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Forex AnalysisOur Naira to Dollar moving average has now risen for like the 6th week in a row. Rising external reserves ...
31/08/2026

Forex Analysis

Our Naira to Dollar moving average has now risen for like the 6th week in a row. Rising external reserves continue to be a factor. It had risen to about $53.3 billion by August 27, an 18 year high. This and continued CBN interventions, have led to stronger confidence in Nigeria’s FX position. The spread between official and parallel rates however, widened to about ₦68/$ as persistent demand for cash dollars for imports, tuition, and travel kept parallel rates elevated.

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Forex AnalysisOur Naira to Dollar moving average rose for the third week running, but an ever so small margin of 0.03%. ...
17/08/2026

Forex Analysis

Our Naira to Dollar moving average rose for the third week running, but an ever so small margin of 0.03%. This came on the back of continued CBN interventions through the sale of dollars via the NFEM to authorized dealers and modest increase in Nigeria’s external reserves position.
Importer demand, speculative activity, and limited dollar supply in informal channels, however caused the spread between the official and parallel rates to spread to about ₦56–₦63/$1.

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The Barracks Effect: Why Infrastructure, Not Talent, Decides Who Wins in Musicby Ejiose Ikuenobe A few days ago, Kayod...
06/08/2026

The Barracks Effect: Why Infrastructure, Not Talent, Decides Who Wins in Music
by Ejiose Ikuenobe

A few days ago, Kayode Adebayo, CEO of Ckrowd, posted something on LinkedIn that most people in the music business would instinctively argue against. Artists, he wrote, are not the industry’s most valuable asset.

They are its biggest creators of value — but value creation and value ownership are two different things. Remove one artist and, eventually, another superstar emerges; history has proven that, over and over. But remove the infrastructure that discovers, finances, promotes, tours, insures, pays, and distributes those artists, and the entire industry slows to a crawl.

Ejiose Ikuenobe

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Forex AnalysisOur Naira to Dollar moving average improved by roughly 0.8% this week. This came on the back of CBN interv...
03/08/2026

Forex Analysis

Our Naira to Dollar moving average improved by roughly 0.8% this week. This came on the back of CBN interventions in the form of direct sales of dollars to market participants, wider access to its auctioning system and liquidity injections. The slight dip in foreign reserves during the week suggest that the improved exchange rate came from mainly the interventions and not from autonomous FX inflows.

Importers and individuals continued to source dollars in the parallel market, keeping rates elevated, but with a narrower spread of 30-40 naira per $, when compared to last week.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: DUTIES OF TRUTH AND VERIFICATION"Ipsa scientia potestas est" — Sir Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacra...
23/07/2026

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: DUTIES OF TRUTH AND VERIFICATION
"Ipsa scientia potestas est" — Sir Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacrae (1597)
Peter B. Ogbobine, Esq.

More than four centuries after Sir Francis Bacon declared that "Knowledge is power," former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave the maxim a democratic dimension when he observed: "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating." Together, these two maxims remind us that while knowledge empowers individuals, access to truthful information empowers societies and strengthens democracy.

SUPPORT AKARA ECONOMICS: WHY SMALL BEGINNINGS STILL MATTER .By Peter B. Ogbobine Esq9th July 2026Three sayings capture ...
09/07/2026

SUPPORT AKARA ECONOMICS: WHY SMALL BEGINNINGS STILL MATTER .
By Peter B. Ogbobine Esq

9th July 2026

Three sayings capture the essence of this discussion:

“ Positive anything is better than negative nothing”

“ Waka for nothing better pass siddon for house”

“ Making something out of nothing”

Nigerians, particularly in these economically challenging times, have become increasingly vigilant and critical of public policy and official pronouncements. Widespread mobile phone access, cheap data, and the extensive reach of social media have given everyone the imprimatur to publish almost everything — from the mundane to the profound; from truth to falsehood; from conspiracy theories to established facts; from constructive commentary to destructive misinformation, etc. now competes for public attention in real time.

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DEMOCRACY, DEMONCRACY AND DEM-ALL-CRAZY: AN AIREGIN POLITICAL TRINITYPeter B. Ogbobine Esq 1st July 2026" _Government of...
02/07/2026

DEMOCRACY, DEMONCRACY AND DEM-ALL-CRAZY: AN AIREGIN POLITICAL TRINITY

Peter B. Ogbobine Esq

1st July 2026

" _Government of the people, by the people, for the people."_ - by Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address of 1863

In the make-believe world of Hollywood, a fictional African nation called Wakanda existed in the film "Black Panther". Wakanda flourished under a stable monarchy until the death of its king triggered a succession struggle and political kerfuffle-. Its socio-political structure was essentially a form of enlightened feudalism, with authority concentrated in a traditional ruling class.

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FG INTENT ON PASSAGE OF 30% VALUE ADDITION BILL BY ABDUL ROTIMI MOHAMMED The Federal Government has intensified efforts ...
29/06/2026

FG INTENT ON PASSAGE OF 30% VALUE ADDITION BILL BY ABDUL ROTIMI MOHAMMED

The Federal Government has intensified efforts to fast-track the passage and implementation of the 30 per cent Value Addition Bill. It is expected that the passage of the Bill will end the practice of exporting low value raw materials and importing finished goods, a practice that severely limits the creation of high value jobs in the country.

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Forex AnalysisIt was a week of mild depreciation in the FX market as our naira to dollar moving average fell by about 0....
29/06/2026

Forex Analysis

It was a week of mild depreciation in the FX market as our naira to dollar moving average fell by about 0.7%. The depreciation was driven by steady dollar demand and weaker oil inflows, not by volatility or speculation. Importers and corporates increased FX demand mid‑week, adding pressure on the naira, while Brent crude prices slipped to $76-$77/bbl, reducing FX inflows from oil revenues. CBN did maintain tight liquidity, thus preventing a sharper depreciation.

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It was a rather calm week in the FX market as the naira remained broadly stable in both the official and parallel market...
22/06/2026

It was a rather calm week in the FX market as the naira remained broadly stable in both the official and parallel markets. Our naira to dollar moving average only rose by a marginal 0.04%. There was adequate liquidity in the official window, with turnover exceeding $300m on some days. Market participants noted improved transparency and reduced arbitrage opportunities with the spread between the official and parallel rates remaining between 30 and 40 naira per $, the same as last week.

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