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Cheta Nwanze
Cheta Nwanze

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Feb 23

What is really important?

It’s sad but unsurprising that the EiE Nigeria-SBM Intelligence report from last week, which forecasted the possible outcome of this weekend’s elections, identified the declining interest in down-ballot elections among the Nigerian population. When we were in the field, ALL respondents we met, and we met 11,534 of them, had…

Nigeria

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What is really important?
What is really important?
Nigeria

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Feb 13

Quick one on 13 February

On Freshly Pressed this morning, two stories caught my eye. The first one is from The Nation, and reading it makes me wonder why they even bothered to print it and why the reporter did not ask the Deputy High Commissioner any questions. Now, the UK’s rep is saying that…

Nigeria

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Quick one on 13 February
Quick one on 13 February
Nigeria

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Jan 27

On colonialism

What follows is my response to a group of friends about whether European colonialism was a net benefit to Africans. It’s a topic worth exploring in greater detail than my initial response on a WhatsApp group… This is a double-edged question. Overall, I think the impact of the coming of…

Africa

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On colonialism
On colonialism
Africa

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Jan 24

On fuel scarcities

On 18 January 2015, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke announced a fuel price reduction that took the retail cost from ₦97 to ₦87 and explained that the price drop was occasioned by the drop in crude oil prices in the international market. …

Nigeria

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On fuel scarcities
On fuel scarcities
Nigeria

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Jan 16

Quick one on 16 January

Two quick ones to talk about following today’s Freshly Pressed. First, the story in ThisDay: The Presidential Candidate of G-5 Governors. I don’t think this is a news story, so I berated the producer for including it for us. It is an opinion piece, and we shouldn’t be analysing opinions…

Nigeria

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Quick one on 16 January
Quick one on 16 January
Nigeria

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Jan 6

Quick one on the real election

There has been a lot of recrimination on Twitter due to the musician, Brymo’s misguided tweets. …

Nigeria

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Nigeria

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Dec 30, 2022

The coming year

“And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ And he replied: ‘Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.’” — Minnie Louise Haskins We could say…

2023

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2023

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Dec 22, 2022

Rebuilding the security architecture

My latest column in Financial Nigeria concerns the complex and changing security challenges afflicting our continent. You can read it in full here. Using Nigeria as an example, the police are meant to address internal security concerns, while the military is responsible for protecting our territory, citizens, and interests from…

Nigeria

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Rebuilding the security architecture
Rebuilding the security architecture
Nigeria

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Dec 15, 2022

Quick one on 15 December

I was back on the radio today with Shopsy, and two stood out among the stories we talked about. The first one, from Guardian Nigeria, talked about the scale of oil theft. The first question here is, “what is Nigeria’s elite”? Because that question is what determines responsibility. If we…

Nigeria

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Quick one on 15 December
Quick one on 15 December
Nigeria

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Dec 8, 2022

Quick one on 8 December

This morning on Freshly Pressed with Shopsy, we talked about the Reuters investigation on the forced abortions by the Nigerian Army. I found the reaction of pretty much all the listeners to the show this morning instructive: unalloyed support for the army’s actions, and that speaks to how socially conservative…

Nigeria

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Quick one on 8 December
Quick one on 8 December
Nigeria

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Cheta Nwanze

Cheta Nwanze

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Using big data to understand West Africa one country (or is it region?) at a time.

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