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Agriculture
Nigeria is not hungry because it has to be
There is a particular kind of national failure that is hardest to forgive, not the kind born of poverty or limited means, but the kind that occurs in the presence of abundance....
Columnists
Nigeria’s diaspora is a great economic asset: Value it!
Two pejorative terms are used to describe the phenomenon of Nigerians emigrating to other countries. One is “japa”, a word that became so popular it has entered the Oxford English Dictionary. According to the OED,...
Editor | Apr 28, 2025
Insights
Trump’s new tariff regime and Nigeria’s opportunity to rewrite the trade script
In the ever-evolving theatre of global trade, policy decisions taken in Washington can ripple across the globe—from Wall Street to the markets of Lagos, Kano, and Port Harcourt. ...
Editor | Apr 25, 2025
Opinion
The power conundrum: Charting a new path forward
Something that is symptomatic of governance in Nigeria is the model of “kicking the can down the road”. While we can give the president credit for removing under-recovery on premium motor spirit and ending the subsidy...
Editor | Apr 25, 2025
Education
In Nigeria, rote learning rules. Critics say it’s time for change
In Nigeria, a profound paradox underscores the tension between the pursuit of formal education and its systemic failures: over 20 million school-aged children lack access to basic education...
Editor | Apr 23, 2025
Opinion
Choices, not chance: Why China is rich, and Nigeria is poor
China and Nigeria, two continental giants that entered the late 1970s with similar per capita incomes, have since taken opposite economic trajectories. In China, the decisive moment was Deng Xiaoping's 1978 decision...
Editor | Apr 22, 2025
Columnists
Trump’s trade war upends Nigeria’s economy, but where’s Tinubu?
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s junketing president, chose the same week that Donald Trump, America’s ultra-protectionist president, unleashed a global trade war to go on a two-week “working visit” abroad....
Editor | Apr 21, 2025
Columnists
Africa and the opium of foreign aid
One of the developments associated with the ascendancy of President Donald Trump is the paring back of foreign aid, in the context of a rampaging disembowelment of governmental bureaucracy and human infrastructure...
Editor | Apr 20, 2025
Columnists
Nigeria’s agricultural budget in 2025: A regional analysis
Nigeria’s agricultural sector remains a critical driver of economic growth, employment, and food security. The 2025 agriculture budgets across states reveal stark disparities in investment priorities...
Editor | Apr 16, 2025
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