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Nigeria steps up effort to modernise oil and develop gas
The moment Nigeria’s oil sector has been waiting for two decades finally arrived this month when President Muhammadu Buhari sent the Petroleum Industry Bill to the national assembly.
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Investors remain wary on Nigeria’s banks
Returns at Nigeria’s top banks are running at levels that their European counterparts can only dream of, and the country’s biggest lenders are eyeing up an opportunity from the 60m citizens…
Has Nigeria missed the manufacturing bandwagon?
If industrial production is the key to raising a nation’s living standards, then Nigeria has been struggling for years.
Studies of Asian economic success stories — from Japan, South Korea,…
Why Nigeria struggles to win its security battle
This year, Nigerian airline Aero Contractors announced a new, twice-daily shuttle service between the capital Abuja and Kaduna, a northern city just 180km away.
The government almost…
German prosecutors charge former Volkswagen chief with fraud
German prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn and four other people with fraud for their alleged role in the decade-long diesel scandal.
The…
Thailand: youthful protesters break the kingdom’s biggest political taboo
As darkness fell on August 10, a 21-yearold student stood in front of a crowd of up to 10,000 pro-democracy protesters at Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus outside Bangkok and — say some…
Trump says Biden would bring chaos and socialism to America
Donald Trump said Joe Biden would bring chaos to US cities and spread socialism across the nation, as he used his speech on the final night of the Republican convention to portray his…
Shinzo Abe to step down as Japanese prime minister
Shinzo Abe will stand down as prime minister of Japan on Friday evening because of a worsening medical condition, according to his ministers and close aides.
His resignation, expected in…
Failure by WHO team to visit Wuhan sparks concerns over virus probe
A team from the World Health Organization tasked with investigating the origins of coronavirus did not visit Wuhan, fuelling concern from western governments over Beijing’s commitment to…
TikTok chief Kevin Mayer quits after Trump threatens to ban app
Kevin Mayer has quit TikTok just months after becoming chief executive of the Chinese video app accused by the Trump administration of threatening national security.
Mr Mayer told…