26 July 2026
Professional Institutes

ICAN President Warns of Possible Naira Devaluation After 2027 Elections

President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chidi Ajaegbu, has warned that the naira could face another round of devaluation after the 2027 general elections due to the government’s rising debt profile. Speaking at a public lecture organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Ajaegbu cautioned that

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Professional Institutes

NISER Opens Dialogue on Nigeria’s Electricity Tariff Dilemma

The Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) will on Tuesday, August 26 2025, hold its monthly Research Seminar Series (NRSS) with a focus on electricity pricing and affordability. The session, themed “Balancing Electricity Tariffs and Consumers’ Wallets: Insights from Nigerian Households and Firms’ Ability to Pay,” will explore how tariff adjustments can be

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Universities

Economist Warns of Deepening Economic Crisis

A professor of economics at the University of Lagos, Babatunde Wasiu Adeoye, has warned that Nigeria’s economy is trapped in prolonged stagnation and faces further decline without urgent and coordinated reforms. Delivering his inaugural lecture on Wednesday at the university’s Distance Learning Institute, Adeoye described the country’s current economic state as a “miry clay” marked

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