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Nigeria

Population: 227.71m
GDP: $199.72bn
Debt: 50.68% of GDP (2024)

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Fortress Nigeria promises to buy local

The government wants to build a border fence to keep out insurgents

Defence chiefs are preparing the ground for major changes on border security and domestic procurement. At a security conference in Abuja in the week-ending 7 June, Chief of...

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Tinubu’s tax revolution tightens his grip

These radical reforms will generate more revenue and help the president’s business allies but may weaken several state governors

With the passing of four tax bills this month – described as the most radical revenue reforms in Nigeria’s history – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won some...


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Ex-officials from Shell and Total take over state oil company NNPC

New appointments consolidate Big Oil’s influence over Abuja’s energy strategy as search for revenue intensifies

Appointing Bashir Ojulari as Group Managing Director, who with his new team formally took over the management of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on 5 April,...

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Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State

Determined to control the state’s politics and oil before the 2027 elections, the President has suspended an opposition governor

In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State, the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminilayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear...


Tinubu aims for Africa’s top economy slot

Officials in Abuja hope the country’s recalculated GDP can help recover its ranking and prove the government’s harsh reforms are working

A full-throated public relations campaign is under way to show that President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are bearing fruit after two troubling years with most Nigerians hit by a...


Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes

The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Edo State’s Benin City won plaudits. But few noticed the absence of the objects it was designed...


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