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© Nigerian musician Seun Kuti performs on stage during the Nice’s Jazz Festival on July 18, 2018 in Nice, southeastern France. (Photo by VALERY HACHE / AFP)

kuti legend

Nigeria: Seun Kuti live at Third Mainland Bridge Social media was animated over the weekend when a video of Seun Kuti, son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, of him assaulting a police officer surfaced

changing the game

Premium badgeAfrican start-ups that will revolutionise health Focusing on the supply of medicines to pharmacies or hospitals, our future champions of e-health have an ambition to make a difference
© A still from Bravo, Burkina! by Walé Oyéjidé, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute/Photo by Walé Oyéjidé)

Ciao Burkina

Nigeria: Walé Oyéjidé’s Bravo, Burkina! feature film makes an impact Nigerian-born American filmmaker, designer and all-around creative Walé Oyéjidé was at the Sundance Film Festival in January for the premiere of his f...
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Billionaire beefs 

Premium badgeNigeria: Inside Otedola’s battles with Dangote, Elumelu and Adenuga  Business mogul, Femi Otedola, has accused banking magnate and Chairman of UBA, Tony Elumelu, of betrayal. With his latest broadside, we take a look at...

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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...
© Ani Kayode Somtochukwu author of ‘And Then He Sang a Lullaby’

revolutionary literature

Premium badgeNigeria: Cassava Republic presents ‘And Then He Sang a Lullaby’ Twice a month, we bring you an excerpt from a book to be published by the Nigeria-based Cassava Republic, a renowned publisher on the continent, leadi...

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© 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

distribution details

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...
© Ani Kayode Somtochukwu author of ‘And Then He Sang a Lullaby’

revolutionary literature

Premium badgeNigeria: Cassava Republic presents ‘And Then He Sang a Lullaby’ Twice a month, we bring you an excerpt from a book to be published by the Nigeria-based Cassava Republic, a renowned publisher on the continent, leadi...

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© Abdourahman A. Waberi, author of ‘Why Do You Dance When You Walk?’

into my thoughts

Djibouti: Cassava Republic presents ‘Why Do You Dance When You Walk?’ Twice a month, we bring you an excerpt from a book to be published by the Nigeria-based Cassava Republic, a renowned publisher on the continent, leadi...

white lines

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Nigeria… How cocaine is making its way through West Africa To meet booming demand in Europe, cocaine production has more than doubled in South America. West Africa, an almost obligatory transit point for the w...

top tech

Premium badgeNeobanks, mobile money… Africa’s future fintech leaders Among our 20 future tech champions, fintech start-ups are in the majority with six representatives. They offer neobanks, business management solutions...
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'strange bedfellows'

Premium badgeNigeria: The Buhari-Tinubu alliance that trumped all competition Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu had long nursed a desire to be Nigeria’s president, an ambition that fuelled the alliance between them. Can the APC o...
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Continental expansion

Premium badgeZipline’s drones set to fly high in Africa on $330m funding Zipline, which has operations in five African countries, has once again hit the headlines by raising $330m, an amount the US start-up will be using to...
© President-elect Bola Tinubu in Abuja on March 1, 2023 (Photo by Kola SULAIMON / AFP)

checking six

Premium badgeNigeria: Will Tinubu’s attempt to install parliamentary leadership backfire?  In a move unprecedented in the democratic history of Nigeria, the ruling APC held a press conference in Abuja on 8 May where it announced its preferre...