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    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      Dangote Group
      Africa’s richest man under pressure as giant refinery nears production

      Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote faces accusations of unfair practices and a struggle to secure crude supplies

      1 hour ago
      A montage of Aliko Dangote with with refining pipework at the Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the background
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Currencies
      The risky business that put IPO disaster CAB Payments on the map

      What happens in Lagos stays in Lagos

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      News in-depthETF Hub
      Investors in ‘synthetic’ ETF nursing losses after Nigeria pulled from index

      Move by S&P Dow Jones Indices highlights risks of swap-based contracts, especially in frontier markets

      The headquarters of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Contract at heart of $11bn claim on Nigeria found to be fraudulent

      UK judge’s decision in P&ID pipeline case puts spotlight on role of London’s arbitration courts

      London High Court exterior
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Nigeria’s economic reforms need to regain momentum

      Bola Tinubu started well but has to follow through on his promises for change

      A pedestrian passes a sign for the central business district in Lagos. Now that the government is $10bn better off after scrapping the fuel subsidy, it needs to explain how it is going to use the money
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Nigeria’s Senate confirms new central bank governor amid currency rout

      Former Citi executive Olayemi Cardoso faces task of stabilising naira and settling $6.8bn foreign exchange obligations

      Naira banknotes
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      Nigerian rapper’s death exposes murky side of Afrobeats music

      Rising star’s sudden demise after raising maltreatment accusations puts genre in the spotlight

      People hold candle lights and a flare during a minute of silence at a protest inside a park in Lagos, Nigeria to demand justice for Afrobeat star MohBad following his mysterious death
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      LexRetail & Consumer industry
      PZ Cussons/Nigeria: delisting local unit suggests little faith in recovery

      High inflation and volatile naira among headwinds for consumer goods group

      Employees work at computer terminals on the trading floor at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      UK authorities charge former Nigeria oil minister with bribery

      Diezani Alison-Madueke accused of taking kickbacks for awarding multimillion-dollar oil and gas contracts

      Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke speaks at an event
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Nigeria’s president appoints new cabinet

      Bola Tinubu seeks to rejuvenate economy and respond to crisis in neighbouring Niger

      Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Godwin Emefiele
      Court date completes suspended Nigerian bank chief’s fall from grace

      Godwin Emefiele’s nine years in charge came to an abrupt end when new president Bola Tinubu took office

      Godwin Emefiele
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      News in-depthAfrican politics
      Nigerian threats to Niger junta undone by fierce domestic opposition

      Follow-up to Abuja’s muscular response to last month’s coup has been limited by hostility from across the political spectrum

      Bola Tinubu
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      GSK PLC
      GSK to cease direct business in Nigeria amid economic pressure

      Drugmaker does not specify reason but forex shortage has put pressure on multinationals

    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      Niger
      Regional heads threaten Niger coup leaders with military intervention

      Emergency summit comes as protesters surround French embassy in Niamey chanting pro-Russian slogans

      Demonstrators hold a Russian flag during a gathering in support of the putschist soldiers in the Niger’s capital Niamey on Sunday
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      David Pilling
      Nigeria’s recovery might be a better bet than South Africa’s

      The two giants have faced a decade of woe but one has a better chance of turning a corner

      Passengers sit at a bus station beside campaign poster of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in Lagos last month
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Foreign investors in Nigeria look forward to return to orthodoxy

      New president’s message on repatriation of dividends and profits aimed at raising stock market spirits

      Employees work on the trading floor at the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos, Nigeria
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Solar ‘mini-grids’ light Nigeria’s way towards last-mile electricity

      Private capital shows an interest with some surprising deals being completed

      Solar energy and rural development in the Gabu region
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu gets off to dramatic start

      New president defies rock-bottom expectations by scrapping fuel subsidy and promising exchange rate reform

      Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu waves during his inauguration in Abuja
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Early measures focus on alleviating Nigeria’s debt stress

      New administration wants prospects for economic growth on firmer footing

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Digital pathway aims at guiding Nigerian farmers out of isolation

      Improved business methods expand horizons beyond subsistence level

      A farmer picks up cocoa beans while spreading them to dry on an open ground in Iragbiji village, southwest Nigeria
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      China affords Nigeria ‘super’ target status

      Activities give sense of the importance Chinese companies in several sectors attach to country’s potential

      Website of African fintech company OPay on iPhone
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      In Nigeria the optimism of Lagos start-up scene prevails

      Entrepreneurs show much can be achieved with relatively small investments

      medical technician getting a blood sample from a patient at home
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Nigeria’s oil and gas industry fails to cash in on global energy hunger

      Poor security and infrastructural under-investment blight national prospects

      a worker at an NNPC facility in Edo state
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Boldness welcomed as step towards ‘fiscal sanity’ in Nigeria

      Years in which per capita income has stood still at best mean problems remain deep

      A passenger gives his transport fare to commercial vehicle driver
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Nigeria plays a lead role in rising popularity of African arts

      Expansion of the middle class since transition from military dictatorship identified as crucial factor

      Tiwa Savage performs onstage at Global Citizen Live
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