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Nigerian soldiers deployed to prevent violence on Lagos Island

tough love

Premium badgeNigeria: Solving insecurity a litmus test for Tinubu administration

On Bola Tinubu’s first full day in office as Nigeria’s president, a brawl broke out in Lagos between the country’s secret police and the anti-graft ag...

© Some of the Benin bronzes stolen by the British from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, on display at the British Museum. (Photo:Joy of museums/Wikimedia commons)

Oba ownership

Premium badgeNigeria: Do Benin Bronzes belong to Oba kingdom or the people? The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. T...
© A general view of solar power panels is seen at the Atlantic Shrimp farm in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

New Dawn?

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu policy shift can prompt solar-power breakthrough Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the chance to drive forward the country’s adoption of solar power, WATT Renewable CEO Oluwole Eweje tell...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu waves to a crowd as he takes the traditional ride on top of a ceremonial vehicle after his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja

post-election hangover

Nigeria: Can Tinubu pleasantly surprise his critics? Will President Bola Tinubu act on a better version of himself than his opposition fears he is? Or are concerns justified that he is not the people’s b...

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Nigerian soldiers deployed to prevent violence on Lagos Island

tough love

Premium badgeNigeria: Solving insecurity a litmus test for Tinubu administration On Bola Tinubu’s first full day in office as Nigeria’s president, a brawl broke out in Lagos between the country’s secret police and the anti-graft ag...
© Some of the Benin bronzes stolen by the British from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, on display at the British Museum. (Photo:Joy of museums/Wikimedia commons)

Oba ownership

Premium badgeNigeria: Do Benin Bronzes belong to Oba kingdom or the people? The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. T...
© A general view of solar power panels is seen at the Atlantic Shrimp farm in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

New Dawn?

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu policy shift can prompt solar-power breakthrough Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the chance to drive forward the country’s adoption of solar power, WATT Renewable CEO Oluwole Eweje tell...

Nigeria top stories

Nigerian soldiers deployed to prevent violence on Lagos Island

tough love

Premium badgeNigeria: Solving insecurity a litmus test for Tinubu administration On Bola Tinubu’s first full day in office as Nigeria’s president, a brawl broke out in Lagos between the country’s secret police and the anti-graft ag...
© Some of the Benin bronzes stolen by the British from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, on display at the British Museum. (Photo:Joy of museums/Wikimedia commons)

Oba ownership

Premium badgeNigeria: Do Benin Bronzes belong to Oba kingdom or the people? The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. T...
© A general view of solar power panels is seen at the Atlantic Shrimp farm in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

New Dawn?

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu policy shift can prompt solar-power breakthrough Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the chance to drive forward the country’s adoption of solar power, WATT Renewable CEO Oluwole Eweje tell...

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© Lai Mohammed on July 1, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by OMER MESSINGER / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP)

PRESIDENTIAL WHISPERER

Premium badgeNigeria’s opposition should abandon bid to overturn Tinubu’s election, says Lai Mohammed Speaking to ‘The Africa Report’ in the run-up to the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu this week, outgoing information minister Lai Mohammed has dismi...
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‘Africa led by Africans’

Premium badgeDow’s Sami Mainich places trust in African talents Since being appointed president of Dow’s Africa operations in late February, Sami Mainich has been on the lookout for partnership opportunities across...

drawn-out battle

Premium badgeNigeria Air fuels stand-off between Hadi Sirika, Allen Onyema A surprise announcement of Nigeria Air’s demonstration flight by Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s aviation minister who served under ex-president Muhammadu Buha...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu stands next to his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja

new broom

Premium badgeNigeria faces inflation spike as President Tinubu promises end to fuel subsidy Nigeria’s newly inaugurated President, Bola Tinubu, has put an end to the long-standing petrol subsidy, which has drained billions of dollars from the...
© Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia (photo: twitter)

the exorcist

Premium badgeNigeria: Can this suspended priest deliver Benue State from bloodshed?  With the inauguration of 18 new governors in Nigeria, we look at the profile of incoming state executives. Today, we delve into the profile of Hyacint...
© A view of the newly-commissioned Dangote Petroleum refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

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Premium badgeWill Dangote’s Refinery solve Nigeria’s fuel consumption problems? President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant, the world’s largest single-train refinery, on 22 May in Lagos am...