local manufacturing, technology transfer, and long-term economic sovereignty in Nigeria....
Editor | Jan 22, 2026
Education
Nigeria’s university pay reset trades stability for fiscal risk
After 16 years of stalled negotiations and recurrent strikes, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have sealed a landmark 2025 pact that reshapes both the cost structure and incentives of Nigeria’s public university s...
Editor | Jan 21, 2026
Security
Nigeria’s human capital, growth corridors under threat as insecurity spreads further South
A new map of insecurity is emerging in Nigeria as insecurity and violent incidents extend to new locations. SB Morgen’s Nigeria Security and Political Economy weekly report for 9 to 15 January 2026, ...
Editor | Jan 21, 2026
Economy
2025 in retrospective: Nigeria’s economy recovers on paper, tightens in reality
Prices remain stubbornly high (still at double-digit), wages lag inflation, and the naira’s relative weakness continues to leak into everything from transport fares to school fees....
Editor | Jan 21, 2026
Technology, AI
Africa's AI boardroom crisis: Closing the governance gap before it costs you
Boards rarely fail because they lack intelligence. They fail because they underestimate where judgement is required. In 2026, artificial intelligence is exposing that blind spot faster than most boards are prepared for....
Editor | Jan 21, 2026
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