• September 23 2025
  Nigeria cuts interest rates for first time in five years

  First reduction since Covid-19 pandemic comes amid falling inflation and stabilisation of the naira

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• September 17 2025
  HTSIHow to look like a gentleman this autumn

  The filmmaker brothers putting African cinema on an international stage

  Akinola Davies Jr and Wale Davies brought Lagos to the Cannes Film Festival. Next step, the world

  
• September 1 2025
  FT Globetrotter

  Five of the best eateries in Lagos, by restaurateur Aji Akokomi

  Where the pioneer who helped put west African cuisine on London’s fine-dining map likes to eat in the Nigerian megacity

  
• August 31 2025
  African politics

  Nigeria enters campaign mode — with elections two years away

  Opposition leaders announce alliances and President Bola Tinubu’s party blankets roads with posters ahead of 2027 polls

  
• August 17 2025
  News in-depth

  Nigeria’s factories go local to survive currency turmoil

  After second devaluation of the naira, manufacturers overhauled supply chains to source more materials domestically

  
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• July 23 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  Big Pharma’s China gamble

  Despite looming tariffs, global pharma companies rely on Chinese biotech

  
• July 22 2025
  Nigeria’s economy 30% bigger after GDP recalculation

  First statistical rejig in more than a decade makes debt ratios appear healthier

  
• July 16 2025
  FT Globetrotter

  Exploring Lekki, Lagos’s most dynamic district

  Author and social critic Minna Salami on the allure of a cosmopolitan urban hub that, despite its rapid expansion, still manages to keep it real

  
• July 14 2025
  ObituaryMuhammadu Buhari

  Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian president, 1942-2025

  Ex-junta ruler embodied country’s transition from authoritarian state to modern democracy

  
• July 14 2025
  OutlookAanu Adeoye

  Lagos is surrounded by water — so where are all the beaches?

  Lack of free access illustrates the way in which the city is squeezing its poorest residents

  
• July 13 2025
  Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari dies

  Ex-junta leader oversaw a period of increasing insecurity in west African state during his two presidential terms

  
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• July 11 2025
  Global migration

  US pressed African countries to take in Venezuelan deportees, Nigeria says

  ‘We have enough problems of our own,’ says foreign minister after US president’s push for ‘safe, third-country agreements’

  
• June 27 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen

  Labour MPs rebel against UK welfare reform

  Labour MPs revolt against Keir Starmer over proposed cuts

  
• June 21 2025
  FT Magazine

  The football betting influencers behind Nigeria’s not-so secret gambling boom

  Once frowned upon, gambling online has grown in popularity as people’s economic woes deepen

  
• June 18 2025
  FT Globetrotter

  Tips from the top: an arty Saturday in Lagos with author and publisher Toni Kan

  Where the creative dynamo goes to take in some art, source vintage vinyl and catch a concert — and his favourite places to dine and drink en route

  
• June 11 2025
  Art Basel 2025

  Frida Orupabo: ‘How we construct and understand race is so subtle’

  The Norwegian artist’s enigmatic, unsettling collages — often drawing on historical images — reconsider stereotypes

  
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• June 5 2025
  Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest-Growing Companies

  Lagos offers start-ups ‘immediate scale’ but challenges remain

  Nigeria’s economic capital is one of Africa’s leading tech hubs but its crown is showing signs of slipping

  
• May 30 2025
  Nigeria cracks down on ‘spraying’ money at parties to defend currency

  Authorities are jailing people for throwing cash at parties after 70% fall in naira’s value over two years

  
• May 12 2025
  Oil & Gas industry

  The Nigerian companies leading historic shift in oil wealth ownership

  Local producers are stepping in to fill the gap vacated by foreign majors retreating from Africa’s largest producer

  
• April 27 2025
  Nigeria’s spiralling rural violence heaps pressure on president

  US conservatives urge White House to penalise country over what they claim are targeted attacks against Christians

  
• April 6 2025
  African companies

  Boss of Seplat wants to ‘demystify’ Nigeria for investors

  Roger Brown says discount on major oil producer’s shares is unwarranted

  
• April 2 2025
  Nigerian National Petroleum Corp

  Nigeria appoints former Shell executive to lead state-owned oil group

  President Bola Tinubu replaces NNPC board as country tries to boost production

  
• March 27 2025
  Nigeria’s exploding oil pipelines spark national political crisis

  President accused of over-reach after he ousted state government in wake of apparent sabotage

  
• March 18 2025
  Bet on Nigerian recovery draws investors seeking to dodge trade wars

  Africa’s most populous country among former crisis-hit economies attracting foreign inflows

  
• March 15 2025
  FT Globetrotter

  Welcome to Nollywood, the Lagos-born movie universe

  The accidental origins, rise, decline and resurgence of Nigeria’s vast and vibrant film industry