By Ayobami Ayorinde | In the second quarter of 2026, Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.4%, the highest recorded since the second quarter of 2021, and an improvement on the 4.2% posted in the second quarter of 2025.

By Aisha Suleiman | Nigeria's growing energy demand, persistent electricity shortages, and continued dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges to economic growth, energy security, and climate resilience.

By Franklin Iyamah | More than a decade after the 2013 privatisation exercise, Nigeria’s electricity sector remains in a state of arrested development. Starting with the 2001 National Electric Power Policy through to the landmark Electricity Power Reform Act of 2005, Nigerian policymakers pursued fundamental adjustments to the electricity sector with the stated objective of changing the nature of ownership, control and regulation of the sector and ultimately improving power supply to households and businesses.

By Franklin Iyamah | President Bola Tinubu opened the first day of his tenure by delivering one of Nigeria's most consequential fiscal reforms in decades: the excision of the petrol subsidy scheme.

Recent progress on food prices should not distract Nigerian policymakers from the hard work of sustainably addressing the country’s longstanding challenge with food security, a challenge exacerbated by the administration’s fiscal and monetary reforms 

By Adedayo Bakare | All reforms are painful and inconvenient but macroeconomic reforms can be particularly devastating. Since the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu in May 2023, Nigeria has moved from reluctance to urgency in macroeconomic reforms.