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125			googletag.enableServices();
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127			/**
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130			 * displaying slots progressively as the page's own content calls
131			 * for them is a supported GPT pattern (defineSlot()/display() can
132			 * both run any time after enableServices(), not just before it),
133			 * which is what makes this safe to call from arbitrary points in
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135			 */
136			window.bdayGamRegisterZoneSlot = function (path, sizes, id, mappingKey) {
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141					if (mapping) slot.defineSizeMapping(mapping);
142					slot.addService(googletag.pubads());
143					slotState[id] = { refreshCount: 0, viewable: false, lastRefresh: 0 };
144					googletag.display(id);
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161			googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function (event) {
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624	<h1 class="bday-archive-title">Research post</h1>
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628								<article class="bday-card">
629		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/when-opportunity-turns-to-fear-the-cost-of-xenophobic-violence-against-nigerians/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-284x162.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-medium.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Untitled-design-8.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Unrest in South Africa" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
630		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/when-opportunity-turns-to-fear-the-cost-of-xenophobic-violence-against-nigerians/">When opportunity turns to fear: The cost of xenophobic violence against Nigerians</a></h3>
631					<div class="bday-byline">
632				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
633				<span>2 months ago</span>
634			</div>
635							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">For thousands of Nigerians who crossed into South Africa in search of greener pastures, the promise of a better life</p>
636			</article>
637													<article class="bday-card">
638		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/shared-scale-why-africas-future-demands-collective-ownership/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-284x162.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-medium.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shared-Scale-Why-Africas-Future-Demands-Collective-Ownership-1.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Shared Scale Why Africa’s Future Demands Collective Ownership" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
639		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/shared-scale-why-africas-future-demands-collective-ownership/">Shared Scale: Why Africa’s future demands collective ownership</a></h3>
640					<div class="bday-byline">
641				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
642				<span>2 months ago</span>
643			</div>
644							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">In a world of thinner aid flows, shakier multilateralism, and fiercer competition for capital, Africa’s old handicap- fragmentation- looks more</p>
645			</article>
646													<article class="bday-card">
647		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/nigerias-fiscal-bind-revenue-weakness-or-debt-overhang/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-144x165.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-medium.png 262w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-354x405.png 354w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-590x675.png 590w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-144x165.png 144w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-173x198.png 173w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-117x134.png 117w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-87x100.png 87w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9-285x326.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-9.png 705w" sizes="(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px" alt="Nigeria’s fiscal bind: Revenue weakness or debt overhang?" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
648		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/nigerias-fiscal-bind-revenue-weakness-or-debt-overhang/">Nigeria’s fiscal bind: Revenue weakness or debt overhang?</a></h3>
649					<div class="bday-byline">
650				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
651				<span>2 months ago</span>
652			</div>
653							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">Few words stir public anxiety in Nigeria quite like “debt.” Each new bulletin from the Debt Management Office (DMO) sets</p>
654			</article>
655													<article class="bday-card">
656		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/learning-under-siege-the-fiscal-paradox-of-nigerias-safe-schools-initiative/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-248x165.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-medium.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-248x165.png 248w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-254x169.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-201x134.png 201w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-100x67.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5-285x190.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1-5.png 576w" sizes="(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px" alt="Learning Under Siege: The fiscal paradox of Nigeria’s safe schools initiative" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
657		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/learning-under-siege-the-fiscal-paradox-of-nigerias-safe-schools-initiative/">Learning under siege: The fiscal paradox of Nigeria’s safe schools initiative</a></h3>
658					<div class="bday-byline">
659				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
660				<span>4 months ago</span>
661			</div>
662							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">Nigeria’s Safe Schools Initiative captures a painful contradiction between fiscal ambition and lived insecurity. Despite a N144.77 billion (2023–2026) federal commitment</p>
663			</article>
664													<article class="bday-card">
665		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/counting-trillions-measuring-nothing-an-analytical-look-at-faac-allocation-subnational-performance/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-268x165.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-medium.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-268x165.png 268w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-254x156.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-210x129.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-100x61.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9-285x175.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-9.png 685w" sizes="(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px" alt="1" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
666		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/counting-trillions-measuring-nothing-an-analytical-look-at-faac-allocation-subnational-performance/">Counting trillions, measuring nothing? An analytical look at FAAC allocation, subnational performance</a></h3>
667					<div class="bday-byline">
668				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
669				<span>8 months ago</span>
670			</div>
671							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">&#8230;State revenue is soaring but services stalling &#8230;More fiscal windfalls, governance headwinds Nigeria’s states have never been richer on paper.</p>
672			</article>
673													<article class="bday-card">
674		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/america-first-or-america-isolated-what-trumps-monroe-doctrine-means-for-trade-capital-and-alliances/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-284x162.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-medium.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/America-First-policy-1.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="America First or America Isolated? What Trump’s “Monroe” doctrine means for trade, capital and alliances" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
675		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/america-first-or-america-isolated-what-trumps-monroe-doctrine-means-for-trade-capital-and-alliances/">America first or America isolated? What Trump’s “Monroe” doctrine means for trade, capital and alliances</a></h3>
676					<div class="bday-byline">
677				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
678				<span>8 months ago</span>
679			</div>
680							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">The Trump administration’s “America First” policy stance is reshaping the global economic and geopolitical landscape, redefining trade, investment and alliance</p>
681			</article>
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706														<article class="bday-card">
707		<a href="https://businessday.ng/research-post/article/new-era-at-afdb-what-nigerias-economy-can-expect-from-the-leadership-shift/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/2022/09/AfDB.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/2022/09/AfDB-300x171.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/2022/09/AfDB.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Nigeria, AfDB seek regional mineral processing to lift value addition as Africa&#8217;s intra-trade remains 16%" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
708		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/research-post/article/new-era-at-afdb-what-nigerias-economy-can-expect-from-the-leadership-shift/">New era at AfDB: What Nigeria’s economy can expect from the leadership shift</a></h3>
709					<div class="bday-byline">
710				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
711				<span>one year ago</span>
712			</div>
713							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) leadership transition marks more than a change at the top: it signals a transformative moment</p>
714			</article>
715													<article class="bday-card">
716		<a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/nigerias-sports-industry-poised-for-a-revenue-boom/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-284x162.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-300x171.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nigerias-sports-industry.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Nigeria’s sports industry: Poised for a revenue boom" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
717		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/pro/article/nigerias-sports-industry-poised-for-a-revenue-boom/">Nigeria’s sports industry: Poised for a revenue boom</a></h3>
718					<div class="bday-byline">
719				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
720				<span>2 years ago</span>
721			</div>
722							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">Sports is no longer just about talent and passion—it’s a multi-billion-dollar industry driven by data, innovation, and strategic investment. Across</p>
723			</article>
724													<article class="bday-card">
725		<a href="https://businessday.ng/backpage/article/cabinet-reshuffle-and-restructuring-paving-the-way-for-an-inclusive-nigeria/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/2023/06/Bola-Tinubu-4-1.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/2023/06/Bola-Tinubu-4-1-300x171.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/2023/06/Bola-Tinubu-4-1.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Cabinet reshuffle and restructuring: Paving the way for an inclusive Nigeria" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
726		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/backpage/article/cabinet-reshuffle-and-restructuring-paving-the-way-for-an-inclusive-nigeria/">Cabinet reshuffle and restructuring: Paving the way for an inclusive Nigeria</a></h3>
727					<div class="bday-byline">
728				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
729				<span>2 years ago</span>
730			</div>
731							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">Nigeria&#8217;s current state is a complex web of challenges, from economic stagnation to insecurity, corruption, and infrastructural decay. The country&#8217;s</p>
732			</article>
733													<article class="bday-card">
734		<a href="https://businessday.ng/research-post/article/improving-subnational-ease-of-doing-business-rankings-to-unlock-regional-prosperity/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-284x162.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-300x171.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ease-of-doing-business-in-Nigeria.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Improving subnational ease of doing business rankings to unlock regi
734onal prosperity" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
735		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/research-post/article/improving-subnational-ease-of-doing-business-rankings-to-unlock-regional-prosperity/">Improving subnational ease of doing business rankings to unlock regional prosperity</a></h3>
736					<div class="bday-byline">
737				<span>Amaka Agwulonu</span>
738				<span>2 years ago</span>
739			</div>
740							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">Nigeria, like the rest of the world, grapples with escalating economic challenges stemming from the lingering effects of the COVID-19</p>
741			</article>
742													<article class="bday-card">
743		<a href="https://businessday.ng/insight-2/article/race-to-2026-recapitalisation-exercise-meet-the-cfos-of-top-merchant-and-non-interest-banks-in-nigeria/" class="bday-card__media"><img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Business-Day-Grey-e1691776368938.jpg" data-src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-284x162.png" data-srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-300x171.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-2024-05-08T094355.789.png 700w" sizes="(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px" alt="Race to 2026 “Recapitalisation Exercise”: Meet the CFOs of top merchant and non-interest banks in Nigeria" class=" img-lazy-load"></a>
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746				<span>BusinessDay</span>
747				<span>2 years ago</span>
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749							<p class="bday-card__excerpt">Globally, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) play a pivotal role in the financial landscape, serving as key architects of financial strategies</p>
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753		<h3 class="bday-card__title"><a href="https://businessday.ng/research-post/article/pay-tv-versus-streaming-platforms-which-will-win-nigerians-string-pocket/">Pay TV versus Streaming Platforms? Which will win Nigerian’s String Pocket?</a></h3>
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755				<span>Muhammad Akanji</span>
756				<span>3 years ago</span>
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