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Nigeria’s DisCos collected ₦603.64bn in Q2 2026 even as average electricity offtake fell. Here is what the numbers actually mean for tariffs, metering, losses and service.
Nigeria celebrates teachers every 5 October, but can teaching still attract talented graduates? The deeper issue is pay, training, status, deployment and career growth.
From independence and ECOWAS to Nobel literature, Olympic gold, telecoms, fintech, polio eradication, Nollywood and the Dangote Refinery, these 50 achievements show Nigeria’s capacity…
A 100-point reference guide to Nigeria’s geography, Constitution, government, history, economy, institutions, education, health, culture, sport and global influence.
Nigeria’s culture already travels globally. The harder question is how music, film, fashion, gaming and digital creators can become a larger source of export revenue, jobs, investment…
Nigeria is discussing 24/7 Energy Zones in major demand corridors. This explainer follows electricity from gas and generation to the customer and identifies what must work before round…
The Nigerian Heart Foundation cites more than 235,000 annual cardiovascular deaths, while WHO estimates 185,200 for 2021. We explain the data gap, Nigeria’s hypertension problem and wh…
Nigeria’s FX market recorded about $2.63 billion in spot and derivatives turnover in the week ended 25 September 2026. Here is what higher turnover means, what it does not mean and wha…
Black Market drew 51,258 verified viewers to a Lagos screening and set a Guinness World Records title. The achievement raises a bigger question about Nollywood’s ability to monetise it…
NNPC’s accounts contain huge energy-security and Federation receivable balances, but they should not all be described as pipeline-security spending. FridayPosts separates the accountin…
CBN’s 2027 data-localisation deadline requires payment transaction data generated in Nigeria to be stored and managed locally. Here is what the rule means for banks, fintechs, cloud pr…
Dangote Group has launched a $16 billion refinery project in Lamu, Kenya. Beyond oil, the investment raises a larger question about the ability of Nigerian companies and capital to bui…
Nigeria turns 66 on 1 October 2026. These 10 numbers trace the country’s transformation since independence and show why progress cannot be measured by national age alone.
Guinea-Bissau beat Nigeria 3-0 in an AFCON 2027 qualifier. The result hurts, but the deeper question is why a country with exceptional football talent repeatedly struggles to build a c…
Nigeria has extended implementation of the 2025 capital budget to the end of 2026. Here is why capital budgets are extended, why two fiscal years can overlap and what repeated extensio…
Around 10 million Nigerian children are outside early childhood education, according to UBEC. The deeper problem is that learning gaps formed before age five can follow children throug…
Public-sector unions are demanding a ₦500 petrol price, an immediate wage award and negotiations towards a minimum wage of at least ₦500,000 from 2027. FridayPosts tests what those dem…
Many Nigerian schools already use digital tools, but fragmented systems still create duplicated records, weak visibility and unnecessary administrative work. This sponsored insight exp…