grudge match Nigeria 2023: Will Wike vs Secondus sink opposition PDP? The next general elections in Nigeria are fast approaching, but the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seem unable to coalesce into a ... fighting force. And it is the party -- not any external factor -- providing the greatest challenge. An inside view of the tussle for power between key party financier Nyesom Wike and the PDP national chairman Uche Secondus.
Bitter coin Nigeria’s diaspora may have switched to cryptocurrency, as official remittances fall by $6bn Is Nigeria's rich and tech-savvy diaspora using cryptocurrencies to circumvent a struggling naira when they send money home to support family ... or invest? The Nigerian Central Bank seems to think so -- it is even launching an e-naira to compete with Bitcoin et al from October.
FIRE SALE Nigeria’s PIB may to be too late to help buyers of Shell assets The signature of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by President Muhammadu Buhari may be too little, too late to help Royal Dutch Shell ... achieve best prices for its assets as it seeks to exit, analysts say.
Demographic Dream MTN’s growth focus shifts to Nigeria after Ethiopia, Syria exits MTN’s withdrawal from Ethiopia and Syria means that Nigeria will become even more important as a driver of the company’s growth. ...
no big backing Nigeria: ‘There’s absolutely shambolic economic management’, says Moghalu 'Build, innovate and grow' was the manifesto of Kingsley Moghalu and his Young Progressives Party in the 2019 election, where he gained all of ... 20,000 votes.
Stashing the Cash US real estate is haven for African money-laundering, report says The US needs to tighten rules on money laundering into real estate, with transactions from Africa highlighting the inadequacy of current systems, ... according to a new report.
e-fraud Nigeria: Internet fraud in popular literature Hustler narratives have emerged as a genre in world literature since the mid-1960s. It is an expansive genre but deals broadly with the shortcomings ... of any given political economy as seen from the perspective of characters who position themselves as both victims and villains.
looted art Germany is returning some Benin Bronzes, but this is not enough After years of pressure, Germany recently announced that an agreement had been reached to return hundreds of priceless artefacts and artworks ... that had been looted from Nigeria in colonial times and were on display in German museums.
new rules Nigeria: Lagos commuters rejoice as rail revolution meets home working Nigeria’s rail modernisation effort is driving change in real estate as stressed out Lagosians look to live beyond expensive housing in ... the commercial capital. If this is combined with serious industrial growth along transport corridors, it could flip decades of Lagos-centric growth.
untouchables? Nigeria: Super cop Abba Kyari’s bribery scandal shows deep rot in police, analysts say Nigeria's top police officer Abba Kyari has been trapped in a scandal after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicted him in a fraud ... case against Nigerian Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, the country's most notorious scammer. This is not just the story of the deputy commissioner of police, but rather the story of the entire Nigeria Police Force that points to a deep rot in the security agency notorious for alleged bribery, corruption and impunity.
