Celebration or Crime? When Culture Clashes with Crucial Currency Control, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   In Nigeria, no celebration is quite complete without the familiar flutter of naira notes cascading through the air. It is an unmistakable expression of joy, generosity, and cultural pride. From weddings...

Hurray: Nigeria Is Bankable Again!!! By Rahma Olamide Oladosu    In a country often overwhelmed by economic anxieties and unpredictable policy shifts, real progress rarely announces itself with pomp and pageantry. It is seen in restored confidence, better numbers, and revived systems. One of the clearest signs...

Cardoso: Walking the Tight Rope of Nigeria's Debt Burden, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu     Indeed, Nigeria was sitting on an economic time bomb prior to the dawn of May 29, 2023, and the pressure of debt servicing was the fuse that kept burning. It is baffling...

As CBN Leads Nigeria’s Gender-sensitivity Resurgence, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   Despite making up nearly half of Nigeria’s population, women hold only an insignificant fraction of elective and appointive offices in the country. The country keeps shooting herself in the foot, holding on to old stereotypes...

As the “Headmaster” Heads Nigeria’s Economy out of the Woods, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   When Olayemi Cardoso was appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the atmosphere was thick with skepticism and unrest. Nigeria’s financial terrain at the time was marred by...

CBN’s ATM Fee Hike: A Financial Strain or Necessary Reform? By Rahma Olamide Oladosu   The announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of the plan to hike ATM transaction fees which took effect from March 1, 2025, sparked widespread concerns across the country. As millions...