Business & Economy

How Decisive Monetary Policy Is Powering Nigeria’s Economic Resilience and Growth

In an era marked by global economic volatility, few nations have demonstrated strength and foresight of Nigeria’s Central Bank and its Monetary Policy Committee...

Why Strengthening Nigeria’s Banks Matters

“The recapitalisation programme has strengthened the capital base of Nigerian banks, reinforcing the resilience of the financial system and ensuring it is well-positioned to...

Tinubu’s Economic Hitman and the Taxation of Poverty

By Paul Okojie By any measure, Nigeria is passing through one of the most difficult economic periods in its recent history. Rising inflation, declining purchasing...

Tax Reforms and Nigeria’s new social contract

The recent 10-point statement by Zacch Adelabu Adedeji, Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), offers a glimpse into a forward-thinking roadmap for...

Yoruba Nation: Prospects and Perils Post-2031 – (2)

In the words of Frantz Fanon: “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.” Let there be no...

Why Economic Reform is Essential for Financial Stability and Growth

Data has shown that improving macroeconomic conditions and financial systems contributes to stabilising the economy, where evidence-based policy frameworks are positioned to safeguard the...

Nigeria’s Economy: What is to be done?

Using the phrase ‘What is to be done?’ in the headline to this analysis is deliberate. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin used the title in a...

Nigeria and Türkiye: A New Era of Strategic Partnership

By Kenan Toprak & Isah Aliyu Chiroma President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent state visit to Türkiye marks a pivotal moment in the evolving partnership between...

CBN Macroeconomic Outlook Consolidating Stability Amid Global Uncertainty

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its macroeconomic outlook for 2025, displaying a nuanced picture of the nation’s economic trajectory amidst a...

2025 Composite PMI: Sustaining Robust Growth Momentum

Nigeria’s economic landscape has often been characterized by volatility, uncertainty, and the daunting challenge of achieving sustainable growth. In December 2025, a remarkable development...

From Farm To Freight: Ekiti’s Agro-Allied Cargo Advance

It was a privilege to witness the commissioning of the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport last week. It was a momentous, uplifting occasion -...

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Nigerian Men and their Foreign Wives

Culturally, Nigerian men are overbearing, controlling, and paternalistic.  They relate to their fathers and mothers differently. They believe it is “a man’s world” and so they have the tendency to relegate women to subservient roles. I am stunned by the transformation Nigerian men, married to non-Nigerian women, have gone through in the United States...

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Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry?

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same time oppressive. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past...

Mobil’s Oily Battle Over Intellectual Property Rights

The eight-year long battle between Commandclem Nigeria Limited and Mobil Producing Nigeria Limited, over ownership of patent and intellectual rights to a chemical invention for offshore drilling seems in sight…

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?