Indepth Analysis of Nigerian News & World Reports
Isaac Samuel Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, saying the sharp devaluation of the naira has worsened poverty and eroded Nigerians’ purchasing power. Obasanjo, who…
***warns petrol prices could hit N1,522.50 per litre, Isaac Samuel The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that President Bola Tinubu may announce the implementation of a five per cent…
By Professor Emmanuel Onwioduokit The central economic question is not whether Nigeria should compare itself with other countries, but whether such comparisons are being used intelligently to identify policy failures,…
Isaac Samuel The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned the Federal Government against restoring a blanket petrol subsidy, recommending targeted assistance for vulnerable Nigerians to cushion the impact of rising…
By Azubuike Nwosu The morning sun always meet Chima Chuks in the same way: choked in a cloud of cement dust and surrounded by a crowd of frustrated customers. From…
By Isaac Samuel Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has demanded an apology from President Bola Tinubu for previously dismissing his proposal for a targeted production subsidy. He accused the Federal Government…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the President Bola Tinubu administration of using the newly announced 30-day petrol discount…
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has proposed a N1,350 per litre ceiling on the ex-gantry or landing cost of petrol as part of a new price-modulation mechanism aimed at cushioning…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address, rejecting the President’s declaration that Nigeria…
By Marcel Okeke To the informed players and watchers of the Nigerian economy, dissonance between the monetary and fiscal policies has been one of the root causes of the country’s…
By Marcel Okeke The continuous wavy movement of the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has come to be one of the most disrupting and distorting trends in the three-year…
By Marcel Okeke This piece is prompted by a press release issued by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on behalf of the federal ministry of finance, in which…
By Aniebet James Governor Umo Eno’s claim that his akara business used to generate N10 million monthly has kept the media space buzzing with opinions. But if we look at…
By Marcel Okeke For quite some time now, there appears to be unanimity of opinions that reforms by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) have resulted in the stabilization of…
By Senator Ben Murray-Bruce There is a scene I return to more often than I should. Gilbert’s house in Beverly Hills. One of those evenings where the guest list is…
By ETIM ETIM When we were in secondary school, Prof. Chike Edozien Obi was a renowned mathematician, reputed to be the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate in mathematics. Awarded…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has described the latest Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Household Expectations Survey as a…
By Marcel Okeke Barely six months to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, and a few days to the commencement of campaigns, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and its economic policymakers…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, said growing positive reviews of the economy by experts and favourable economic indicators signal a brighter future for all Nigerians. The…
By Marcel Okeke To core economists and related professionals, the Nigerian economy at present, can be said to be undergoing quick patches; with a lot of the Federal Government’s efforts…
By ETIM ETIM The most highly anticipated public offer in Nigeria’s capital market this year is the forthcoming IPO of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP) expected to open…
By Marcel Okeke Barely ten months to the end of the 48-month first-term tenure of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, the Government on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 set up…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, to harmonise the regulation of virtual assets, strengthen cooperation among the nation’s financial, revenue and…
By: Marcel Okeke The significant drop in foreign participation on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in the last couple of months in the first half 2026 rightly prompts the question…
By Marcel Okeke All of a ‘sudden’, the first six months of year 2026 is gone, marked by the good, the bad, and the ugly. With respect to the Nigerian…
By Marcel Okeke The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN’s) anti-private-sector operations came to a climax recently when the Minister of Works, David Umahi, told cement manufacturers in the country that…
By Marcel Okeke These days, the media space in Nigeria is saturated with economic statistics showing that the country has literally arrived at its Eldorado, economically. Surprisingly, the figures being…
By ETIM ETIM In the night of June 14, or probably early in the morning of April 15, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists invaded Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State…
By Marcel Okeke In the past couple of days, Nigeria’s news media have been inundated with a story saying that capital importation into Nigeria in the first quarter 2026 stood…
By Marcel Okeke In the past couple of years, as Nigeria’s economic reforms have kept toughening the investment climate, most discerning investors have taken a ‘flight to safety’. This, they…
By Marcel Okeke Today, it is obvious that the state of the Nigerian economy is, in almost all respects, the same as the immediate post-fuel subsidy removal time in the…
By ETIM ETIM The core investor of Ibom Deep Sea Port, Bollore Consortium, will operate the port for 50 years to recoup its investment, according to the approval granted by…
By Marcel Okeke The above headline is necessitated by the continuing diminishing foreign direct investments (FDIs) inflow into Nigeria in the past couple of years, in spite of the ‘booming’…
By Marcel Okeke Within a space of three weeks, the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol has almost doubled; rising from below N800 per liter (at the pump)…
By ETIM ETIM We are now in the third week of the war in the Middle East, and the Nigerian economy is in trouble once again. Petrol prices are up…
By Marcel Okeke The palpable optimism that hallmarked practically all the analyses and projections about Nigeria’s economic outlook for this year has effectively been shattered by developments in the local…
By Marcel Okeke For the umpteenth time, successive governments in Nigeria, including the sitting Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, have flaunted proposals to sale some of the nation’s ‘rotting’ assets in…
By Marcel Okeke Claims about the stabilization of the Nigerian economy have been made ad nauseam (to an excessive degree) since mid-2025; meaning that hitherto, it had remained fragile and…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye, on Tuesday in Ankara, said his country targets a $5 billion trade volume with Nigeria, adding that discussions to actualise this…
By Marcel Okeke The Federal Government has announced the establishment of ‘Nigeria House’ in Davos during the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026, scheduled to take…
By Marcel Okeke These are really uncertain times for all nations of the world; the emergence of Mr. Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States of…
By Marcel Okeke One of the crucial steps in strategic planning is an assessment of the current situation: to know exactly where you are; and take proper note of what…
By Marcel Okeke When, on Friday, December 19, 2025—twelve days to end of the year—President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National…
By Tony Elumelu The relationship between Nigeria and the United States has long been defined by friendship, shared values, economic ties, and deep connections. As an entrepreneur, my role models…
Presented by: His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja, Friday, 19 December 2025 PROTOCOLS o Distinguished…
By ETIM ETIM Aliko Dangote likes to tell us that he’s been fighting battles all his life and that his wealth is a product of the victories he’s recorded in…
By Jerome Okolo If Allen Ifechukwu Onyema hadn’t pulled out a nice bottle of Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé at his home (that’s the actual bottle in the photo) the other…
By Celestine Mel It is a pity once more, that this intervention seeks to wrestle with a ghost; a long, brooding echo of fear masquerading as civic concern. The essay…
By Nathan Olaníyì Nigeria’s foreign inflows are rising, but most of the money is chasing yields, not building factories or infrastructure. Without patient capital, growth risks becoming fragile. Nigeria’s economy…
Isaac Samuel Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has attributed the decline of the value of naira to economic policies of the previous administration, which he said…
