As Nigeria continues to pour vast capital into infrastructure, growing evidence suggests that its project culture has shifted fundamentally away from long-term civic transformation towards mere political visibility, writes @JSAkintunde.
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Cheta Nwanze @Chxta examines the tension arising from the growing Chinese incursion into Nigeria's retail sector, highlighting the severe vulnerability of a distribution-based economy when forced to compete with a state-backed industrial superpower.
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Foreign investors accounted for just 4.89% of trading activity on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) in August, the lowest monthly share of the year. Domestic investors now dominate the market ahead of Nigeria's inclusion in FTSE Russell's Frontier Market Index.
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As vandalism continues to threaten Nigeria's electricity infrastructure, @TCN_NIGERIA is strengthening its response through security partnerships, community engagement, public awareness campaigns and rapid network restoration efforts.
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The implications of the new policy for businesses and organisations extend beyond the location of their data, so they need to conduct a structured review of their cloud and data-management arrangements, @DETAILnigeria notes in its October policy brief.
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The proposed Lagos Street Begging Bill raises a fundamental policy question: “Should the law punish those driven to beg by poverty and vulnerability, or address the social conditions that make begging a means of survival?” writes @funmiodude.
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The danger of unsafe food is sometimes underestimated because food contamination is often associated primarily with immediate illnesses such as diarrhoea, vomiting, or other acute reactions linked to food poisoning, notes @OjebodeMojisola.
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The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s "4-Ds" foreign policy framework deserves closer examination, writes Professor Efem Ubi @PapaFemo.
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The 2023 political consensus on removing the petrol subsidy has virtually collapsed. Before it finally did yesterday, @JSAkintunde noted in his October 2026 editorial that the question facing Nigerians in 2027 is not who can promise quick economic relief.
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In this interview, Shehu Usman Osidi, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, @fmbnnigeria, discusses the progress, challenges, and outlook for the Nigerian housing sector.
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The African Union has officially launched the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), marking a significant step in the continent's efforts to strengthen its financial architecture and provide an additional source of credit analysis for African economies.
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Since 2022, developing nations have spent more on servicing external public debt than they have received through new lending. As a result, external borrowing is no longer generating additional resources for development.
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The market appears to be pricing in the risk of renewed supply loss more than the current disruption itself.
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Evidence from finance, behavioural economics, and entrepreneurship suggests that the gap between how Africa is perceived and what the data actually shows carries real consequences, writes Nkechi Abraham.
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France is facing renewed scrutiny over its public finances as government borrowing costs climb to their highest levels in more than two decades, raising concerns about the sustainability of the country's debt trajectory and the cost of servicing its debt.
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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has been honoured with the 2026 Pillar of Integrity in Public Service Award in recognition of its commitment to ethics, transparency and accountability in public service.
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Global construction projects are facing mounting financial pressure as uncertainty adds an average of 12.4% to project pipeline costs worldwide, according to new research by project management and advisory firm Currie & Brown.
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