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  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    JPMorgan defeats Nigeria in $1.7bn High Court case

    Judge rejects negligence claim after finding no evidence fraud had been perpetrated against African nation

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Nigeria’s presidential election to be fought by wealthy political insiders

    Ruling party selects kingpin Bola Tinubu after main opposition chose former vice-president Atiku Abubakar as its candidate

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Nigerian banks tap pent-up demand for retail services

    Technology is helping to overcome concerns about potential customers’ creditworthiness

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Nigeria’s top accountant arrested by anti-corruption agency

    Ahmed Idris in alleged $190mn ‘diversion of funds and money-laundering activities’

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    InterviewLife & Arts
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘We’re creating in a culture of intolerance’  

    The writer on Roe vs Wade, the role of fiction in wartime and what living in America taught her about race

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    LexTelecoms
    Airtel Africa: underserved Nigeria is an opportunity for mobile payments Premium content

    Telecoms group is not without competition but digital banking shows great potential to boost revenues

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    HTSI
    All eyes on Lagos: an artistic homecoming

    Founded 10 years ago to champion African art, Tiwani Contemporary has returned to its roots

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Nigeria’s health system requires radical overhaul, experts warn

    Lancet Commission report makes recommendations to reduce high burden of disease that stymies development

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    JPMorgan ‘grossly negligent’ over $875mn in Nigerian bank transfers, UK court told

    Abuja sues bank for $1.7bn claiming it was aware of fraudulent payments

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special Report
    Investing in Nigeria

    Nigeria has the biggest economy in Africa — and one of the lowest life expectancies on the planet. This report explores the country’s contradictions, and looks at the challenges and opportunities in sectors including energy, pensions, edtech and agriculture

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Nigeria’s micro pensions struggle to make it big

    A potentially huge pension market is proving hard to tap

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    From crude oil to palm oil: Nigeria strives to diversify

    The government sees a stronger agricultural sector as vital to its economic strategy

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Stay-at-home Nigerians fuel hospitality boom

    Covid-era travel restrictions have helped energise Lagos’s bar and restaurant scene

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Dysfunctional politics blights Nigeria’s prospects

    The country’s vast oil wealth has been absorbed by government rather than used to build economic foundations

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Foreign investors steer clear of Nigerian equities

    Currency controls have had a chilling effect on the country’s stock market

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Nigeria: Africa’s paradoxical powerhouse

    For all its economic might, it remains a deeply dysfunctional country

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Nollywood welcomes influx of streaming investment

    Deals with Netflix and Amazon could give Nigeria’s film industry more global clout

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Nigeria’s tech entrepreneurs target healthcare and education

    Fintech still dominates the investment landscape, but interest is growing in other sectors

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Lagos turns to edtech partner to raise school standards

    The state says its alliance with NewGlobe is improving numeracy and literacy

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Development needs delay Nigeria’s energy transition

    Fossil fuels will dominate the country’s energy mix for decades to come

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Electoral calculations impede Nigeria’s economic reforms

    Analysts warn of a ‘lost year’ in efforts to revitalise the country’s moribund economy

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Nigeria needs a new kind of politics

    Fresh ideas are vital to maximise opportunities for individuals and business

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    Art Basel OVR:2021
    Adenrele Sonariwo is leading Lagos’s art-world charge

    Her Rele gallery is telling new stories from Nigeria as the national art scene bubbles up

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    ReviewVisual Arts
    Body Vessel Clay — black female ceramicists across 70 years

    A show at Two Temple Place in London highlights path-breaking potters such as Nigeria’s Ladi Kwali

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    David Pilling
    What is Nigeria’s government for?

    Muhammadu Buhari may go but it’s not the leader who matters, the system itself must change

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