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Decision Corrosion

Why has the Nigerian government gone all in on CNG, despite the lessons from countries that tried it before?

Oct 28 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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Ghost of Subsidies Past

The NNPC is an abomination but did it really spend N11 trillion on security?

Oct 9 • Feyi Fawehinmi

47

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September 2026

Against Solutions

Why we should seek understanding rather than answers from political leaders

Sep 28 • Tobi Lawson

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Labourers and Wages

A quick and dirty analysis of wages paid by publicly listed companies in Nigeria

Sep 22 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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The Man From The Pru

A review of Tidjane Thiam’s ‘Without Prejudice’

Sep 19 • Feyi Fawehinmi

39

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Is This IPO Halal?

An interrogation of the Dangote Refinery IPO offer

Sep 11 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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To Whom Honour Is Given

An analysis of Nigeria’s national honours from 1963 to 2023

Sep 9 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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Chapter 8: How To Sit On A Man

The Aba Women, in translation

Sep 1 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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2

August 2026

The Undertaker

Zhu Rongji and the last rites of China's old industrial order

Aug 17 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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Ozoz Sokoh on The Science of Nigerian Food

You may know her as Kitchen Butterfly, but Ozoz Sokoh trained as a scientist before turning her attention to food—not only to how it is made, but also…

Aug 12 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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Chapter 7: The Carpenter

The life of Robert Cudjoe, carpenter and interpreter

Aug 1 • Feyi Fawehinmi

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2

July 2026

Fried Ambition

Poverty reduction will require something bigger than small grants

Jul 30 • Tobi Lawson

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