OPINION/EDITORIAL

Banks Cash Out, Economy Loses Out: How Nigerian Banks’ N5.05Trn Government Securities Boom is Stifling Real Growth

November 5, 2025 By Blaise Udunze In a year when Nigeria’s economy continues to groan under the weight of inflation, unemployment, and weak purchasing power, the banking sector has once again recorded a massive windfall, not from lending to the real economy or financing innovation, but from investing in government […]

Impact of Trump’s Invasion Threats on Nigerian Financial Markets

November 5, 2025/CSL Report On 1 November 2025, US President Donald Trump made inflammatory remarks threatening possible military intervention in Nigeria, citing alleged persecution of Christians. Although the statement lacked any official backing from Washington, it quickly spread across global media and sparked a wave of investor anxiety. Since the […]