In Nigeria, where trust between government and citizens remains as wide as the horizon, it is no surprise that the World Bank’s decision to reduce its planned grant to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from $10.5 million to $6.8 million has naturally raised eyebrows.

Beyond Policies and Projections: How Leadership Is Redefining Nigeria’s Revenue System - Zacch Adedeji By Arabinrin Aderonke   Institutional reform is often discussed in the language of policy, systems, and technology. But at the 2026 Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) Leadership Retreat, Executive Chairman Zacch Adedeji shifted the...

Pantami, Politics and the Question of Power, by Tahir Ahmad   In Nigeria’s public life, few figures embody as many identities as Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami—academic, Islamic cleric, technocrat and politician. Soft-spoken yet controversial, scholarly yet resolute in defending his convictions, Pantami rose from preaching...

‎In markets, offices, WhatsApp groups and banking halls across Nigeria, one narrative has travelled faster than the reforms themselves, that the new tax laws introduced a fresh tax on electronic transfers and that government is now dipping directly into citizens’ money each time they send funds.

Building Health Systems for Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty ~ Reducing Risk, Strengthening Markets, Securing Health Futures By Chinedu Moghalu and Nicaise Ndembi   At the 38th African Union Summit in February 2025, the continent’s Heads of State and Government issued a deliberate and consequential resolution. Health security, local...

You don’t need a degree in economics to understand Nigeria’s inflation crisis. A simple visit to any local market tells the story more clearly than charts or policy papers ever could.