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Despite inflation averaging 23.5 percent in 2025, NBS data reveals that prices of more than 72 percent of essential commodities

read more Falling inflation, rising Doubt: Why Nigerians no longer trust the numbers

Fifty years ago today, on July 29, 1975, the crackling voice of Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba pierced the early morning

read more Nigeria’s futile 50-year quest for strongman-leader: How elite perfected change without transformation

…Import hits 10-year high Nigeria’s farmers are abandoning rice for other, more profitable crops as global glut and higher imports

read more Farmers dump rice as global glut slashes profits

Access Holdings Plc, Wema Bank, and Zenith Bank are among the eight banks that have fully completed their recapitalisation requirements,

read more Access, Wema, Zenith, five others scale CBN recapitalisation hurdle

Naira stability is driving trade rebound in Africa’s most populous nation. For importers like Williams Dabo Group, it’s a long-sought

read more Nigeria’s trade rebounds as currency stabilises

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have dominated dollar inflows into the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) for 10 consecutive weeks, contributing

read more FPIs dominate inflows for 10 straight weeks as naira sustains stability

…A methodological recalibration reveals both opportunity and inequality in Africa’s largest economy Nigeria’s economic story has always been one of

read more Nigeria’s rebased reality: The promise and peril of 3.13% growth

How time flies! Five years ago, about this time, I wrote a column titled “At 60, my life’s journey and

read more My patriotic gift to Nigeria at 65

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has rebased its GDP, which now stands at N372.8 trillion. In dollar terms, this

read more Nigerian economy grows at home but trails global pace

Amid the bullish run in Nigeria’s equities market, one sector has quietly slipped under the radar: the oil and gas

read more Black gold: The case for oil & gas stocks in 2025