Economy
Monday 13 April, 2026 The World Bank says the economy is growing. The same report says you’re getting poorer. Both are true. The World Bank published its April Africa Economic Update last week. Nigeria got a headline number: 4.1% growth forecast for 2026....
Economy
Friday 10 April, 2026 Nigeria’s Senate approved $6 billion in new debt in a single session. Here’s where the money goes. Nigeria’s total public debt crossed N155 trillion this week. The specific mechanism was a National Assembly approval of a $6...
Economy
Thursday April 09, 2026 Nigeria was quietly benefiting from a war it didn’t start. Last night that ended. Around 9pm on Tuesday, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he’d agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. He described it as a...
Economy
Thursday 09 April, 2026 The economy grew. The World Bank had to explain what that means for a child in Kano. Nigeria’s economy grew 4% in 2025. The same rate as 2024. The World Bank presented this on Tuesday as progress. Cautious, real, worth building on....
Economy
Wednesday April 08, 2026 Nigeria paid N699 per litre for petrol on January 1. It’s paying N1,275 today. The distance between those two numbers is not a policy failure. It’s a war in a region Nigeria has no part in, filtered through a market mechanism that...
Economy
Wednesday 08 April, 2026 Petrol cost N699 a litre on January 1. It costs N1,275 today. Dangote’s refinery adjusted its price nine times between January and the end of March. Six of those were increases. Three were reductions. Every single movement tracked one...