Institutions & Public Life7 August 2026
Course Allocation
The national formula for matching students to courses.
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The national formula for matching students to courses.
Decades of closing public universities.
Car washes and open-air gardens take on second jobs as nightlife hubs.
Afrobeats conquered the world.
Learn tech, earn in dollars.
No-collateral loans turned your contact list into the ultimate leverage.
Leaving the country became a content genre.
Buy cheap from China, sell dear in Lagos.
A Russian mathematician promised 30% to a recession-hit nation.
The online handout turned into a follower acquisition strategy.
A shop opens on every street.
It began as friends arguing about Messi and Ronaldo.
The free browsing era
Hilda Baci’s four-day cook-a-thon inspired a nation to try breaking every world record.
Social media platforms started paying for engagement.
Skit-making went from low-budget side hustle to overcrowded national pastime.
Uber entered the Nigerian market.
Nigeria’s agent banking solved the cash access problem.
Students learned that selling the course paid better than practicing the skill.