Nonso Obikili

This is a particularly important consideration when we remind ourselves that only around 17% of people worldwide live in high-income countries. Here's the distribution of econ research on taxation by country income group. Probably not so different in other econ subfields.

Important because what are we doing. In Abuja too...

In today's @thisdaylive, I examine the facts and fiction of FAAC deductions, then I look at the types of deductions and the key issues around them. 👇🏾 thisdaylive.com/2026/04/26/fac… Bonus: screenshots showing deductions from SR and VAT from March 2026 FAAC revenues. @AgoraPolicy

@AbangMercy @sbmintelligence nigeria.un.org/en/255132-inte…

Middle class Nigerians in Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, across the Northeast, Northwest and Northcentral who are able to afford it will begin to migrate south. Perhaps that migration is already ongoing but I’d like to see a study backing this CC: @sbmintelligence . You can’t retire to spaces you arent guaranteed safety

Many countries are trapped in cycles of unresolved debt crises & held back by an unfair system of vast debt repayments that drain public resources & undermine long-term investment. The Borrowers Platform – a new mechanism supported by the @UN – is a breakthrough in global financing – bringing borrowing countries together learn from each other & speak with a collective voice. un.org/sg/en/content/…

People of African descent face discrimination, exclusion, and dehumanization – every single day. This must end. We need to take concrete, meaningful steps to dismantle systemic racism and address the damaging legacies of colonialism and enslavement. ohchr.org/en/statements-…

Reparatory justice is "key to dismantling systemic racism," said @UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk at the opening of the 5th session of the @UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in @UNGeneva. #FightRacism news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

@channelstv you should probably get more credible people to discuss serious issues on national TV.

UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

Women win record 48% of Danish parliament seats in vote bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @sanne_wass

No prizes for guessing the state that ‘stands out nationally’ for publishing individual LGA/LCDA budgets, as well as prior year’s audited accounts and budget performance reports, according to this report.

In my column in today's @THISDAYLIVE, I commend President Tinubu for starting the process of curing some of the defects of the PIA (Nigeria's landmark petroleum law) and urge him to stay the course and go even farther. 👇🏽 thisdaylive.com/2026/02/22/the…

@afalli @NaijaFlyingDr @DoubleEph Supported. Also voting for substack.

Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.98% (YoY) in real terms in Q3 2025. This growth rate is higher than the 3.86% recorded in Q3 2024. Agriculture grew by 3.79% in Q3 2025, an improvement from 2.55% recorded Q3 2024. Read the Q3 2025 GDP report here: microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/cata…

@DoubleEph Ultimately we will end up at the taxing-to fund-public-services outcome eventually. If we develop the capacity to deliver the public services. But which comes first? Chicken or egg? So many unanswered questions.

This Economist piece on the world being on the verge of a geothermal energy breakthrough has simply intensified my hatred of the "solar revolution" going on in poor countries. Rant 🧵

In October 2025, the Headline inflation rate eased to 16.05% relative to the September 2025 headline inflation rate of 18.02%. Headline inflation rate was 0.93% MoM The Food inflation rate was -0.37% MoM Read the CPI Report for October 2025 here: microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/cata…

Visited MOWAA last year and was so impressed with the vision and the (very clear) hard work that has gone into building this institution. This project is a generational game changer for Benin and I really hope authorities act with wisdom and foresight.

@afalli I keep saying that on top of the poverty problem, we are also mostly just disorganized.

Oh. We still haven't learned that we can't "import substitute" an industrial sector into existence? Ok. Well done to all involved.