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© Rivers state’s Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on February 23, 2019, at a polling station in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

declaring loyalty

Premium badgeNigeria: Wike plots PDP’s burial, deepens romance with Tinubu  Once regarded as the most loyal and influential leader in the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State no...
© Ecobank customers across West Africa will have access to Touch and Pay by the end of this year. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Golden Touch

Premium badgeNigeria’s Touch and Pay partners with Ecobank to expand West Africa cashless payments Nigeria’s Touch and Pay will use its partnership with Ecobank to expand adoption of cashless payments across West Africa, CEO Olamide Afolabi tells Th...
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lonely life

Nigeria: Cassava Republic presents ‘Love Offers No Safety’ Twice a month, we will bring you an excerpt from a book to be published by the Nigeria-based Cassava Republic, a renowned publisher on the continent l...
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quest for stability

Premium badgeWhy the CFA franc has become a safe haven in Nigeria In recent months, Nigerians have been flocking to the CFA franc – a migration that could disrupt the economic stability in other parts of Africa. Some...

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Nigerian soldiers deployed to prevent violence on Lagos Island

tough love

Premium badgeNigeria: Solving insecurity a litmus test for Tinubu administration On Bola Tinubu’s first full day in office as Nigeria’s president, a brawl broke out in Lagos between the country’s secret police and the anti-graft ag...
© Some of the Benin bronzes stolen by the British from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, on display at the British Museum. (Photo:Joy of museums/Wikimedia commons)

Oba ownership

Premium badgeNigeria: Do Benin Bronzes belong to Oba kingdom or the people? The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. T...
© A general view of solar power panels is seen at the Atlantic Shrimp farm in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

New Dawn?

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu policy shift can prompt solar-power breakthrough Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the chance to drive forward the country’s adoption of solar power, WATT Renewable CEO Oluwole Eweje tell...

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Nigerian soldiers deployed to prevent violence on Lagos Island

tough love

Premium badgeNigeria: Solving insecurity a litmus test for Tinubu administration On Bola Tinubu’s first full day in office as Nigeria’s president, a brawl broke out in Lagos between the country’s secret police and the anti-graft ag...
© Some of the Benin bronzes stolen by the British from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, on display at the British Museum. (Photo:Joy of museums/Wikimedia commons)

Oba ownership

Premium badgeNigeria: Do Benin Bronzes belong to Oba kingdom or the people? The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. T...
© A general view of solar power panels is seen at the Atlantic Shrimp farm in Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

New Dawn?

Premium badgeNigeria: Tinubu policy shift can prompt solar-power breakthrough Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the chance to drive forward the country’s adoption of solar power, WATT Renewable CEO Oluwole Eweje tell...

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long wait

Nigerian officials blame ‘Logistical delays’ for failure to evacuate students from Sudan Critics of the Nigerian government are accusing officials of undue delay in evacuating nationals, especially students, out of Sudan. But the governmen...
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happy hour

Premium badgeNigeria’s Umo Eno: Pastor turned governor who seeks to subsidise beer  Ahead of the inauguration of 18 new governors in Nigeria, we look at the profile of incoming state executives. Today, we delve into the profile and pl...
© People cast their votes at a polling station during the general election in Abuja, Nigeria on February 25, 2023. (Photo by Adam Abu-bashal / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

tit for tat

Premium badgeNigeria: Southeast set to lose out in quest for Senate president and speaker  Nigeria’s southeast region is set to lose out in the race for the Senate presidency and the speaker of the House of Representatives, top sources tell ...
© Street vendors wait for customers at an open market, ahead of Nigeria’s Presidential election in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria February 23, 2023. REUTERS

Fickle-minded?

Premium badgeNigeria: 10 key economic policies from Buhari that were abandoned Nigeria has abandoned more than ten economic policies in the last 10-15 years, disrupting companies’ financial projections and damaging investments wo...
© Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President-elect, arrives polling unit during the 2023 Governorship and State House of Assembly at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday. (Photo by Adekunle Ajayi / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

eggheads, experienced hands

Premium badgeNigeria: Governors seek juicy appointments as Tinubu eyes technocrats   With Nigeria’s debt, inflation and unemployment rates at an all-time high and foreign direct investment at a record low, the president-elect, Bola Tin...
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Doing Afrobeats live

Meet The Compozers: The backbone to Afrobeats When Nigeria’s newly minted superstar Asake appeared on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Jimmy Fallon in the US this past March, the biggest takeaway was the p...