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Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: 139 Million and Counting Despite Purported Reform Gains

October 10, 2025091

By Blaise Udunze. The latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update delivers a chilling verdict, as 139 million Nigerians, over half of the nation’s

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Nigerian Banks’ Appetite for Sovereign Debt Chokes Growth, N21Trillion Sunk in Government Securities

October 9, 2025090

By Blaise Udunze. In a healthy economy, banks serve as the arteries through which capital flows to productive enterprises, creating jobs, stimulati

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Honouring the Hands That Shape the Future: A Tribute to Teachers and the Legacy of Anna Chinenye Udunze

October 7, 20250157

By Blaise Udunze. Every year on October 5, the world pauses to celebrate World Teachers’ Day, which is a day to honour the men and women whose quie

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Nigeria’s Economic Journey at 65: A Story of Resilience and Untapped Potential – CPPE

September 30, 20250106

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has reflected on Nigeria's economic trajectory as the country celebrates its 65th anniversar

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Nigeria’s Banking Woes: How One South African Bank is Worth More Than an Entire Industry

September 29, 20250144

By Blaise Udunze. It is a sobering reality that one South African bank, Standard Bank Group, has a market capitalisation of roughly ZAR 384.34 bill

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Nigeria’s Economy at a Crossroads: Rising Debts, Eased MPR, and Cost to Citizens

September 27, 20250133

By Blaise Udunze. Nigeria stands today at a troubling intersection where its ballooning debt profile and the 27 percent Monetary Policy Rate (MPR)

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CBN’s Rate Cut: A Lifeline or Just a Whisper for Nigerian Families and Small Businesses?

September 24, 20250124

By Baise Udunze. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at its 302nd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting recently, announced a modest cut in the Mo

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FG’s N330bn Poverty Payment Claim: Is It Fact or Fiction?

September 21, 20250101

By Blaise Udunze. When the Federal Government announced with much fanfare that it had disbursed a colossal N330 billion in cash transfers to poor N

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CBN Eyes Rate Cut: What Lower Borrowing Costs Could Mean for SMEs, Households

September 20, 20250126

By Blaise Udunze. As the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Monday, anticipation is running high. For the first

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Empty Pots Don’t Lie: Hunger, Not Statistics, Is Nigeria’s True Inflation Figure

September 17, 20250121

By Blaise Udunze. Nigeria today sits at a troubling crossroads where official statistics clash with the bitter truth of daily survival. Each month,

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: 139 Million and Counting Despite Purported Reform Gains

Nigerian Banks’ Appetite for Sovereign Debt Chokes Growth, N21Trillion Sunk in Government Securities

Honouring the Hands That Shape the Future: A Tribute to Teachers and the Legacy of Anna Chinenye Udunze

Nigeria’s Economic Journey at 65: A Story of Resilience and Untapped Potential – CPPE

Nigeria’s Banking Woes: How One South African Bank is Worth More Than an Entire Industry

Nigeria’s Economy at a Crossroads: Rising Debts, Eased MPR, and Cost to Citizens

CBN’s Rate Cut: A Lifeline or Just a Whisper for Nigerian Families and Small Businesses?

FG’s N330bn Poverty Payment Claim: Is It Fact or Fiction?

CBN Eyes Rate Cut: What Lower Borrowing Costs Could Mean for SMEs, Households

Empty Pots Don’t Lie: Hunger, Not Statistics, Is Nigeria’s True Inflation Figure

Unity Bank Upgrades Unifi Mobile App to Strengthen Digital Banking Services

CPPE Flags Data Credibility Concerns as Nigeria’s Inflation Eases to 15.15%

FCMB Meets National Capital Threshold, Eyes International Licence

Unity Bank Upgrades Unifi Mobile App to Strengthen Digital Banking Services

CPPE Flags Data Credibility Concerns as Nigeria’s Inflation Eases to 15.15%

FCMB Meets National Capital Threshold, Eyes International Licence

State Police and the Questions Nigeria Can No Longer Avoid

NNPC’s $1.42bn, N5.57trn Debt Write-Off and Test of Nigeria’s Fiscal Governance

Why 2026 Must Be the Year Nigeria’s Economy Works for All

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