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Fraud, perjury and insider trading? All in a day's work. A glimpse at the dark underbelly of Africa's biggest fintech superstar

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For years, a shadowy Chinese loan shark syndicate has torn a trail of havoc across weakly regulated West African jurisdictions. Finally, we get to see…

May 30

An investigation has revealed that Umo Eno, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial hopeful and hospitality magnate, is haunted by documented…

May 25

How a successful retiree's faith-based philanthropy is transforming lives and disarming religious intolerance in Nigeria.

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May 16

The second part of Isine Ibanga's series, "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul."

May 5

A terrifying inside account of a secret alliance between Amnesty International Nigeria and the DSS

Mar 6

In response to unprecedented youth protests in 2020, the Nigerian security establishment decided to show young protesters exactly who's boss. Here are…

Jan 24

A middle-aged Nigerian woman was deported from Canada in 2012. What happened next illustrates how far tall tales and sheer audacity can take one in…

Dec 16, 2021

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