Nigeria’s cooling inflation faces oil shock risk as election cycle nears

Nigeria’s fragile return to macroeconomic stability is facing fresh threats from surging global oil prices and rising pre-election political tensions, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) said in its first-quarter economic review. While headline inflation eased to about 15.06 percent in February 2026, extending a steady moderation from levels above 24 percent […]

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