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A Pay Rise or Poverty Trap? Why Nigeria’s ₦100,000 Minimum Wage Debate Exposes a Deeper Economic Crisis Nigerian workers commuting amid rising transport costs and inflation.

Nigerian workers commuting amid rising transport costs and inflation.

A Pay Rise or Poverty Trap? Why Nigeria’s ₦100,000 Minimum Wage Debate Exposes a Deeper Economic Crisis

Korede Abdullah June 10, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – For millions of Nigerian workers, payday no longer brings relief. Salaries that once covered...

Governors Weigh ₦100,000 Wage as Labour Pushes More Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

Governors Weigh ₦100,000 Wage as Labour Pushes More

Korede Abdullah May 30, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – State governors are considering a new national minimum wage of ₦100,000 as discussions intensify...

Eid on the Edge: Soaring Transport Fares Force Nigerians to Rethink Sallah Travel Travellers waiting beside interstate buses at Kubwa motor park in Abuja before Eid-ul-Adha

Travellers waiting beside interstate buses at Kubwa motor park in Abuja before Eid-ul-Adha

Eid on the Edge: Soaring Transport Fares Force Nigerians to Rethink Sallah Travel

Oluwafunbi Bello May 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Before sunrise at Abuja’s Kubwa motor park, passengers clutching bags and food flasks crowded...

Nigeria’s Inflation Climbs to 15.38% in March as Food, Transport Costs Surge Market scene showing rising food prices in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Inflation Climbs to 15.38% in March as Food, Transport Costs Surge

Korede Abdullah April 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 15.38 per cent in March 2026, reversing months of...

Nigeria’s Housing Dream on the Brink: Inside the Relentless Rise of Building Costs Cement and construction materials displayed in Abuja market amid rising costs

Cement and construction materials displayed in Abuja market amid rising costs

Nigeria’s Housing Dream on the Brink: Inside the Relentless Rise of Building Costs

Chukwu Obinna April 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a dusty stretch of Kubwa, where half-built homes stand like abandoned promises, the...

CBN Pushes Inflation Targeting, Eyes Single-Digit Price Stability Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Abuja

CBN Pushes Inflation Targeting, Eyes Single-Digit Price Stability

Koko Maxwella March 23, 2026

Abuja, Nigeria – The Central Bank of Nigeria intensifies its shift towards a rules-based monetary policy, targeting...

Tax Reform or Public Panic? Inside Nigeria’s Controversial 2026 Tax Changes VAT-exempt food items in local market

Tax Reform or Public Panic? Inside Nigeria’s Controversial 2026 Tax Changes

Oluwafunbi Bello January 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When rumours began spreading across Nigeria that the government would soon begin “taxing bank...

Streets Instead of Schoolyards: How Nigeria’s Poverty Trap Is Stealing Childhoods, Endangering Public Health Child hawker navigating traffic in Abuja street

Child hawker navigating traffic in Abuja street

Streets Instead of Schoolyards: How Nigeria’s Poverty Trap Is Stealing Childhoods, Endangering Public Health

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius December 15, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – On the scorching asphalt of Nigeria’s capital, childhood begins not with school bells or...

Nigerian Businesses Oppose Excise Duty Hike Nigerian Businesses Reject Proposed Excise Duty Increase

Nigerian Businesses Oppose Excise Duty Hike

Mirian Gom December 2, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian business leaders have opposed a Senate proposal to increase excise duties, warning it...

Just In: CBN Holds 27% Rate, Extends Tough Fight Against Inflation CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso addressing journalists after MPC meeting in Abu

Just In: CBN Holds 27% Rate, Extends Tough Fight Against Inflation

Juliet Jacob November 25, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has kept its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at...

Inflation

Governors Weigh ₦100,000 Wage as Labour Pushes More

Eid on the Edge: Soaring Transport Fares Force Nigerians to Rethink Sallah Travel

Nigeria’s Inflation Climbs to 15.38% in March as Food, Transport Costs Surge

Nigeria’s Housing Dream on the Brink: Inside the Relentless Rise of Building Costs

CBN Pushes Inflation Targeting, Eyes Single-Digit Price Stability

Tax Reform or Public Panic? Inside Nigeria’s Controversial 2026 Tax Changes

Nigerian Businesses Oppose Excise Duty Hike

Just In: CBN Holds 27% Rate, Extends Tough Fight Against Inflation

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