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Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s new Minister for the Digital Economy. © DR 

‘unpatriotic’ opinions

Premium badgeNigeria’s new digital economy minister Bosun Tijani haunted by his past The key player in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem, who has strong links with Silicon Valley, is at the heart of a controversy over past tweets.
Nasir El-Rufai leaving court in 2010 after a case dating back to his time as FCT minister was dismissed. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)

sage or serpent?

Premium badgeIn Nigeria, El-Rufai tossed out in political storm In an alternate universe, former governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State would have been Nigeria’s current vice president.
© File photo of Godswill Akpabio. (rights reserved)

money or prayers

Premium badgeNigeria’s Parliament: Exciting and annoying citizens in one breath On the last day of plenary before Nigerian senators began a seven-week recess, senate president Godswill Akpabio irked millions of Nigerians.
Military personnel attend the meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense as they make plans to deploy the ECOWAS standby force to the Republic of Niger, in Accra, Ghana, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

unprecedented pressure

Premium badgeNiger’s endurance under sanctions is limited, says economist Lopes Despite political challenges, ECOWAS is attracting support as a model of regional integration, says Bissau-Guinean economics professor Carlos Lopes.

Nigeria top stories

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...

Nigeria top stories

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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Thousands of anti-sanctions protestors holding Nigerien flags and Russian flags gather in support of the putschist soldiers in the capital Niamey, Niger August 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mahamadou Hamidou

diplomatic push

Niger call for three-year transition ‘unacceptable’, says ECOWAS Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tiani, who took power after army officers toppled President Mohamed Bazoum on 26 July, said a transition of power would ...
© Nigerian police say they have arrested the three “key suspects” over the abduction for ransom of 121 students from a school in the northern Kaduna state. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)

blood money

Premium badgeNigeria records nearly 4,000 kidnappings, N5bn ransom demands in one year, report says Gunmen kidnapped at least 3,620 people across Nigeria between July 2022 and June 2023 with a ransom demand totalling over N5bn ($6.5m), according to a...
People gather at a market, ahead of Nigeria’s presidential election in Kano, Nigeria February 24, 2023.

changing the game

Premium badgeOlawale Edun, the minister tasked with revitalising Nigeria’s battered economy Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu installed the investment banker as minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy last week, leaving him...
© File photo of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu attending an APC meeting. (Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

limited reach

Premium badgeNigeria: Southeast region criticises Tinubu’s ministerial list The dominant Igbo ethnic group in southeast Nigeria say they are not fairly represented in government as its 48 ministerial nominees are announced.
Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

what revolution?

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah dissects Niger coup – Part 2 In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Niger crisis is not an anti-West coup, a narrative only adopted after deposing Presid...
© New 1000 naira note. REUTERS

dollar drought

Premium badgeAnalysts bet on Nigerian firms’ resilience against ailing naira There may be limited depreciation depending on the liquidity situation in the forex market, but it won’t be the kind of losses in Q2, say experts.