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Japa – the outward migration of Nigeria’s young, educated workforce – has dominated economic conversation for a decade; an evocative shorthand for a country anxious about its future. But it is not Nigeria’s most dangerous demographic shift. That crisis is unfolding more quietly, far from departure halls and visa queues, in fields that are increasingly […]

For decades, the word ‘pension’ in Nigeria evoked dread rather than dignity. It conjured images of elderly retirees languishing in endless queues, battling administrative bottlenecks, and waiting hopelessly for entitlements that often never came. Retirement, instead of being a period of rest after years of service, became a prolonged struggle for survival. That painful reality,

When Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Bashir Bayo Ojulari as group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on April 2, 2025, it was seen as another technocratic appointment into a system long resistant to reform. One year later, that decision is beginning to look less routine and more consequential. Ojulari’s first

There is a powerful idea captured in the biblical expression that new wine should not be poured into old wineskins. If it is, the wineskins burst, and both are lost. The same is true in organisations. Many companies develop new strategies, launch transformation programmes, and pursue bold ambitions, yet expect the existing organisation with its

Wealthy Nigerians are now the primary focus of a data-intensive monitoring system designed to shore up public revenue. The taxman is no longer taking declarations at face value; instead, authorities are leveraging digital footprints, luxury purchases and lifestyle audits, tracking everything from bank transfers to high-end purchases, to smoke out underreported income. “One of the

Many large businesses risk sanctions if they fail to connect their invoicing systems to the Nigerian Revenue Service’s electronic invoicing. read more Large firms risks sanctions as June e-invoicing deadline nears

Recently, after the mass killing in Jos, Plateau State, President Bola Tinubu said he was not elected “to comfort and create widows and widowers”. Yet since he became president barely three years ago, his administration has overseen the creation of thousands of widows, widowers and orphans whose husbands, wives and parents were killed in terrorist

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In today’s Nigeria, falling ill is no longer just a health crisis; it is a financial catastrophe waiting to happen. For millions of citizens, a hospital visit can wipe out savings, derail livelihoods, and plunge entire families into debt. At a time of economic hardship, rising inflation, and shrinking incomes, the persistence of out-of-pocket medical

The rusted derrick still stands as a monument to Nigeria’s energy sector, a subtle reminder of the day in 1956 when Shell geologists discovered the first commercial crude oil in this tiny village surrounded by mangroves, changing the course of Africa’s most populous economy for generations. For decades, billions of dollars’ worth of crude flowed