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great wall of silence

Can Nigeria afford China’s internet wall to silence online critics?

The great internet firewall of China remains the most prominent example of state internet filtering used to control what happens online. President ... Muhammadu Buhari's administration reportedly wants to take a cue from China to build a similar infrastructure in Nigeria, raising questions as to whether it can afford one and why it wants such a digital blanket in the first place.

greener grass

Access Bank, UBA, GTB… the Nigerian banks making inroads in Africa

Nigerian banks are faced with low growth and a punitive cash reserve ratio of 27.5% at home. They are betting on the African Free Trade Zone ... to expand elsewhere on the continent. However, the profitability of their subsidiaries outside Nigeria is relatively average. Are they falling into an expansionary trap?

building an ecosystem

Nigeria’s Paga eyes Ethiopia for expansion, says CEO Tayo Oviosu

Backed by investors such as Jim O’Neill (former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management) and Tim Draper (one of the world’s most famous ... venture capital investors), Paga is Nigeria’s leading mobile payments company. CEO Tayo Oviosu speaks to The Africa Report about the fintech company that he started in 2009, before financial technology was all the rage.

A supporter of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu holds a Biafra flag during a rally in support of Kanu, who is expected to appear at a magistrate court in Abuja

trauma instrumentalised

Buhari’s Deleted Tweet and the Ghost of Nigeria’s Civil War

The tweet written by President Buhari that Twitter deleted resuscitated the fears and ghosts of Nigeria's brutal civil war -- one that still ... reverberates through politics today. The spectacle of a Nigerian President - who himself took part in the genocidal events of 1967-1970 - using Nigeria's most traumatic national event to expressly and openly threaten an ethnic group on Twitter is an outrage.

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great wall of silence

Can Nigeria afford China’s internet wall to silence online critics?

greener grass

Access Bank, UBA, GTB… the Nigerian banks making inroads in Africa

A supporter of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu holds a Biafra flag during a rally in support of Kanu, who is expected to appear at a magistrate court in Abuja

trauma instrumentalised

Buhari’s Deleted Tweet and the Ghost of Nigeria’s Civil War

great wall of silence

Can Nigeria afford China’s internet wall to silence online critics?

greener grass

Access Bank, UBA, GTB… the Nigerian banks making inroads in Africa

A supporter of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu holds a Biafra flag during a rally in support of Kanu, who is expected to appear at a magistrate court in Abuja

trauma instrumentalised

Buhari’s Deleted Tweet and the Ghost of Nigeria’s Civil War

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millionaire prophet

Death of Nigeria’s TB Joshua: The controversial pastor will answer to God now

Nigeria's Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, the millionaire evangelical preacher died on 5 June at the age of 57. His church, usually partial to ... storytelling, has been tight-lipped regarding the cause of death.

land disputes

Nigeria: Livestock reform is key to solving farmer-herder conflict

Land disputes between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers occurred sporadically in Nigeria’s past, and relations between the two groups were ... largely amicable.

Income Investing

Nigeria: Banks offer safest dividends for domestic investors, analysts say

Dividend yields on Nigerian stocks are ahead of those available on Africa’s major stock markets – but investors will have to tread carefully ... to avoid the pitfalls, analysts say.

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one step forward, two steps back

Nigeria: Has the #EndSARS movement come to an end?

The American #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) movement picked up its pace internationally in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. A few months later, ... Nigeria's #EndSARS campaign also flooded social media waves. In both instances, the second round is what finally brought about some changes that have even been applauded. But at the end of the day, has anything really changed?

expel or unite

Nigeria: Resolving the so-called ‘Igbo Problem’

To paraphrase Karl Marx, there is a spectre haunting Nigeria - the spectre of disintegration. At no time has the presence of this spectre being ... so palpably felt than in the last three months.

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Nigeria’s devaluation won’t fix managed-float woes

Nigeria’s naira devaluation in May is unlikely to be the last and won’t fix the chronic dollar shortage which hampers the economy. ...

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