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  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Nigeria
    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

    3 hours ago
    Naira banknotes
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Nigeria
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
    Nigeria
    ‘Entrenched inflation’ drives 4mn Nigerians into poverty, says World Bank

    President Bola Tinubu’s agenda offers opportunity to boost growth and reduce hardship levels, says lender

    People use small boats, known as pirogues, to navigate the waterways of the slum
  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    Nigeria
    Economic overhaul raises hopes for Nigeria’s new leader

    Bola Tinubu surprises observers with changes to central bank, anti-corruption agency and subsidies

    Bola Tinubu
  • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
    Nigeria
    Nigeria’s new president suspends central bank governor

    Godwin Emefiele’s contentious policies raised doubts over the instituition’s independence

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    David Pilling
    Expectations for Nigeria’s president are so low, all he has to do is beat them

    The election in which Bola Tinubu won power was chaotic and contested — but he has an ace up his sleeve

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Nigeria
    Nigeria president’s move to end petrol subsidies sparks chaos

    Rush to stock up fuel causes long queues at service stations and immediate scarcity

    People sell black market fuel on the street in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Nigeria
    Economy and insecurity top agenda for Nigeria’s new president

    Bola Tinubu will face an overflowing in-tray following his inauguration on Monday

    Bola Tinubu celebrates with supporters at the party’s campaign headquarters
  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    OutlookAanu Adeoye
    Nigeria’s elections show the youth vote counts

    The two main parties have dominated politics for two decades but Peter Obi gathered a cult following as a surprise outsider

    Peter Obi talks to the media outside a polling station during last month’s election
  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    Nigeria’s new president inherits fragile nation

    Youthful west African country with dysfunctional economy presents vast challenges for winner of closely-run vote

    Bola Tinubu, centre, at a ceremony in Abuja on March 1 where he was declared the winner of Nigeria’s election by the Independent National Electoral Commission
  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Nigeria’s badly flawed election

    If Bola Tinubu’s victory is challenged, the courts should take a hard look

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    ‘Godfather of Lagos’ wins tightest Nigerian presidential election in decades

    Opposition alleges irregularities in counting and calls for rerun

    Bola Tinubu celebrates with his supporters after election officials declared him the winner of Nigeria’s presidential poll on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    Tinubu leads disputed Nigerian vote as opposition calls for election rerun

    Anger directed at the Independent National Electoral Commission over long delays in collecting results

    Presidential candidate Bola Tinubu makes his way through a crowd after casting his vote at a polling station in Lagos
  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    Nigeria’s vote count marred by delays as electoral body faces criticism

    Only a third of results made public two days after closely fought presidential election

    People discuss the election at a newspaper stand in Awka, Nigeria, on Monday
  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    Tinubu camp remains confident despite setbacks in bid for Nigerian presidency

    Ruling party candidate retains ‘slight edge’ ahead of this weekend’s vote thanks in part to a powerful electoral machine

    A rally for All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    Nigeria’s ‘democracy generation’ makes its voice heard as polling day looms

    Voters aged 18 to 34 will play an outsized role in deciding who wins next weekend’s presidential election

    Nigerians attend a rally in support of Labour party candidate Peter Obi
  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    David Pilling
    Nigerian democracy still has a pulse

    February’s presidential election has the potential to be a significant turning point

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    FT CollectionsNigeria presidential election 2023
    Bola Tinubu: Nigeria’s kingmaker eyes chance to become king

    Ex-Lagos governor and ruling party candidate believes it is his turn to lead the country but he faces obstacles

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Nigeria
    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

    A campaign poster of Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu
  • 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

    Bola Ahmed Tinubu, pictured in Abuja in 2019
  • Sunday, 27 November, 2016
    World
    Nigeria’s anti-corruption crackdown creates political gridlock

    Tensions within the ruling party and over appointment delays have marred president’s reforms

    Bola Tinubu, one of the leaders of Nigeria's leading opposition All Progressive Congress, tries to calm the crowd after violence broke out during a campaign rally at the Taslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on January 30, 2015.
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