Leaders
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Titan Trust and Union Bank: A Deal, A Reversal, and the Regulator
In 2022, Titan Trust Bank, backed by TGI Group, surprised many by acquiring 93.41 per cent of Union Bank of…
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Nigeria’s Economic Turnaround: From Shrinking Incomes to Renewed Growth, But the Harvest Isn’t In Yet
After a half-decade in which Nigeria’s economy seemed to be running in place, the numbers from 2024 and 2025 finally…
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Osun2026: AMBO The Man To Beat
The Expectations The race for Osun’s governorship is shaping up to be memorable, and if history is a guide, Osun…
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Arc of Political Leadership
Leadership in Nigeria’s modern political history is rarely forged in calm conditions, and the trajectory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu illustrates…
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Bola Tinubu’s Economic Pragmatism: What the Numbers Show Since May 2023
When President Bola Tinubu declared “subsidy is gone” on inauguration day, it marked the start of a deliberate shift from…
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Famadewa The Shadow NSA: Inside Tinubu’s New Security Architecture
·The halls of Aso Rock have always been a theater of whispers, but this week, the volume reached a fever…
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Deficits, Debt and Economic Literacy: Reading Tanimu Yakubu’s Defense of Fiscal Intervention
Tanimu Yakubu’s piece reads less like a budget briefing and more like a lecture on economic literacy aimed at Nigeria’s…
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Herbert Wigwe: Ambition, Scale, and the Limits of Transparency
Herbert Wigwe died in February 2024 as one of Nigeria’s most consequential bankers. In 22 years he helped turn Access…
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How Nigeria’s “Banking Geniuses” Humbled in 2025
For years, Nigeria’s Tier-1 bank CEOs rode a wave of FX revaluation gains and regulatory forbearance, branding themselves as world-class…
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How 2025’s Lending Trade-Offs Left Nigerian Bank CEOs Bleeding
In banking, the loan portfolio is both the engine of profit and the source of greatest risk. It is the…
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