Memo to the Committee on Review of Nigeria’s Economic Reforms
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…
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Tinubu signs Executive Order on Virtual Assets, establishes body to harmonize digital economy
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…
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX): Is the ‘Bubble’ About to Burst?
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…
Nigerian Economy 2026: A Mid-Term Review and Commentary
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…
Price Control or Forced Prices: Government’s ‘War’ Against Cement Manufacturers
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…
Economic Reforms: Time to Move from Celebrating Statistics to Gauging Impact
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…
Chibok girls and Ogbomosho students: a tale of two abductions
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…
The Pros and Cons of Nigeria’s $10bn Surge in Capital Importation
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…
Are Nigeria’s Economic Reforms Building Stock Market Bubble?
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…
Nigeria: A Return to Post-Fuel Subsidy Removal Contingencies and Palliatives?
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…
50-year concession for Ibom Deep Sea Port investor
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…
Is Nigeria a Pariah Economy to Foreign Investors?
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’…
Soaring Petrol Prices as Nigerian Economy’s Death Knell
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)…
Iran war and the economics of fuel costs
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…
Nigeria’s 2026 Economic Outlook: Back to the Drawing Board
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…
National Assets’ Sale: Another of Nigeria’s Deferred Hope Agenda?
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…
Nigerian Economy: After Stabilization, Whither the Path to Development?
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…
We are targeting $5Billion trade volume with Nigeria- President Erdogan
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…
WEF 2026: Lingering Investment Draught and ‘Nigeria House’ in Davos, Switzerland
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…
New World Economic Order: Headwinds for Nigeria in 2026 and Beyond
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…
Nigeria’s 2026 Economic Outlook: So Foggy, So Cloudy, So Uncertain
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…
Nigeria’s 2026 Budget: Another Ritual or Economic Plan?
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…
Why Strong Nigeria–U.S. Relations Matter
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…
2026 Budget Speech: “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and shared Prosperity”
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…
Can Aliko Dangote win this battle?
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…
A refinery and an airline: Nigeria’s bold statement on global business
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…
Halal Economy: No cause for alarm
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…
Hot money vs hard investment: Nigeria’s capital flow crossroads
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…
Buhari gov’t printed N22.7 trillion, practiced ‘voodoo’ economics – Dogara
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…
Edun, Abbas clash as Nigeria’s debts hit N149.39trn
Isaac Samuel The Minister of Finance Wale Edun and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, on Monday, clashed over the true state of Nigeria’s debt profile. While Abbas…
Taxation, increased revenues and the limits of fiscal reforms
By ETIM ETIM If any evidence was needed to prove the efficacy of President Tinubu’s fiscal reforms, the latest report from the Ministry of Budget & National Planning would suffice.…
How Tinubu’s Exchange Rate Reforms Turned the Naira into Nigeria’s Export Engine
By Tanimu Yakubu When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration dismantled Nigeria’s rigid foreign exchange regime in 2024, critics were quick to call it a currency collapse. The naira plunged to…
How to make the Arise Park work
By ETIM ETIM I’m pleased that the ARISE Recreational & Leisure Park will open for business in December, according to Gov. Umo Eno who toured the facility yesterday. The park…
FG: Nigeria Heading toward zero export of crude oil, zero import of refined petrol
The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Economic Affairs, Dr. Tope Fasua, has hinted that Nigeria is heading toward achieving zero export of crude oil and zero import…
Nigeria’s Share of ECOWAS GDP Drops from 53.3% in 2023 to 35.2% in 2024
A report by the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development’s (EBID) has shown that Nigeria’s share of West African Gross Domestic Product (GDP), declined from 53.3 per cent to 35.2…
AfCFTA: Nigeria to Have Mutual Recognition Agreement with Two African Countries on Products Quality Assurance
The federal government has disclosed that it would soon achieve a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with one or two of its major trading partners in Africa that will facilitate acceptance…
BAT Canvasses ESG Principles for Nigeria’s Industrialisation
The British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria has called for making Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles the foundation for Nigeria’s industrial and economic transformation. This call was made recently by…
LCCI Commends FG’s Enactments of Tax Laws
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has commended the federal government on the enactments of four tax laws that were signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
MAN Asks Lagos to Reconsider Proposed Ban on Single Use Plastics
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the Lagos State Government to reconsider the implementation of the ban on single-use plastics (SUPs). The ban is scheduled to take…
NPA targets N1.28 trillion revenue in 2025
Isaac Samuel The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is projecting a massive revenue leap to over N1.27 trillion in 2025, representing a 40 percent increase from the N894.86 billion it realized…
FG Urges ECOWAS to Foster Growth of Private Sector, Free Market Economy
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to foster the growth of the private sector and the free-market…
PZ Cussons’ Sells 50% Stake in PZ Wilmar for $70m
The PZ Cussons Plc has sold its 50 per cent stake in PZ Wilmar to Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) for $70 million. The sale, which would enable Wilmar to hold…
Sugar Tax: FG Advised to Target Balanced Fiscal Approach, Not 1200% Increase
The ThinkBusiness Africa has advised the federal government to evolve a balanced approach for Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) that should prioritise enforcement of existing regulations than focusing on increasing the tax…
LCCI Welcomes Latest Inflation Report
Says it marks a new shift The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has declared that The chamber said that the latest inflation report marked “a positive, albeit modest,…
NECA Tells FG to Realign its Multiple Reform Policies
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to realign its reforms policies to avoid hurting the growth of the private sector. The Director General of…
USA Tasks Nigeria on Business-friendly Regulatory Climate to Boost Investments
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Richard M. Mills, has tasked Nigerian government on engendering business friendly regulatory and investment climate to boost investments in line with the United…
NECA Welcomes FG’s Relaunch of National Talent Export Programme
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the federal government for relaunching the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP) with the target of creating one million jobs in five years…
AFC: Africa’s $4trn domestic savings can transform infrastructural development
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has revealed that Africa has over $4 trillion of domestic savings in banking assets, institutional funds and reserves. The revelation was contained in the AFC’s 2025…
Nigeria to manufacture plastic automotive components – says NADDC DG
Comfort Isaac The Director general of the Nigerian Automotive Design and Development Council Mr. Oluwemimo Osanipin said Nigeria will soon begin the production of plastic automotive components. Osanipin who disclosed…
Oando Profit-After-Tax Hits N220bn in FY2024, Grew by 267%
Oando PLC posted a robust audited full year (FY) 2024 financial results by growing its revenue by 44 percent to N4.1trillion compared to N2.9 trillion in FY 2023. In the…