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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...
Pension
New pension rules open door to derivatives, gold, agricultural funds
Nigeria’s pension industry is entering a new era of diversification as the National Pension Commission (PenCom) updates its investment regulations to enable Pension Fund Administrators to enhance contributors' returns....
Editor | Nov 18, 2025
Finance
Navigating client pricing: Key factors for professionals in Nigeria
Setting the right price for your services can be a complex task, especially in a dynamic market like Nigeria....
Editor | Nov 18, 2025
security
Arms proliferation and the dangers ahead
Let us begin with the pertinent questions: How do you feel getting to know that Nigeria currently accounts for 70% of 11 million illegal arms and light weapons in West Africa,...
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
economy
BudgIT’s State of the States Report: Understanding Enugu’s miracle of 'five loaves and two fish'
While discussing Enugu State's emergence as the likeliest state to survive outside of the receipts from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, Arise News ace presenter and social activist, Rufai Oseni, described it as “The Enugu Miracle.” One ...
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
Insights
The ascent to scale: Navigating Africa's series A, B and C funding rounds
In the grand theatre of venture capital, the journey from Series A to C represents less a smooth incline than a gauntlet of increasingly demanding tests. Each funding round is a different contract with different metrics...
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
wealth creation
Esusu isn’t wealth creation: From circulation to ownership: How to move beyond a poverty merry-go-round
In Dubai recently, a young Kenyan woman told me how her grandmother and mother relied on their version of Esusu to pay school fees, stock their shops, and weather hard seasons....
Editor | Nov 13, 2025
asset recovery
Tracing lost, hidden or stolen assets: A guide to evidence gathering and financial investigation
The journey to the recovery of hidden, lost or stolen assets is arduous, often crossing multiple jurisdictions and involving complex financial schemes, designed to obscure the paper trail. ...
Editor | Nov 13, 2025
unemployment
The 4.3% fiction: Why Nigeria's unemployment numbers hide more than they reveal
When the National Bureau of Statistics announced that Nigeria's unemployment rate had fallen to 4.3% in the second quarter of 2024—down from 5.3% in Q1—the government could be forgiven a moment of self-congratulation. ...
Editor | Nov 13, 2025
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