THE AWARD

The CBN just won a global prize for reform. The reform is real. So is the gap between the metric and the market. The Central Bank of Nigeria was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 by the Central Banking Awards Committee in London last week, at the 13th annual...

Where the Money Goes

Monday 30 March, 2026 A UK law revealed what Nigeria’s secrecy structures were built to hide This week, a British transparency law did something Nigerian institutions have never done. It told you where the money went. The Londoner’s investigation linked...

THE MONEY THAT LEFT

A UK transparency law just revealed what Nigeria’s secrecy structures were built to hide Nigeria’s elite wealth has always had an exit. For decades, the exit was legal, invisible, and thoroughly unremarkable to everyone inside the system. What changed this...

YOUR GENERATOR HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE FEBRUARY

The N6.3 trillion debt that turned off Nigeria’s lights The minister said “beyond our control.” The real story is a debt chain, and Nigerians are at the bottom of it. Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu apologised publicly on March 24 for the...

THE RECAPITALISATION QUESTION

Nigeria’s banks just raised N4.6 trillion. A bigger capital base is not the same as a banking system that works for everyone. Today is the deadline. According to the CBN, 32 banks have met the recapitalisation requirements ahead of today’s...