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Europe is home to several famous mega-cities, from London to Paris and Milan. And while all of them can get hot in summer, none come close to the scorching heat of one city slightly further south. That city is Athens, the capital of Greece, which is home to nearly 3.2 million people in 2025. It…
June 6, 2025
Key Takeaways Workers often pay high costs to send money across borders due to limited competition, poor price visibility, and, in some cases, underdeveloped payment systems. Tanzania has the highest average cost of $115 on a $200 remittance. Seven of the 15 most expensive countries for sending remittances are in Africa. For workers sending money…
June 4, 2025
By Funke Egbemode As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993. As a directing staff (lecturer) at the Nigerian Defence…
June 4, 2025
By Peter Dakuku Two years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the savannah, the creeks, and the sprawling megacities since the last electoral hoopla promised a national rebirth. We now stand midway between ballots, yet conversation in Abuja’s corridors is drifting toward 2027 slogans…
June 2, 2025
By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 “It is time to move beyond rhetorical hope…Nigeria's future cannot be built on beautiful aspirations and emotive patriotism, but must be anchored in a collective demand for transparency, justified expectation, equity, responsible governance, and freedom from want on the many needs of living a good life” What is…
June 1, 2025
"A viable polity is not a committee of vultures, hungry for the blood of all, except their own, nor is it a choir of praise singers and boot lickers who criticise corruption but sit expectantly in the corruption lounge begging for an invitation to the dining table. The hallmark of a viable polity is a…
May 30, 2025
In the first quarter of 2025 alone, the U.S. trade deficit reached $425.5 billion. But which kinds of items make up the largest portions? This graphic, sponsored by Tema ETFs, breaks down the deficit by product category, using data from the U.S. International Trade Commission for the first quarter of 2025. Which Imported Items Have the Deepest Deficits?…
May 30, 2025
By Sonny Iroche It was a warm evening in Lagos, the kind where the city’s vibrant energy hums through the air, mingling with laughter and clinking glasses at a friend’s 70th birthday celebration. Amid the chatter and music, I found myself in a moment that would stir deep emotions and reflections on Nigeria’s complex history.…
May 29, 2025
By Bola Bolawole [email protected] 0807 552 5533 How time flies! May we not be indebted! Because if you promise to pay back in four years’ time and then go to bed, thinking you still have time, four years will stealthily creep on you like the biblical thief in the night and become tomorrow before you…
May 28, 2025
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Europe is home to several famous mega-cities, from London to Paris and Milan. And while all of them can get hot in summer, none come close to the scorching heat of one city slightly further south. That city is Athens, the capital of Greece, which is home to nearly 3.2 million people in 2025. It…
June 6, 2025
Key Takeaways Workers often pay high costs to send money across borders due to limited competition, poor price visibility, and, in some cases, underdeveloped payment systems. Tanzania has the highest average cost of $115 on a $200 remittance. Seven of the 15 most expensive countries for sending remittances are in Africa. For workers sending money…
June 4, 2025
By Funke Egbemode As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993. As a directing staff (lecturer) at the Nigerian Defence…
June 4, 2025
By Peter Dakuku Two years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the savannah, the creeks, and the sprawling megacities since the last electoral hoopla promised a national rebirth. We now stand midway between ballots, yet conversation in Abuja’s corridors is drifting toward 2027 slogans…
June 2, 2025
By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 “It is time to move beyond rhetorical hope…Nigeria's future cannot be built on beautiful aspirations and emotive patriotism, but must be anchored in a collective demand for transparency, justified expectation, equity, responsible governance, and freedom from want on the many needs of living a good life” What is…
June 1, 2025
"A viable polity is not a committee of vultures, hungry for the blood of all, except their own, nor is it a choir of praise singers and boot lickers who criticise corruption but sit expectantly in the corruption lounge begging for an invitation to the dining table. The hallmark of a viable polity is a…
May 30, 2025
In the first quarter of 2025 alone, the U.S. trade deficit reached $425.5 billion. But which kinds of items make up the largest portions? This graphic, sponsored by Tema ETFs, breaks down the deficit by product category, using data from the U.S. International Trade Commission for the first quarter of 2025. Which Imported Items Have the Deepest Deficits?…
May 30, 2025
By Sonny Iroche It was a warm evening in Lagos, the kind where the city’s vibrant energy hums through the air, mingling with laughter and clinking glasses at a friend’s 70th birthday celebration. Amid the chatter and music, I found myself in a moment that would stir deep emotions and reflections on Nigeria’s complex history.…
May 29, 2025
By Bola Bolawole [email protected] 0807 552 5533 How time flies! May we not be indebted! Because if you promise to pay back in four years’ time and then go to bed, thinking you still have time, four years will stealthily creep on you like the biblical thief in the night and become tomorrow before you…
May 28, 2025
