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AfDB targets $4trn domestic capital to close Africa’s financing gap
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is engaging financiers on a strategy to mobilise about $4 trillion in untapped domestic capital across Africa to help fund the continent’s development needs, as the region grapples with an estimated $400 billion annual financing…
From subsidy shock to debt trap: Tinubu’s reforms meet rising debt wall
Sopuruchi Onwuka President Bola Tinubu’s declaration that the worst pains of his economic reforms are over is being tested by a debt burden that has continued to expand, potentially extending fiscal pressures even as the government shifts its emphasis towards…
Lagos gov., Sanwo-Olu, others advocate alternative financing as Nigeria’s growth engine at AltBank’s ‘Beyond Interest’ forum
From left): Korede Demola-Adeniyi, Executive Director, The Alternative Bank (AltBank); Babatunde Raji Fashola, former Governor of Lagos State & former Federal Minister of Works and Housing, and Abubakar Suleiman, Non-Executive Director, Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc at AltBank’s ‘Beyond Interest’…
Economy
World Bank projects 4.4% growth for Nigeria
Nigeria’s economy is projected to grow by an average of 4.4 per cent annually through 2028, with inflation and poverty expected to decline if the government sustains economic reforms and improves public service delivery, the World Bank has said. In…
G7 agrees 100 Mbbls emergency oil to ease supply squeeze
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said Saturday that its member countries had so far released about 325 million barrels of oil and oil products from strategic reserves, representing more than 80 per cent of the 400 million barrels pledged in…
AfDB targets $4trn domestic capital to close Africa’s financing gap
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is engaging financiers on a strategy to mobilise about $4 trillion in untapped domestic capital across Africa to help fund the continent’s development needs, as the region grapples with an estimated $400 billion annual financing…
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Politics
The ₦60bn Democracy! Why Osun State needs more than just e-results
By Ebuka Ukoh {In this is op-ed analysis, Ebuka Ukoh examines the astronomical cost of Nigerian election campaigns, arguing that the vast sums allegedly spent in political contests represent a profound opportunity cost, which diverts essential resources from national development…
2027: NUJ-NAN Press Week to examine politics, petroleum and Nigeria’s economic future
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Chapel, Lagos, is set to use its 2026 Press Week to examine the impact of politics on Nigeria’s oil and gas industry and the wider economy ahead of the…
Insecurity, fiscal chaos threaten Tinubu’s reform gains
Nigeria’s struggle to contain insecurity is emerging as a threat not only to President Bola Tinubu’s political survival ahead of the 2027 presidential election, but also to the economic rationale underpinning his administration’s painful reform programme. The central question increasingly…
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