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Nigeria’s Economic Future: Beyond Fiscal Rituals to Structural Reform

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2026

By Nick AguleEmail: nick.agule@yahoo.co.ukX: @NickAguleFacebook: Nick Agule, FCA16.01.2026 I sat all through this summit yesterday. Kudos to the finance minister who took the time to attend in person to present the 2025 financial performance and the outlook for 2026. While I appreciate the

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Nigeria Is Resource Rich But Economically Poor!

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2026

By Nick Agule The United States is budgeting $1.5 trillion for its military alone. Nigeria, by contrast, budgets roughly $40 billion for the entire country for all sectors! Out of that $40 billion, only about $3.5 billion is allocated to defence. Yet, Nigeria and the US are buying missiles and other military hardware from the […]

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Fix the Institutions to Fix Nigeria…

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2025

By Nick Agule Anthony Joshua would never permit a vehicle he is travelling in to be driven at such reckless speeds in the UK, fully aware of the serious police enforcement consequences that would follow. Yet in Nigeria, he sat calmly while the vehicle sped excessively, carried out dangerous overtaking, and ultimately crashed into a […]

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We need to raise the bar in agriculture

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2025

By Nick Agule If the farms in Benue do not look like this, then we have not yet begun the journey toward true industrial agriculture. Farming that relies on bending down methods using human muscle is not agriculture in the true sense – it is merely subsistence, with only a small surplus trickling into the […]