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12 AUG 2022Why are regulators struggling to approve the Seplat-Mobil deal?
The uncertainty from the minister of petroleum (Buhari) and regulators aren’t favouring Nigeria’s unattractive upstream sector.
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01 AUG 2022Why is the CBN struggling to defend the naira?
Nigeria's approach to fixing its currency's value hasn't solved the naira's crisis and has received much international criticism.
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28 JUL 2022How today’s bad decisions are harming the next generation
The government and the public have a role to play in ensuring that our decisions today don’t worsen the future.
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25 JUL 202210 shocking charts about the Nigerian economy
Prominent data points on economic sectors from government revenue to electricity.
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21 JUL 2022Is Lagos a great city to live in?
Lagos' poor liveability ranking is unanimous across every global city index.
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20 JUL 2022What does Borno’s economy tell us about Shettima’s competence?
Tinubu, Nigeria's ruling party's presidential candidate chose Shettima as his running mate based on competence.
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15 JUL 2022Explainer: how do debt crises happen?
African countries have become highly susceptible to debt default no thanks to no-holds-barred international capital markets.
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14 JUL 2022Inflation: will prices ever go back down?
People are finding it increasingly difficult to survive with fast-rising and high prices.
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11 JUL 2022Buhari’s scorecard: Any hits or all misses?
Nigeria's president has struggled with implementing many of his creative and solution-oriented promises.
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05 JUL 2022Why we need better trade policies to boost Nigeria’s growth
Nigeria’s trade performance has weakened over the years. This needs to be fixed.
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04 JUL 2022Why is bread getting so expensive in Nigeria?
The Russian-Ukraine war is not all to blame for Nigeria’s bread price problem. Domestic issues like forex illiquidity are contributing factors.
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01 JUL 2022Is Nigeria still Africa’s oil giant?
Nigeria is squarely in the depths of the trenches, competing with countries like Angola and Libya for the weightless title of “Africa’s oil giant”.
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28 JUN 2022What is causing rising diesel prices in Nigeria?
Nigerians face a hard choice as several factors contribute to rising diesel prices in the country.
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27 JUN 2022Can on-demand delivery services scale in Nigeria?
Effective lobbying, an asset-light business model, and premium customer experience are avenues for on-demand delivery businesses like GOKADA to scale.
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21 JUN 2022How are Nigerians coping with higher prices?
A look into consumers' experiences with rising prices across industries in Nigeria.
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16 JUN 2022Why is Nigeria's national grid always collapsing?
Thirteen charts help us explain Nigeria's incessant grid collapse.