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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
States’ foreign debt declines by over $200m, Lagos accounts for over 25% of remaining debt
Nigerian states have trimmed their foreign debt stock by more than $200 million in the 2024 fiscal year, according to BudgIT’s latest State of States report....
Editor | Oct 28, 2025
economy
State of States 2025: Enugu likeliest to survive independent of FAAC allocations
Enugu State has emerged as Nigeria’s most fiscally viable subnational government. According to BudgIT’s 2025 State of States ranking, Enugu State ranks as the state most likely to fund its operating expenses ...
Editor | Oct 28, 2025
Insights
Inflation to innovation: FMCGs’ resilience playbook
Not long ago, inflation was considered the villain in every boardroom story: a relentless force that squeezed margins, limited spending, and tested the resilience of even Nigeria’s biggest consumer brands....
Editor | Oct 28, 2025
banking
Nigerian banking recapitalisation sprint: Premium Trust Bank charges ahead
Nigeria’s banking sector grapples in the throes of greatest transition in twenty years. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a March 2026 ultimatum for banks to meet new sharply spiky in March 2024...
Editor | Oct 27, 2025
Financial discipline
Financial discipline: The antidote to surviving inflationary times
Across the world, cities once celebrated for their prosperity, San Francisco, Singapore, London, Zurich, Oslo, and Mumbai, now top the charts of global living costs....
Editor | Oct 27, 2025
economy
Turning ‘wahala’ into wisdom: The 5 Ps of surviving economic uncertainty
This article is adapted from a presentation first delivered at the Ausso Leadership Academy Nigeria Independence Day Masterclass, where I spoke along with Nigerian business legends...
Editor | Oct 27, 2025
oil&gas
From scandal to triumph: Inside Nigeria’s long-drawn battle with P&ID
The UK Supreme Court has ordered Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), an offshore company, to pay up to £44 million in legal costs to Nigeria....
Editor | Oct 27, 2025
Tax Reform
New Capital Gains Tax regime: Here’s how it affects you
Amid concerns that Nigeria’s 30 percent Capital Gains Tax (CGT), highest in history, will put the nation’s stocks at risk, Taiwo Oyedele, chairman, Nigeria's Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms feels otherwise following his recent answ...
Editor | Oct 24, 2025
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