Economy & Money
The naira, inflation, fuel prices, wages, tax and bank charges, explained without jargon.
- Economy & Money Bank Transfer Charges in Nigeria: What You Are Actually Paying Two separate charges come off a transfer, they are set by two different rules, and both changed in 2026. 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money How Money Sent Home Reaches Nigeria Remittances are now comparable in scale to much of Nigeria's oil earnings — and the rules on how they are paid out… 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money How the CBN Sets Interest Rates, and Why It Reaches Your Pocket Twelve people meet four times a year and set a number. That number determines what your loan costs and what your… 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money How Nigeria Measures Inflation, and Why the Numbers Suddenly Changed If you have ever wondered why the official inflation rate does not match what you pay at the market, the answer is… 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy: What Was Removed and What Followed Three years on, petrol costs roughly seven times what it did before the announcement — and the reasons are not all… 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money Nigeria's Minimum Wage: What the Law Actually Says The figure is widely known. The exemptions are not — and they exclude a large share of the people who most need the… 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money VAT in Nigeria: What You Pay and What Changed in 2026 Four tax acts commenced on 1 January 2026. The rate did not change — almost everything around it did. 27 September 2026
- Economy & Money Why the Naira's Value Changes Before June 2023 Nigeria had several exchange rates at once. Understanding what replaced them explains most of what has… 27 September 2026