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Nigeria

Population: 227.71m
GDP: $252.74bn
Debt: 46.6% of GDP (2024)

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No policy shifts as Tinubu reshuffles

Economic hardship and political frustration are worsening but the president endorses most of his cabinet

Five months after receiving a performance report on his 45 ministers, President Bola Tinubu finally reshuffled his cabinet, sacking five ministers and making seven new ones, raising the...


Tinubu dismantles the opposition in Edo

The President’s party wins a key governorship race but it’s tarnished by claims of voter fraud

President Bola Tinubu ate his dish of revenge lukewarm last month when he orchestrated the defeat of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State...


Manufacturing consent and criminalising dissent

A split opposition allows President Tinubu to co-opt parliament and crack down hard on protestors

Many Nigerians say the country is going through the worst hardship for 30 years, with an economy blighted by spiralling prices, capital flight and grand corruption. And rights...


Dangote and Tinubu wrestle over the future of oil

The vested interests of the political class are driving the public fight over a US$20 billion refinery and may determine its fate

The threat of more mass protests and the spiralling cost of petrol, over 1,000 naira (62 US cents) a litre in parts of Nigeria, have played to Aliko...


Central bank fights to slow inflation and protect its independence

Within a year bank governor Yemi Cardoso has won a reputation for competence – despite the government’s mounting economic woes and dislike of accountability

As spiralling prices hit a 30-year high and the weakening naira triggers another round of protests and strikes due to start on 1 August, the Central Bank of...


Coming soon – a month of rage

The government announces a $1 billion anti-poverty programme and monitors activists as its tries to pre-empt Kenya-style protests

Sitting atop a 120-foot telecommunications mast in Abuja and threatening to jump, unemployed labourer Shuaibu Yushau refused to come down until the government addressed the economic hardship, insecurity...


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