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Nigeria’s controversial amnesty and reintegration programme for “repentant” terrorists and bandits is facing renewed scrutiny, as emerging findings point to

read more Controversy trails Nigeria’s reintegration of terrorists, bandits

There is a growing sense within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that its preferred strategy of adopting consensus candidates

read more Consensus row pushes APC to the brink

Nigeria’s aquaculture farmers are struggling for a larger share of the country’s fish market as import demand rises 21 percent

read more Fish farmers struggle for market share as demand rises 21%

Economic life in many Nigerian cities currently follows a troubling pattern that most citizens are gradually getting used to. A bus driver spends more on fuel in a day than he earns in fares. A small business owner runs a generator for hours just to stay open, watching profits disappear into energy costs. Workers earning […]

read more Nigeria cannot remain poor in systems while rich in resources

There was a time when ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) was dismissed as a “nice-to-have”. That time has passed. Today, ESG is shaping global capital allocation at a scale too significant for any serious business leader to ignore. Let us start with the numbers, because they tell a compelling story. According to the Global Sustainable […]

read more ESG capital at scale: Positioning African businesses for a $40 trillion shift

The influx of new carriers into Nigeria’s aviation sector has triggered a surge in competition, keeping airfares stable across local destinations despite a sharp rise in the price of aviation fuel. A wave of new airlines has emerged in recent months, including Pioneer Airlines, backed by the Bayelsa State Government; Binani Airlines, owned by Senator […]

read more Airfares hold steady as new airlines offset jet fuel price surge

Nigeria’s inflation is expected to rise in March ahead of its publication tomorrow, triggered by the escalating United States-Iran war, which has since rippled through global energy markets, analysts surveyed by BusinessDay said. The projected rise in prices will end the 11 consecutive months of declining inflationary pressures, placing authorities in a difficult position regarding […]

read more Analysts see inflation rising as Iran war ripples through fuel, food

Something fundamental is slipping away in Nigeria — not loudly, not dramatically, but steadily. It is not just trust. It is not just confidence. It has meaning. Politics in Nigeria is gradually losing its meaning. There was a time, however imperfect, when political alignment suggested something deeper: a direction, a belief, a sense of what […]

read more The quiet collapse of political ideology in Nigeria

Wealthy Nigerians are now the primary focus of a data-intensive monitoring system designed to shore up public revenue. The taxman is no longer taking declarations at face value; instead, authorities are leveraging digital footprints, luxury purchases and lifestyle audits, tracking everything from bank transfers to high-end purchases, to smoke out underreported income. “One of the […]

read more Nigeria turns wealthy lifestyle habits into tax funnel

…Hits N1.9 trillion in 2025 The federal government is facing mounting fiscal pressure after electricity tariff subsidies surged nearly threefold in two years, from N610 billion in 2023 to N1.92 trillion in 2025, as the gap between the true cost of power and what consumers actually pay continues to widen at an alarming pace. Quarterly […]

read more FG faces fiscal pressure as electricity subsidy jumps threefold