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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
Nigeria’s 2026 Macro economic outlook: Turning hard reforms into broad-based growth
As Nigeria looks toward 2026, the economy finds itself at a defining crossroads. Recent projections from the Central Bank of Nigeria suggest growth approaching 4.5 percent, inflation easing toward the low teens, and a more stable foreign exchange environm...
Editor | Jan 12, 2026
Technology
Nigeria is building AI infrastructure; it may never own
Nigeria's data centre capacity is set to surge from roughly 70 MW today to over 400 MW by 2030. Global players are piling in. The 2Africa subsea cable now forms a 45,000 km ring around Africa with a design capacity of up to 180 terabits per second. ...
Editor | Jan 08, 2026
Economy
Why Nigeria’s domestic boom needs market architecture, not slogans
The idea behind Go Local has always been intuitively attractive. Produce at home. Buy what you make. Keep value within national borders. Create jobs. Reduce import dependence. In a country as populous and entrepreneurial as Nigeria, the logic feels unassa...
Editor | Jan 08, 2026
Energy
More trouble for hobbled electricity market as 20 more firms dump national grid
No fewer than 20 additional Nigerian companies exited the national electricity grid between January and September 2025, installing captive power plants with a combined capacity of 1,045.54 megawatts (MW), deepening concerns over the fragility of the natio...
Editor | Jan 08, 2026
Economy
Valuation and business value creation: 10 lessons in finance to start your year
Several years back, I stumbled at an airport in Far East Asia on the book “Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies “by Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels and McKinsey and Co. ...
Editor | Jan 07, 2026
Energy
African capital, African growth: A $750 million vote of confidence in Nigeria’s energy future
At first glance, the $750 million financing agreement between Afreximbank and Heirs Energies might look like another large-ticket energy transaction signed in a Lagos hotel....
Editor | Jan 07, 2026
Tax
Nigeria’s tax overhaul faces its first credibility test
Nigeria’s ambitious tax overhaul: a four-act framework signed into law by President Bola Ahmed including the National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act, the Nigeria Tax Act, the Nigeria Tax Administration Act...
Editor | Jan 07, 2026
Energy
Nigeria’s electricity companies' incomes jump by 22% despite blackouts
The total revenue collected by Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) increased to N570.25 billion in the third quarter (July-September) of 2025, representing 22.19% increase from N466.69 billion recorded in same period of 2024....
Editor | Jan 07, 2026
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