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Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar. (Photos: TAR)

verdict incoming

Premium badgeNigeria: Inside the minds of the judges who will seal Tinubu’s fate As Nigeria awaits the Wednesday verdict in the case against President Bola Tinubu’s election victory, kill the suspense by reading our expert’s analys...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu being sworn in on 29 May 2023 in Abuja. © REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

come in, please

Tinubu recalls ambassadors in push for ‘efficiency’ Since taking office in May, Tinubu has announced a series of reforms aimed at revitalising the economy and spurring investment.
© Only about 5% to 7% of African payment transactions are conducted via digital channels. REUTERS/Macline Hien.

On the Rails

Premium badgeNigeria’s SeerBit plans payments expansion in South Africa, DRC The company aims to take advantage of projected annual growth of 20% in Africa’s e-payments market.
Celebrations for the Coronation Ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camilla in Melbourne © An Australian flag is seen on a table at an Australian Monarchist League dinner celebrating the Coronation Ceremony of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, in Melbourne, Australia, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders

Concrete Ceiling

Premium badgeFlutterwave targets Australia’s struggling African diaspora Remittance service targets Australian Africans – yet structural racism limits the diaspora’s ability to send money home.

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School resumption in Nigeria amid the coronavirus-disease (COVID-19) outbreak © Students in Abuja, Nigeria, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Don't Know Your Customer

Premium badgeNigeria: OmniIndex plans nationwide roll-out of Blockchain education data storage California-based OmniIndex aims to use its Google partnership to roll out Blockchain for educational data across Nigeria and Africa.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo attends the Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

‘same values’

Premium badgeUS companies ‘willing to make more investments’ in Nigeria The US Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, pointed to unstable naira and corruption as some of the issues impeding Nigeria’s economic growth....
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu waves at a crowd, during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu waves at a crowd, during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, May 29, 2023. ©REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Indigenous pressure

Premium badgeNigeria: Court ruling reignites clamour for Abuja’s state-status After Nigeria’s presidential election court ruled that the capital should be treated like a 37th state, Abuja’s original inhabitants are calling for a...

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School resumption in Nigeria amid the coronavirus-disease (COVID-19) outbreak © Students in Abuja, Nigeria, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Don't Know Your Customer

Premium badgeNigeria: OmniIndex plans nationwide roll-out of Blockchain education data storage California-based OmniIndex aims to use its Google partnership to roll out Blockchain for educational data across Nigeria and Africa.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo attends the Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

‘same values’

Premium badgeUS companies ‘willing to make more investments’ in Nigeria The US Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, pointed to unstable naira and corruption as some of the issues impeding Nigeria’s economic growth....
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu waves at a crowd, during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu waves at a crowd, during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, May 29, 2023. ©REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Indigenous pressure

Premium badgeNigeria: Court ruling reignites clamour for Abuja’s state-status After Nigeria’s presidential election court ruled that the capital should be treated like a 37th state, Abuja’s original inhabitants are calling for a...

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Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharjee, a molecular geneticist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, sequences yam genomes at the laboratory in Ibadan

holding ground

Premium badgeNigeria harvests more GM food crops, but concerns persist The Nigerian government has started harvesting its genetically modified (GM) pest-resistant cowpeas, touting biotech crops as a solution to food insec...
Colonel Sadiba Koulibaly (L) and Colonel Mamady Doumbouya (R), coup leaders in Guinea. (©JA Montage: John Wessels/AFP/All rights reserved)

trend setting

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Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. REUTERS/Vining Ogu

cat is away

Premium badgeTinubu’s relocation to Abuja ignites power struggle in Lagos The Lagos Parliament rejected 17 commissioner-nominees out of the 39 names sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Speaker Mudashiru Obasa is behind the ...
Flags of South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India and China at the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 24 August 2023. (AFP/Marco Longari)

negatory

Premium badgeThe BRICS expands and Nigeria is not on the list While Egypt and Ethiopia were welcomed into the exclusive club of nations destined to dominate the world economy by 2050, Nigeria was left out. Why be...
daystar_badagry005 © Daystar panels at Badagry in Nigeria. Photo supplied.

Hybrid Path

Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister and OPEC’s alternate president Diezani Alison-Madueke adjusts her glasses at the annual IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston © Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister and OPEC’s alternate president Diezani Alison-Madueke adjusts her glasses at the annual IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES – Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY POLITICS) – GM1EA3503LN01

weak arguments

Premium badgeP&ID vs Nigeria: A state affair with high stakes for the whole country A record $11bn fine handed down by an arbitration tribunal in favour of a notorious offshore company could devastate Africa’s largest economy, at a ti...