By Okoh Aihe Nigeria is not at the FIFA World Cup 2026 holding in Mexico, Canada and the United States. This is already well known because failure cannot easily be assuaged with momentary exhilaration or euphoric response to a mundial that has already earned the status of the biggestContinue Reading
A Response to an Unsigned Commentary on Nigeria’s Capital Inflows By Tanimu Yakubu INTRODUCTION The unsigned commentary under review presents itself as a forensic examination of Nigeria’s recent capital-importation figures. Its central thesis is that because a substantial proportion of recent inflows entered Treasury bills and other money-market instrumentsContinue Reading
By Tanimu Yakubu Introduction: In periods of economic adjustment, citizens naturally judge government performance through the prices they encounter in markets, petrol stations and grocery stores. Those experiences are real and deserve serious attention. Yet sound economic analysis requires more than observing nominal price movements. It requires measuring thoseContinue Reading
By Prof Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim The world has seen a change in diplomatic presentation and engagement from Trump’s embarrasing moments with world leaders such as Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Angela Merkel of Germany and King Abdallah of Jordan among others. Trump triggered an unhealthyContinue Reading
By Tanimu Yakubu The Poverty of Simplistic Fiscal Arguments: Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as moral outrage. Much of today’s opposition rhetoric confuses accounting identities with ideological slogans and mistakes macroeconomic intervention for recklessness. AContinue Reading
Statement by Tanimu In regards to publication timeline of quarterly budget implementation reports, the Budget Office of the Federation acknowledges public concerns regarding the publication timeline for the recent Quarterly Budget Implementation Reports and considers it important to provide clarification within the broader constitutional and fiscal context governing publicContinue Reading
— By Tanimu Yakubu This review critically examines the article by Abdulhaleem Ringim titled “The Windfall is Real, So is the Vulnerability.” In engaging this work, I seek not only to acknowledge its analytical strengths, but also to rigorously interrogate its macroeconomic assumptions, refine its fiscal logic, and situateContinue Reading
A Fiscal Rejoinder: — By Tanimu Yakubu Reform Is Not a Windfall Restoring Revenue Integrity, Correcting Price Distortions, and Rebuilding Nigeria’s Fiscal Capacity I. Introduction: The Illusion of Windfall Nigeria’s contemporary fiscal discourse has been captured by a convenient but fundamentally flawed proposition: that the removal of subsidy—particularly petrolContinue Reading
— By Tanimu Yakubu At a moment such as this, nations are tested—not only by the scale of their challenges, but by the clarity of their judgment. We have listened carefully to voices of concern, criticism, and urgency. In a democracy, such voices are not only welcome—they are necessary.Continue Reading
By Adeola Adelabu For years, Nigeria’s conversations around economic transformation have been long on ambition but short on execution. Increasingly, however, a more pragmatic pattern is emerging, one defined by structured partnerships, targeted investments, and a growing emphasis on delivery. Nowhere is this shift more visible than in theContinue Reading
