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Kelechi Ogu, Research Analyst at SBM Intelligence, joins CNBC Africa to unpack why the cooking price of West Africa's most sought-after meal is fast eroding households.

As Nigerians go to the polls in 2023 to elect new leaders who will inherit arguably the most challenging set of economic and social problems in the country’s history, there is at least some good news to be found amid all the excitement and online jostling between rival supporters of the leading candidates. Trying to […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack...

During one of my many discussions of Igbo politics with Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu, one of those people I look up to a lot, he said something poignant. He said, “Cheta, you speak of these things like you are expecting an ideal. You cannot have an impact among your people until you accept them as what they […]

Nigeria's ruling party on Wednesday picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023.

Tinubu, 70, defeated 13 other candidates in the APC primaries to run for president after Buhari steps down in 2023

With Federal allocations proving to be grossly insufficient for running a state in Nigeria, many sub nationals have turned to taxes and levies to survive. Still, many of them are barely surviving because the tax systems in many of these states are a mess. The reality is that only a few businesses in Nigeria are […]

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet ministers seeking to run in next year's elections should resign before May 16, the minister of information said on Wednesday.

On April 22, one of Nigeria’s best-known fast-food chain restaurants, Chicken Republic, announced the addition of a new meal to its menu. The ‘Egg Star’ is a simple dish that consists of rice, stew, and an egg that costs just N500. The reactions that followed the announcement were mostly hilarious yet poignant commentaries on how […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed gangs attacking remote communities in Nigeria’s troubled...