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Economy
Nigeria’s record FDI plunge spotlights Tinubu's policies
Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that show that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria plunged to a record low in the second quarter of 2024...
Economy
Nigeria’s record FDI plunge spotlights Tinubu's policies
Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that show that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria plunged to a record low in the second quarter of 2024...
Editor | Oct 09, 2024
Energy
Nigeria snoozes as Suriname strikes gold with Total Energies
Africa’s biggest oil producer is struggling to attract investments into its energy sector whereas Suriname, a tiny South American country, is getting serious investment...
Editor | Oct 09, 2024
Monetary policy
Can Nigeria’s economic turnaround take-off on one wing?
Nigeria’s economic struggles have been marked by a combination of high inflation, a volatile currency, rising debt, multidimensional poverty, gaping inequality, and unemployment....
Editor | Oct 09, 2024
CCI bottleneck frustrates foreign investors in Nigeria
Foreign investors eyeing Nigeria do not only have an unstable currency to contend with but the uncertainty of how long it would take to get a Certificate of Capital Importation from the Central Bank....
Editor | Oct 08, 2024
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Why Taxing the Poor Won’t Bring Prosperity
BusinessDay research finds that among eight selected African countries, Nigeria has the lowest threshold for Personal Income Tax (PIT) exemption, yet it collects the lowest revenue compared to South Africa and Kenya....
Editor | Oct 07, 2024
Is Nigeria winning the insecurity war?
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assured citizens in his Independence Day address on 1 Oct. 24: “On the security front, I am happy to announce to you, my compatriots, that our administration is winning the war on terror and banditry....
Editor | Oct 07, 2024
Nigeria foot-drags to unlock N180trn assets as debt piles
Nigeria has accumulated a large stock of dead assets estimated at N180 trillion, yet the nation is foot-dragging to unlock them even as public debt piles up....
Editor | Oct 04, 2024
Multinationals exit Nigerian operations to limit FX exposure
Multinationals are exiting Nigerian operations on the back of dollar crunch and currency woes which have dampened their appetite to invest in Africa’s most populous nation....
Editor | Oct 04, 2024
Five charts debunking Tinubu’s $30bn FDI claim
There’s no trace of the $30 billion Foreign Direct Investment that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu claimed the country has attracted in the last one year of his economic reforms. ...
Editor | Oct 02, 2024
From tracks to tables: How railroads can reduce food prices in Nigeria
Rail transport accounts for less than half a percent of the transport sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s gross domestic product, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). ...
Editor | Oct 01, 2024
Nigerian leaders revel in squandermania as citizens sink
Sixty-four years after Independence, Nigerians are perplexed by the lavish lifestyles of the political elite in contrast to the daily struggles of the majority who eat from hand to mouth....
Editor | Oct 01, 2024
Learning from China and Vietnam: The limits of Nigeria’s currency devaluation
An industrial giant like China is highly strategic when it comes to macroeconomic decisions. China doesn’t follow trends or implement policies without assessing their long-term benefits....
Editor | Sep 30, 2024
Why CBN is losing battle to stabilise naira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) appears to be losing the battle to stabilise the naira. The currency has remained just as volatile as ever, despite the apex bank’s efforts to find a lasting solution....
Editor | Sep 30, 2024
Cardoso lures foreign investors with historic OMO yields
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday sold 364-day OMO bills — patronised by banks and offshore investors — at a yield of 32 percent, the highest since the apex bank began selling the bills. ...
Editor | Sep 26, 2024
Flood of cash, drought of growth: The consequences of unbalanced money supply
Nigeria is learning the hard way that when money supply is not able to match economic growth, there are consequences. Nigeria experienced a dramatic increase in money supply through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) between 2015 and 2023....
Editor | Sep 26, 2024
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