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  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    OmniRetail holistic approach takes prize for Nigeria

    Integrated B2B platform digitises supply chains of everyday consumer essentials — from toothpastes to cornflakes

    A well-dressed man in a gray blazer and black shirt leans on a white counter in front of shelves stocked with assorted grocery items. He has a beard, wears glasses, and sports a smart watch on his wrist. The background features a variety of products, such as breakfast cereals, cooking oils, and snacks
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Nigerians perplexed by abrupt change of national anthem

    Sudden decision to revert to old song raises concerns about compliant lawmakers

    President Bola Tinubu surrounded by supporters
  • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    Interview with a soldier

    Novelist Chigozie Obioma spent years seeking out veterans of the Biafran war. Then an encounter with an active serviceman helped him understand the conflict that still haunts Nigeria

    Three soldiers holding rifles stand on a street where there are many spent bullets
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    Nigeria returns to ‘orthodox policy’, says new central bank governor

    Olayemi Cardoso took over after previous chief printed money to fund deficits

    Olayemi Cardoso
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Nigeria’s naira rebounds sharply after bumper interest rate rises

    After hitting record low against dollar, naira has become world’s best-performing currency in recent weeks

    A vendor wheeling carrots for sale at a market in Lagos
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Currency crisis pushes consumer groups from Nigeria

    Economic problems have overshadowed promise of Africa’s most populous country for big brands

    A woman stands behind a machine at a Unilever factory in Nigeria
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Nigeria accuses Binance of tax evasion as detained executive ‘escapes’ custody

    West African country steps up scrutiny of world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

    Montage of Nigeria’s flag and Binance’s logo
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
    More than 130 kidnapped children freed in northern Nigeria

    Release of pupils snatched in Kaduna state is a boost for Bola Tinubu’s government

    The school in the town of Kuriga from which the children were kidnapped
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    Nigeria hit by wave of food looting as economic crisis deepens

    Ransacking of warehouses and deadly stampede at grain sale spark fears of breakdown in law and order

    Nigerians protest in Abuja last month over the rising cost of living
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    Binance
    Nigeria pushes Binance for user data in stand-off over naira speculation

    Authorities hold senior company executives for two weeks after crackdown on cryptocurrency websites

    A customer exchanges Nigerian 1,000 Naira banknotes for US dollar banknotes
  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    Armed men kidnap hundreds of Nigerian children from their school

    Incident revives memories of the infamous abduction of 276 students from Chibok a decade ago

    A woman pleads for the Nigerian government to rescue schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in Kuriga
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Emerging market investing
    Revisiting Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concepts

    Beware of analysts bearing acronyms

  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
    Binance
    Nigeria detains Binance executives in cryptocurrency crackdown

    African state steps up pressure on exchanges as it tries to halt speculation on naira

    Aerial view of Lagos
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    Nigeria raises rates to 22.75% in first meeting since July

    New central bank governor Olayemi Cardoso’s 400bp increase aims to tackle soaring inflation and stem naira’s slide

    Nigerians staged a protest against the soaring cost of living in Abuja on Tuesday
  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Nigeria’s economic crisis puts fuel subsidies removal under scrutiny

    Many are questioning the wisdom of abruptly eliminating the subsidies without a shock-absorbing plan

    A pedestrian carries an empty fuel container to a local gas station in Lagos
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Nigeria blocks access to crypto exchanges in effort to curb currency slide

    Local consumers given only restricted access to markets like Binance and Coinbase

    Street currency exchange
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    African economy
    Nigeria devalues the naira in bid to attract foreign investors

    Move leaves official exchange rate close to black market rate and follows removal of currency peg last year

    A moto taxi carries two passengers in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    Dangote Group
    Aliko Dangote faces toughest political challenge despite opening refinery

    Africa’s richest man comes under unaccustomed pressure after anti-corruption watchdog’s raid on Lagos headquarters

    Montage of Aliko Dangote and refinery
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    News in-depthArtificial intelligence
    Audio deepfakes emerge as weapon of choice in election disinformation

    Faked Joe Biden robocall underlines prevalence of cheap AI tools being used to create clips aimed at swaying voters

    Town moderator Tom Tillotson votes  in the primary election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    Interview
    Nigeria vows to promote ‘democratic ideals’ as Blinken visits

    Foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar seeks to work with US to uphold democracy in west Africa amid wave of coups

    Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    Special ReportThriving Cities
    Youth development initiative inspires new generation of Nigerians

    Smartan House aims to lift young people out of poverty through access to professional training and experience

    Participants in Smartan House programme
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Shell PLC
    Shell agrees to dispose of Nigerian business for $1.3bn after 68 years

    Supermajor follows other international groups in region hit by oil theft, violence and environmental damage

    An employee at an SPDC plant in Nigeria
  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    Dangote Group
    Nigeria’s Dangote Group attacks corruption watchdog after raid on HQ

    Africa’s richest man drawn into probe investigating favourable exchange rates offered by ex-central bank governor

    Aliko Dangote
  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    At least 160 villagers killed by bandits in central Nigeria

    Attack is worst outbreak of violence this year in a region riven by ethno-religious tension and economic hardship

    Villagers flee bandit attacks in Plateau region
  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    Financial & markets regulation
    SEC charges fintech chief with ‘massive’ fraud after Hindenburg short position

    US regulator says it uncovered ‘billions of dollars’ of fictitious transactions through entities controlled by Dozy Mmobuosi

    Dozy Mmobuosi
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