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Nollywood goes state-side as The Africa Channel, Canal+ target diaspora

The Africa Channel plans to make Nigerian films available in the US, Canada and the Caribbean in early 2022, Brendan Gabriel, the channel’s ... vice president of production and creative director, tells The Africa Report.

jihadist rule

The Sahel: How Jihadists govern in different ways

In the Sahel region, jihadists insurgents with varying ways of governing can be found, and it is important to understand these differences. ...

state individuality

Nigeria’s VAT storm, and the ‘Overmighty Subjects’

Nigeria's Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is an example of Nigerian states asserting their authority against the central power based ... in Abuja...but it's not certain if he will succeed.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari receives a gift after commissioning projects during his visit to Imo State

home turf

2023: Can South-East Nigeria dream of the presidency?

The Igbo ethnic group, which is based in South-East Nigeria, is one of the three largest tribes in the country but has been unable to lead the ... country in the last 55 years. Will this jinx be broken come 2023?

Nigeria top stories

Trans-Atlantic

Nollywood goes state-side as The Africa Channel, Canal+ target diaspora

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari receives a gift after commissioning projects during his visit to Imo State

home turf

2023: Can South-East Nigeria dream of the presidency?

saving face?

Nigeria: Buhari’s mini cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows ahead of 2023 polls

Trans-Atlantic

Nollywood goes state-side as The Africa Channel, Canal+ target diaspora

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari receives a gift after commissioning projects during his visit to Imo State

home turf

2023: Can South-East Nigeria dream of the presidency?

saving face?

Nigeria: Buhari’s mini cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows ahead of 2023 polls

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saving face?

Nigeria: Buhari’s mini cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows ahead of 2023 polls

For the first time in his six years in office, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sacked two of his ministers in a cabinet reshuffle in the ... first week of September. Though the president claimed it was done based on a performance review, some believe Buhari carried out the mini reshuffle “to save face” amid growing criticisms over the worsening state of affairs on all fronts.

Rage Against the Vaccine

Nigeria: Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy grows with inoculation drive

Two states in Nigeria – Edo and Ondo – recently announced compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations for adults. Even after a court restrained the ... Edo State government from going ahead, it insists the order stands. Abiodun Odusote weighs in on the legality of these orders.

breaking new ground

Nigeria: Will music streaming ensure Afrobeats doesn’t skip a beat?

Burna Boy’s fifth LP album 'Twice as Tall' clinched the Grammys for Best Global Music Album in March 2021. Receiving the award via video teleconferencing ... could not dampen this momentous event for the Nigerian, whose real name is Damini Ogulu. It was a roaring win for Afrobeats, the nascent music genre - a fusion of West African rhythms superimposed on an American Hip-Hop ethos - that began to gain popularity at the turn of the millennium.

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Tata International Africa wants acquisitions to extend John Deere distribution

Tata International Africa (TIA) wants to make acquisitions of John Deere dealerships to extend their Zambian distribution partnership, the CEO ... of Tata International Africa, Len Brand, tells The Africa Report.

amid legal hurdles

Nigeria 2023: Goodluck Jonathan to consider joining APC

Amid reports of his plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), former President Goodluck Jonathan has legal hurdles he must scale ... in the race for the 2023 presidency.

A view of the Dangote Oil Refinery under construction in Ibeju Lekki district, on the outskirts of Lagos

cost killer

Nigeria: How Dangote re-invented his supply chain

Nigerian entrepreneur Aliko Dangote believes his use of backward integration could help Dangote Industries Limited save a third on their total ... operating expenses; the new refinery is a key part of that.

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