🇳🇬 Agony of Onitsha traders who watched while bulldozers
The recent demolition of 25 shop lines at Onitsha Main Market represents far more than a local property dispute. This action by the Anambra State gove...
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🇳🇬 Africa's Financial Infrastructure Renaissance: N29 Trillion
Africa's financial sector is experiencing a transformative moment that European investors can no longer afford to ignore. Nigeria's stock market alone...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Energy Paradox: $4bn Refinery Investment Clashes
Nigeria's petroleum and power sectors are experiencing a dramatic contradiction that European investors must carefully navigate. While the Dangote Ref...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Energy Sector Faces Rising Costs Crisis
Nigeria's energy infrastructure is facing a perfect storm. On the surface, the sector appears to be attracting capital—oil and gas inflows surged to $...
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🇳🇬 African Banking Boom Meets Structural Headwinds: What
Africa's banking sector has crossed a historic threshold. For the first time, the continent's banks have collectively surpassed $100 billion in annual...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's $6bn Debt Gamble: Can Tinubu's Infrastructure Bet
Nigeria's government has just approved a $6 billion external loan—a move that reveals both the ambition and fragility of Africa's largest economy. Pre...
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🇳🇬 Senate Passes 2026 Budget Without Scrutinising Tinubu's
Nigeria's Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu's request to increase the 2026 budget allocation without the customary rigorous scrutiny that typi...
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🇳🇬 NPA sets N1.489trn revenue target for 2026
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has signaled ambitious growth targets for 2026, projecting revenues of N1.489 trillion—a modest but meaningful N21 ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Growth Target Strained by Mounting Debt Burden
Nigeria finds itself at a critical economic crossroads. While Finance Minister Wale Edun champions an ambitious 7% annual GDP growth target—backed by ...
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🇳🇬 Naira depreciates to N1,420/$ in parallel market
Nigeria's economic fundamentals are showing increasing strain as the naira continues its downward spiral against the dollar, while the government simu...
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🇳🇬 USD-backed stablecoins fuel Nigeria’s trade amid FX
Nigeria's foreign exchange crisis has quietly spawned a parallel financial ecosystem where USD-backed stablecoins—primarily USDC and USDT—now function...
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🇳🇬 Rabiu, Elumelu align on capital, scale
The convergence of Abdul Samad Rabiu and Tony Elumelu at BUA Group's Lagos headquarters signals a deliberate recalibration of Nigeria's industrial cap...
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🇳🇬 Pharmacy law changes threaten public health
Nigeria's pharmaceutical industry—valued at approximately $4.8 billion and Africa's largest by market size—faces potential structural upheaval followi...
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🇳🇬 We must urgently tackle Africa’s $88bn illicit financial
Africa loses an estimated $88 billion annually through illicit financial flows (IFFs)—a staggering figure that represents roughly 3.7% of the continen...
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🇳🇬 NASS passes N68trn 2026 budget, boosts RMAFC allocation
Nigeria's National Assembly has approved a N68.323 trillion (approximately €36.5 billion) budget for 2026, marking a significant 15.4% increase over P...
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🇳🇬 Allow schools generate income, customs boss urges FCT
Nigeria's Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has publicly advocated for secondary schools in Abuja to commercialize ...
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🇳🇬 TIRMS, taking telecom and regulation a notch higher
Nigeria's telecommunications regulator has quietly introduced a regulatory framework that could significantly alter the operational landscape for the ...
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🇳🇬 Behold, our capitalists
Nigeria is facing a familiar yet destabilizing economic headwind: external geopolitical disruption translating into domestic inflation that threatens ...
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🇳🇬 GTCO’s interest income up 23.2% to N1.62 trillion
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Nigeria's largest banking group by market capitalisation, has delivered a remarkable 22.8% year-on-year surge i...
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🇳🇬 Girls Education Investment Offers Nigeria Economic Growth
Nigeria's education sector presents a paradox that savvy European investors are beginning to recognize: massive underinvestment in girls' schooling re...
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