Finance & Economy
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Unclaimed Dividends and the Student Loan Fund: A Noble Cause, a Legal Question
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to channel qualifying EFCC recoveries, unclaimed dividends and dormant balances to the Nigerian Education Loan…
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Nigeria’s Reform Transmission Gap: Why Stabilisation Has Not Yet Reached the Kitchen Table
Nigeria’s economic reforms are addressing distortions that predate the current administration, including an unsustainable fuel subsidy, fragmented foreign exchange markets,…
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New Minister, Same Gap : Can Oyedele Bridge The Chasm. Between Statistics and Suffering?
Two years into Nigeria’s most aggressive economic reset, the government is pointing to charts as proof that the crisis is…
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DANGEROUS SIGNALS: Can Nigeria’s Optimism Survive the Realities on the Ground?
While government communications in 2026 continue to parade comparative statistics as proof of good management, the lived realities across Nigeria…
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FCMB: The Denominator Manager’s Bank — Cutting Without Catching Up
In banking, returns improve in one of two ways. You grow the numerator by finding new revenues, new customers, and…
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Stock Watch: Week of August 10, 2026 — FCMB, HBMNG and SEPLAT Lead, FIRSTHOLDCO and DANGSUGAR Lag As Market Turns Selective
Capital Market Operators entered the week of August 10 to 14, 2026 with a much tighter lens. After a strong…
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Union Bank: A Dinosaur on the Treadmill
There is a point in the life of every company when it stops shaping the future and starts defending the…
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Naicom’s recap game ends: now comes the real test of capital quality
The 12-month sprint to meet new capital floors is over. But for Nigeria’s insurance industry, the actual race is only…
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Selective, not scared: how analysts are playing the market in august
The bull run is not dead. It’s just gotten picky. For much of 2026, investors could make money by simply…
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CBN 2025 Annual Report: Reform Wins on the Surface, Balance Sheet Truths Lurk Beneath
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s 2025 Annual Report reads like a redemption note. After years of reporting gaps and heterodox…
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