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Who wins when Nigeria's richest man takes on the 'oil mafia'?
Having built a $20bn oil refinery, Aliko Dangote is now at the heart of a row in the murky industry.Top stories - BBC News - 11 hours ago -
Who is the richest U.S. president ever?
Here's how former presidents stack up against each other in terms of their peak wealth.Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
Zhang Yiming's fortune has leapt to almost $50bn, according to a newly published rich list.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
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The man battling Nigeria’s 'witch-hunters'
How one man is trying to protect people accused of witchcraft from lynchings and abuse.Top stories - BBC News - October 26 -
Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C. The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Trump’s victory adds record $64bn to wealth of richest top 10
Share surge increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefit. US elections – latest updates The wealth of the 10 richest people in the ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
Survival of the richest: Trump, climate and the logic of the doomsday bunker | Jonathan Watts
The climate crisis created the setting for Trump’s economy-first win and it’s the global south that will suffer most. Donald Trump’s election is a triumph for the politics of the doomsday bunker, ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Charges Dropped in Case Against Binance Employee Held in Nigeria
Tigran Gambaryan, who was in custody for eight months, has been released so he can receive medical care.Business - The New York Times - October 23 -
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Nigeria-based fintech Moniepoint gains ‘unicorn’ status
Company raises $110mn from investors including Google despite slowdown in fundraising for African start-upsWorld - Financial Times - October 29 -
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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is making an all-out push to reelect Trump
Elon Musk has donated more than $70 million to the pro-Trump political action committee he created in order to help reelect Trump in the 2024 presidential election.Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
Trump has the world’s richest man on his side. What does Musk want?
The SpaceX boss says only his fellow billionaire can save democracy - but some question Musk's motives.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
Can democracy survive now the world’s richest man has it in his sights? | George Monbiot
A vote for Donald Trump next week is also a vote for Elon Musk. The tech boss will have a springboard to greater power even than the US presidency. This is what happens when successive US ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Nigeria rejects Shell’s planned sale of $1.3bn onshore production unit
The decision comes the same day as ExxonMobil wins approval for its long-delayed asset sale in Niger DeltaBusiness - Financial Times - October 21 -
Nigeria drops money laundering charges against detained Binance executive
US citizen who heads financial crime compliance at crypto exchange had been held since FebruaryWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
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How a Binance Employee Strained the Relationship Between the U.S. and Nigeria
The United States and Nigeria often collaborate. But the arrest of an American worker strained their diplomatic relations.Business - The New York Times - October 24 -
Nigeria releases American crypto exec after dropping money laundering case
An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced that they were ending his money laundering trial on health and ...Tech - ABC News - October 24 -
How Years of Government Failure Led to Nigeria’s Worst Flood in Decades
After a recent dam disaster, Nigerian officials blamed God, climate change and poor people. But experts had warned the dam was at risk well before it collapsed. The officials did nothing.Top stories - The New York Times - October 27 -
Nigeria’s president summons Aliko Dangote over supplies to new oil refinery
Meeting on Tuesday is needed to release more crude for refinery, says industrialistWorld - Financial Times - October 29 -
From a childhood in Nigeria to Tory leader: the remarkable rise of Kemi Badenoch | Sunder Katwala
The woman who now leads the Conservative party was born in London, but growing up in west Africa shaped the politician she would become. • Politics live . Kemi Badenoch’s election as leader of ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Slapping MP shows generational change may not end abuse of power in Nigeria
Will the new generation of Nigerian politicians deliver the change in attitudes that many had hoped for?Top stories - BBC News - November 5 -
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Facing Outrage, Nigeria Drops Capital Charges Against Minors
Dozens of teenagers had been accused of treason and faced possible death sentences, but indignation over their treatment, including lack of food, has the government backpedaling.World - The New York Times - November 5 -
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Nigeria's major cities suffer blackouts as the power grid collapses yet again
Nigeria’s major cities including Abuja, Lagos and Kano have suffered blackouts as the country’s electricity grid has collapsed in the tenth such outage to hit the power system this yearWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
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Miss Nigeria's pride after defying trolls to challenge for Miss Universe
Chidimma Adetshina faced xenophobic abuse and trolling when she competed for Miss South Africa, where she was born.Top stories - BBC News - 23 hours ago -
Nigeria Drops Charges Against Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed Binance Exec and Former IRS Agent
After eight months, one of the US’s most prominent crypto-crime investigators may finally be coming home.Tech - Wired - October 23 -
