On June 23, 2015, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued Circular TED/FEM/FPC/GN/01/010, declaring 41 imported product categories ineligible for foreign exchange in the official market....

In Lagos, a roadside food vendor now receives payments through fintech apps, advertises through social media, sources inventory via WhatsApp, and relies on ride-hailing logistics to reach customers. Nonetheless, much of that economic activity remains stat...

Foreign investors poured $10 billion into Nigerian assets in three months. Their positioning offers a clue to where the next returns may come from....

…Operating cash flows have surged across sectors, revealing the corporate side of Nigeria's economic adjustment....

The viral “Nigerianomics” image is not a statistical bulletin; it is a public mood board. It captures how many Nigerians now experience the economy: through the fuel pump, the food basket, school fees, transport fares, electricity tokens, data bundles and...

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...

In 2009 and 2010, I understood something that would take most people another decade to learn....

Manufacturers in Nigeria are staring at fresh cost shocks after some of the world's largest shipping lines imposed new surcharges on cargo from China, the country's biggest source of imports, threatening to further erode margins at a time when weak consum...