Can Nigeria Learn To Think Ahead?
When floods swallow roads in Lagos, food prices jump in Kano, classrooms overflow in Niger Delta communities, or young graduates queue for scarce jobs in Abuja, government is expected to respond.
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9 articlesData As Fiscal Infrastructure
A tax system without data is like a pilot navigating through thick cloud cover without instruments.
Taxation Follows Economic Activity
Imagine a farmer who painstakingly installs the most sophisticated irrigation system, yet never plants a single seed.
Kaiama: Anatomy Of A Preventable Tragedy
Kaiama Local Government Area in Kwara State has once again become the epicentre of national grief.
When national pride becomes an expensive illusion
When Aliko Dangote recently declared that Ajaokuta Steel Complex will never work, his words provoked anger across the country, particularly in Kogi where the plant sits like an abandoned monument.
Reform Or Retreat: A Moment For Northern States
On June 26, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assented to four landmark laws that signal the boldest reconfiguration of Nigeria’s fiscal architecture since the return to democracy.
Two years of Uba Sani: What matters
Two years into the administration of Governor Uba Sani, Kaduna State presents a portrait both hopeful and troubling, one marked by flashes of progress and deep, systemic voids.
Development must be taken seriously
It is often said that institutions reflect the values and visions of those who design and manage them.
Northern Nigeria: Time to pedal forward
The Northern political class must confront a stark and unavoidable reality: the economic road ahead will demand proactive efforts, strategic vision, and collective action.