Economy
Inflation is 15%. Go price beans in Oyingbo today. Nigeria’s headline inflation figure fell to 15.06% in February 2026. That number has been celebrated in CBN press releases and cited in government briefings as proof that the hard reforms are working. Go to Mile...
Business
Amara has spent eleven years waiting for stable power. She stopped waiting in year three. Amara Okonkwo runs a cold chain distribution business out of a rented yard in Onitsha. She supplies frozen fish, chicken, and dairy to hotels, supermarkets, and school canteens...
Governance
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...
Governance
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...
Energy
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...
Business, Economy
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...