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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
Africa's low-interest rate outliers: What Morocco and others teach Nigeria
For much of 2024 and into 2025, the global monetary story was one of restrictive policy rates battling stubborn inflation....
Editor | Nov 13, 2025
economy
Nigeria's premium risk: Why we borrow expensively
In the debt markets, perception can be as damaging as reality. Nigeria, despite being Africa's largest economy by GDP, continues to borrow at a steep premium compared to its peers. ...
Editor | Nov 12, 2025
economy
Wealth Illusion: Why so many high-earning women stay broke
Some years ago, a woman told me how her friends took her shopping for Asoebi. They said it was “the latest”....
Editor | Nov 12, 2025
energy
How renewables became Nigeria’s most bankable asset
For years, Nigeria’s power story was one of scarcity and strain. Generators filled the silence left by the national grid, and diesel became the lifeblood of commerce. Today, that dependence is flipping into an investment boom....
Editor | Nov 12, 2025
startups, venture capital
The ascent to scale: Navigating Africa's series A, B and C funding rounds
How Africa’s startups climb the venture ladder......
Editor | Nov 11, 2025
markets
Thirteen stocks that made investors richer by over 250%
The primary benefits of investing in stocks are the potential for long-term wealth accumulation through capital growth and the possibility of earning a passive dividend income....
Editor | Nov 11, 2025
economy
Judgment, not prediction: Economics in an age of imponderables
...Why Nigerian economists should stop pretending they know what's next...
Editor | Nov 11, 2025
Insights
Why Nigeria’s wealthiest states lag in citizen welfare
Nigeria’s 36 states received record allocations from the Federation Account (FAAC) in 2024, yet most have failed to translate those funds into measurable improvements in education and healthcare. ...
Editor | Nov 10, 2025
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