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…Poor teaching quality, lack of tools responsible Nigeria has the highest number of universities in Africa but lags peers in

read more Nigeria tops in university numbers but trails in ranking

Nigeria’s oil-producing states have received an unexpected gift that could prove either transformative or catastrophic. Between January and May 2025,

read more Nigeria’s oil states: A N620bn test of leadership

For more than a decade, fiscal deficits across Sub-Saharan Africa have been widening. Governments have consistently spent more than they

read more Why Africa’s bigger budgets aren’t beating poverty

The commonest riposte by opponents of the call for political restructuring in Nigeria is that Nigeria’s problem is not its

read more Restructuring Nigeria: Stop blaming the operators, fix the failed system!

When Nigeria embarked on economic liberalisation in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the telecommunications industry emerged as the flagship

read more Nigeria’s power sector reforms fail where telecom triumphs

…Broken education system threatens tomorrow’s jobs At 16, Fola Adeleye spends his school days memorising Charles’s Law and solving equations

read more Broken education system threatens tomorrow’s jobs

After 3,650 days at the helm of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina is stepping down. His decade-long presidency was

read more The banker who tried to make aid obsolete

Technology promises to make learning easier, faster, and more flexible. For millions, it has. But for many others like Mary,

read more The story of Mary: Technology burden and the challenge of exclusion

EnJOYcorp’s recent acquisition of the Bullet brand for an undisclosed amount signals it wants to play for keeps as Nigeria’s

read more Bullet acquisition sets Champion Breweries on a fast track to export-led growth

…Constitutes 75% of tax revenues …Surpass 2021 & 2022 combined tax earnings Nigeria’s push to grow revenue beyond oil is

read more Non-oil sector powers Nigeria’s tax revenue to N17.4trn