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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
Reimagining logistics as core economic infrastructure in Nigeria
The atmosphere over Lagos is charged not only with vibrant commerce but also with the strain of goods that struggle to move. Every truck stuck in gridlock, each shipment left stranded at docks, and every pallet of perishable goods at risk of spoilage repr...
Editor | Dec 19, 2025
Economy
44% of Nigerians opted out of Black Friday deals – BD Polls
About 44.4 percent of Nigerian consumers spent nothing on Black Friday deals in 2025 despite inflation cooling....
Editor | Dec 19, 2025
Agrigculture
Inside Nigeria’s growing agric real estate investment boom
Agriculture is fast becoming a profitable enterprise. Many people desire to tap into its gains. It is on this premise that agribusinesses and farmers invite investors to become what is known as indirect farmers....
Editor | Dec 18, 2025
Economy
The Adesina-Oramah Legacy: Lessons for Nigeria
What a year it has been for Nigeria, one that might yet go down in the country’s foreign relations history as one of the most consequential. Not since the era in which Nigeria played a frontline role in decolonising Africa ...
Editor | Dec 17, 2025
Security
General Christopher Musa and the big database doctrine
Nigeria has a new Defence Minister, and unlike most political appointees who shuffle into the position with vague talking points and ceremonial optimism, General Christopher Musa walked in with a blunt diagnosis:...
Editor | Dec 16, 2025
Mental Health
The invisible stress economy: How mental load reduces national output
Nigeria runs an economy powered not by diesel or data but by the strained minds of its people....
Editor | Dec 16, 2025
Markets
What NGX data says about who employs the most workers
In 2024, Dangote Cement stood out as Nigeria’s largest publicly listed employer, with 21,639 workers on its payroll. Backed by N5.74 trillion in total assets, the cement giant effectively operated with one employee for every N377 million in assets. ...
Editor | Dec 15, 2025
Economy
Nigeria’s false dawn? Why rising PMI numbers mask a deeper productivity crisis
Nigeria’s composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 56.4 points in November 2025, marking the twelfth consecutive month of growth, while real GDP grew by 3.98% year-on-year in Q3 2025....
Editor | Dec 15, 2025
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