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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Electimuss London picks Lagos for the big 10, scents steal the scene

    The luxury perfume shop Seinde Signatures is throwing a massive party across three Nigerian cities because their UK partner Electimuss London just hit 10 years in business. The boss, Olufemi Olusola, said Lagos gets the first event with a high-end cocktail thing at SORA in Victoria Island, then...
  2. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Puffybeatz breaks all the rules, global hits get his touch

    Producer Puffybeatz has been stacking credits across multiple genres by blending Afrobeats with R&B, trap, amapiano, and drill sounds for artists spanning different continents. His tag shows up on tracks like Tony Montana with Skepta and Portable, plus he handled three songs on the Praiz album...
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    The Rock claims icon status, ABFF rolls out the red carpet

    The Rock is getting the Entertainment Icon Award at the American Black Film Festival honors ceremony coming up in Beverly Hills. The event happens at the SLS hotel, and Nice Crowd is running the whole thing as a private dinner without cameras for festival partners and the people getting...
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    2Face’s son charts his own path, doctor dreams over spotlight

    2Face brought his kid Nino onstage during an Abuja event celebrating 25 years in the game, and the legendary artist told everyone his son wants zero part of the music business despite being solid on the saxophone. The teenager has his sights set on medical school instead of following his dad...
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    Tems praises Wizkid’s heart, iconic duo keeps rising

    Tems jumped into a Q&A session on X and spilled what she digs most about Wizkid when somebody asked her to pick one thing. She said his kindness stands out, along with how hard he grinds on his music career. The two artists linked up back when Essence dropped on the Made in Lagos album, and...
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    Burna Boy’s tour hits a wall, empty seats tell the story

    Burna Boy just had his Minneapolis show at The Armory pulled after nobody bought tickets, and Ticketmaster posted the cancellation notice on their site. A Chicago date got axed as well, and this whole mess came right after he publicly roasted a couple for dozing off during his Colorado set. The...
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    SpenAgro steps up in cocoa race, beans with a purpose

    SpenAgro boss Ebuka Mbachu says his company is gearing up to become a major cocoa exporter while international buyers keep demanding more beans from West Africa. Global prices jumped 3-5 percent because supply keeps getting tighter, and European processors are ramping up production while dark...
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    Bank78 rewrites banking rules, digital trust gets a facelift

    A new microfinance bank called Bank78 just dropped in Lagos, claiming it can fix all the trust issues and hidden fees people hate about Nigerian banking. The founders say they built a fully digital setup that lets customers do everything from opening accounts to getting loans without ever...
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    Sahara Group bets big on EXTRApreneurs, innovation gets a boost

    Sahara Group Foundation dropped over $130,000 on 20 African entrepreneurs through their Impact Fund and MADAA programs after completely redesigning how they help people bridge the gap between having an idea and actually selling stuff. The foundation built out a whole pipeline with business...
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    NEITI vows to sharpen its teeth, watchdog wants real bite

    The new boss at Nigeria's extractive watchdog says the 2007 law that created his agency needs a serious upgrade because it does not give them enough power to actually police the oil and gas giants. Musa Sarkin Adar pointed out that previous leaders complained about the same gaps when they came...
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    African Energy Bank gets the green light, Abuja takes center stage

    Nigeria's oil minister checked out the African Energy Bank headquarters in Abuja and said the country nailed its hosting duties by getting the place fully furnished and ready to roll. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri wants APPO and Afrexim Bank to show up and officially open the thing since those two...
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    Land reforms get real traction, dead capital starts to breathe

    The housing minister wants state governments to drop 1-3 percent of their yearly budgets on land admin and systematic titling because he thinks solid land governance is the main path to hitting a trillion-dollar economy. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa told the land directors conference that half the money...
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    Nigeria’s power surge lights up a new era, meters finally matter

    Nigeria's power sector just pulled in over $2 billion in new investment under the current administration, according to Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu. The government rolled out a massive metering push to fix the billing nightmare, where half the country still gets hit with estimated charges. Two...
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    Nigerian stock market speeds up, T+2 settlements go live

    Nigeria's stock market just cut settlement time from three days down to two, which means trades close faster and money moves quicker for everyone buying or selling shares. The Central Securities Clearing System boss said cutting that extra day out of the process makes the market more competitive...
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    Private sector credit rebounds, CBN rate cut spurs fresh lending

    Nigeria's central bank reported that private-sector lending hit 74.41 trillion naira after the monetary policy committee slashed interest rates by half a percentage point to 27 percent. The jump came right after the first rate cut since 2020, and credit bounced back nearly 2 trillion naira from...
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    Africa turns inward as aid shrinks, trade deals get priority

    Nigeria's finance minister told African countries they need to start trading more with each other because foreign aid keeps getting slashed. Wale Edun said development assistance dropped nine percent last year and will probably fall another 17 percent this year based on what the African...
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    NLNG, NCDMB team up for plant upgrade, local content in focus

    Nigeria LNG and the content development board met up to hash out plans for fixing Trains 1 through 6 at the gas plant on Bonny Island. The company calls their upgrade project Accelerated Asset Intervention, and they want it rolling next year to keep the facility running at top performance...
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    Lagos ports move 3m trucks, e-call-up tech keeps queues clear

    The company running Nigeria's electronic truck system said over 3 million trucks passed through Lagos ports in nearly five years, and they dropped more than 4 billion naira setting up the whole operation. Trucks Transit Parks manages the Eto call-up platform that books trucks digitally to stop...
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    NAICOM steps up capital checks, insurers brace for reforms

    The insurance commissioner told everyone at some summit that the new capital requirement checks are getting handled by Big 4 audit firms because they need outside verification to keep things legit. Olusegun Ayo Omosehin compared the whole process to airport security scanners that every company...
  20. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    OPay opens Ibadan office, ramps up service and security

    OPay just opened a legit upgraded branch in Ibadan after running some lower-tier setup there before, and they brought out the whole squad of business partners and merchants to celebrate the launch. Elizabeth Wang from the company said they want people who prefer face-to-face banking to actually...
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