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The Electoral Act says transmit electronically. Then it says manual beats digital when things “fail.” Nigeria passed a new Electoral Act on February 18. President Tinubu signed it. And if you read the press releases, it sounds like genuine progress:...
Culture
Benin City beat 600 cities worldwide for healthcare innovation. One of four African cities on the list. On a week this heavy, here’s something worth sitting with. Benin City won the Bloomberg Mayor’s Challenge, a $1 million global innovation prize awarded...
Diaspora
Nigerians are trapped across the Gulf. Other countries evacuated their citizens. Nigeria said wait for the airspace. Nine days. That’s how long one Nigerian family was stuck in Qatar, watching the situation unfold on their phones while other governments...
Diaspora
The war raising fuel prices in Lagos is also raising your energy bills in London and Toronto If you’re sending money home this month, the calculation is harder than it was in January. And it’s getting harder on both ends simultaneously. In the UK,...
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Gas suppliers are done waiting. Your electricity is about to get worse. Nigeria’s power plants are currently running on 43% of the gas they need. The reason they’re not getting the rest isn’t a pipeline problem. It’s a payment problem that...