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    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Collecting
      Nigerian art world in buoyant mood despite turbulent times

      As Art X Lagos opens this weekend, will it feel the effects of the global economic downturn and domestic problems?

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      African economy
      Nigeria to relaunch national airline two decades after predecessor’s collapse

      Outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari seeks to cement legacy with rebranded Nigeria Air

    • 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

    • 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
      Lagos turns to edtech partner to raise school standards

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

    • 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

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      News in-depthNigeria
      ‘Godfather’ of Lagos aims to become Nigeria’s next president

      Bola Ahmed Tinubu shaped the megacity but has been dogged by allegations of corruption

    • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
      ReviewMusic
      Wizkid at the O2 Arena — Afrobeats fireworks from Nigeria’s finest

      The show offered spectacle and a fervent atmosphere, even if one special guest was in poor taste

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      FT Wealth
      Gun for hire: Nigeria security fears spark boom in private protection

      Many guards for wealthy and middle-class people are hired police officers

    • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
      Nigeria
      Nigerian businesses at risk of double taxation

      Federal government battles country’s wealthiest states over right to collect VAT revenues

    • Friday, 18 June, 2021
      Nigeria
      Lagos luxury property: ‘No matter how bad the economy, they buy’

      Plunging currency fuels demand for upmarket apartments as wealthy seek home for cash

    • Monday, 19 April, 2021
      InterviewFilm
      Mo Abudu: media mogul putting Africa in the picture

      Her Nigeria-based film and TV company EbonyLife has signed deals with Netflix and others as the market grows for non-western content

    • Monday, 1 February, 2021
      Nigeria
      How Lagos loses out in battle for investors

      Governor seeks autonomy as Nigeria’s commercial hub competes with nation states

    • Monday, 28 December, 2020
      Nigeria
      Nigeria’s port crisis: the $4,000 charge to carry goods across Lagos

      Congestion, bribery and storage costs add to problems for importers in Africa’s largest economy

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      Nigeria
      Nigeria central bank under scrutiny over protests crackdown

      Officials deny targeting anti-police demonstrators who brought Lagos to a standstill

    • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
      Fintech
      Africa’s booming tech hub of Lagos braces as pandemic bites

      Nigerian city is the heart of continent’s fintech scene but has been hit by oil-price collapse and regulation

    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
      Wale Lawal
      Nigeria’s problems cannot be solved by young people alone

      The government’s brutal response to peaceful protests shows elders must reckon with a moral crisis

    • Friday, 23 October, 2020
      Nigeria
      ‘It was carnage’: Nigeria reels from bullets and brutality of protest crackdown

      Peaceful demonstrations in Lagos end in violence and reports of 10 dead

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
      Nigeria
      Unrest in Lagos as outrage over violent crackdown escalates

      Nigerian city under lockdown day after demonstrators were fired on by security forces

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
      Kingsley Moghalu
      A brutal crackdown in Nigeria exposes weakness at the top

      Protests against police violence and poor governance show young people have found a powerful voice

    • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
      Nigeria
      Nigeria cracks down on peaceful protesters

      Reports of shooting by security forces in Africa’s biggest city as demonstrators dig in

    • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
      Nigeria
      Nigeria dissolves violent crime police unit after anti-brutality protests

      Special Anti-Robbery Squad had been the target of days of mass demonstrations throughout country

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      ObituaryTony Allen (Musician)
      Tony Allen, musician, 1940-2020

      Drummer whose unique sound gave birth to Afrobeat

    • Friday, 21 February, 2020
      Nigeria
      Lagos motorcycle ban forces commuters to walk

      City of 21m with notorious traffic jams faces infrastructure pressure

    • Friday, 22 November, 2019
      Lagos life overwhelmed by Nigeria infrastructure crisis

      Flooding and constant influx of people add to commercial capital’s headaches

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