OPINION/EDITORIAL

A Global Stablecoin Glut: Implications for Monetary Policy

November 7, 2025/US Federal Reserve By Governor Stephen I. Miran Thank you, I really appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today.1 I am excited to be discussing stablecoins. This innovation has been unfairly treated as a pariah by some, but stablecoins are now an established and fast-growing part of […]

Mobile Subscriptions Record Y/Y Growth

November 7, 2025/CSL Research According to the latest data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), active mobile subscriptions increased by 18.64 million year-on-year (+12.03%) to 173.54 million in September 2025, up from 154.91 million in September 2024. On a month-on-month basis, total subscriptions rose by 1.98 million (+1.15%), from 171.57 […]

Banks’ N1.96Trn Black Hole: Who Took the Loans, Who Defaulted, and Why the Real Economy Suffers

November 7, 2025 By Blaise Udunze Nigeria’s banking sector has entered a season of reckoning. Eight of the nation’s biggest banks have collectively booked N1.96 trillion in impairment charges in just the first nine months of 2025 which represents a staggering 49 percent increase from the N1.32 trillion recorded in […]