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A dangerous Concentration of Power: Is CBN’s Fixed Income Securities Takeover a Ticking Bomb for Nigeria’s Economy?

November 18, 20250198

By Blaise Udunze. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to take full control of government securities issuance has been described by some as a bol

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Is Nigeria Economically Broke? Challenges and Opportunities in Africa’s Largest Economy

November 17, 20250191

By Blaise Udunze. Is Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, economically broke? It is a question no patriotic citizen wants to confront, yet one that c

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Suspension of 15% Fuel Import Duty: A Holistic Step Toward Economic Relief and Market Stability in Nigeria

November 14, 20250189

By Blaise Udunze. In a welcome display of policy sensitivity and economic rationality, the Federal Government has suspended the planned 15 percent

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Nigeria’s Fiscal Crisis: Taxing and Borrowing Without Building — What is the Impact on the Real Sector?

November 12, 20250618

By Blaise Udunze In today’s Nigeria, one uncomfortable truth has become glaring that the fiscal authority collects, but it does not build. It borro

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CBN’s $1Trillion Mirage: Why Nigeria’s Real Sector Holds the Missing Key

November 10, 20250197

By Blaise Udunze. When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently declared that the country was on course to becoming a $1 trillion economy through

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Nigerian Banks’ N1.96Trn Black Hole: Who Took the Loans, Who Defaulted, and Why the Real Economy Suffers

November 7, 20250224

By Blaise Udunze. Nigeria’s banking sector has entered a season of reckoning. Eight of the nation’s biggest banks have collectively booked N1.96 tr

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Banks Cash Out, Economy Loses Out: How Nigerian Banks’ N5.05Trn Government Securities Boom is Stifling Real Growth

November 5, 20250230

By Blaise Udunze. In a year when Nigeria’s economy continues to groan under the weight of inflation, unemployment, and weak purchasing power, the b

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Tinubu’s 15% Fuel Duty: Taxing Pain in a Broken Economy

November 2, 20250268

By Blaise Udunze. When a nation is bleeding economically, with inflation at historic highs and citizens gasping for survival, one expects governmen

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Nigerian Banks and the Culture of Concealment: How Financial Results Are Being Cooked to Hide Losses

October 31, 20250215

By Blaise Udunze. In Nigeria’s banking industry, profit has become more a press release than a performance. Every results season, the same storylin

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Erosion of Trust: How Hidden Charges and Downtime Are Undermining Nigerian Banks

October 27, 20250180

By Blaise Udunze. In a society where trust is the lifeblood of finance, Nigeria’s banking sector seems to be bleeding credibility at an alarming ra

A dangerous Concentration of Power: Is CBN’s Fixed Income Securities Takeover a Ticking Bomb for Nigeria’s Economy?

Is Nigeria Economically Broke? Challenges and Opportunities in Africa’s Largest Economy

Suspension of 15% Fuel Import Duty: A Holistic Step Toward Economic Relief and Market Stability in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Fiscal Crisis: Taxing and Borrowing Without Building — What is the Impact on the Real Sector?

CBN’s $1Trillion Mirage: Why Nigeria’s Real Sector Holds the Missing Key

Nigerian Banks’ N1.96Trn Black Hole: Who Took the Loans, Who Defaulted, and Why the Real Economy Suffers

Banks Cash Out, Economy Loses Out: How Nigerian Banks’ N5.05Trn Government Securities Boom is Stifling Real Growth

Tinubu’s 15% Fuel Duty: Taxing Pain in a Broken Economy

Nigerian Banks and the Culture of Concealment: How Financial Results Are Being Cooked to Hide Losses

Erosion of Trust: How Hidden Charges and Downtime Are Undermining Nigerian Banks

Zenith Bank Calls for Greater Value Addition in Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports

NCS Lilypond Export Command Gets New Acting Controller as Ariyibi Retires

Dangote Refinery Drives Seven-Fold Surge in Nigeria’s Petroleum Product Exports — EIA

Zenith Bank Calls for Greater Value Addition in Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports

CICAN Celebrates Lagos Chief of Staff Tayo Ayinde at 62

NCS Lilypond Export Command Gets New Acting Controller as Ariyibi Retires

Fake Agencies, Bloated Government – Why Nigeria Still Needs Oronsaye Report

Proposed Foreign Aid Bill Duplicates Existing Laws, Risks Shrinking Civic Space – BudgIT

What Has Nigeria Truly Gained from N160Trn FAAC Allocations?

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