Economy
Nigeria has 39 million small businesses. They employ the majority of the country’s private sector workers. Fewer than one in twenty of them can access formal bank credit. That’s not a funding gap. That’s a design. Dele Oye, chairman of the Alliance...
Governance
A teacher named Michael Oyedokun was abducted from a school in Oyo State on May 15. By Sunday he was dead. His family issued a statement on Tuesday asking Nigerians to stop sharing the video of his execution. His children are sitting exams. The attack on Ahoro-Esinele...
Economy
N130 trillion. That’s the estimated credit requirement for Nigeria’s 39 million small businesses. The country’s development finance institutions have about N8 trillion in assets. The gap between those two numbers is N122 trillion. To feel what N130...
Governance, Arts
Davido called out the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy. The minister’s aide fired back. Osun’s August governorship election just got louder. On Tuesday, Davido posted on X. “The most desperate politician in the world is @GboyegaOyetola very...
Governance
Yahaya Bello won the APC senatorial primary by a margin so large it stopped being a number and became a message. He took 72,399 votes. His nearest challenger got 319. Let that sit there for a second. Bello is the former governor of Kogi State. He is also the man...
Governance
The APC ran primaries across the country yesterday. The results tell you everything about which version of Nigerian politics the party intends to carry into 2027. Senate President Godswill Akpabio won unopposed in Akwa Ibom North-West. Adams...