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By Patrick MARKEY Lagos (AFP) - Veste blanche étincelante et lunettes de soleil, un jeune marié nigérian danse avec sa compagne sur un son d’Afrobeats craché par d’imposantes enceintes dans une salle des fêtes de la mégalopole Lagos, peu à peu rejoint sur la piste par leurs proches. Furtivement, presque timidement, une femme prend quelques billets de 500 nairas (environ 0,31 centimes d'euros) de son sac à main et les éparpille sur le sol. D'autres se joignent à elle, mais décident eux de déposer leurs liasses de billets de banque discrètement dans des bols argentés posés à leurs pieds, une nou...
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Digital illustration by Giovana Fleck, for Global Voices. When was the first time you interacted with different cultures beyond your geographical location? My first time was when, as a child, I was introduced to Peter and Jane through the Ladybird books. This transitioned to the Goosebumps and Sweet Valley High series, meeting the likes of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield as they navigated the dynamics of teenage life in the US. Later, in school, Chinua Achebe would broaden my view of Africa with things falling apart for Okonkwo in Igboland, and acquaint me with the existence of pidgin. I have ...
Global Voices
Ibrahima Yakubu, the Team Leader of NPJ, makes a point during a meeting. Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim, used with permission. This story was written by Mohammed Ibrahim and originally published by Peace News Network. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people with more than 250 ethnic groups, has consistently made headlines because of various crises. In northern Nigeria, religious or ethnic conflicts have resulted in the loss of countless lives and property. Some blame the media for fueling societal divisi...
Global Voices
Les syndicats de fonctionnaires ont exprimé leur mécontentement devant les locaux du service public de l'électricité, à travers les principales villes du Nigeria. Leur protestation vise à pousser les autorités à prendre des mesures contre les augmentations de prix qui ont exacerbé la crise du coût de la vie. En effet, en avril, les tarifs de l'électricité ont plus que doublé pour certains consommateurs, alors que le gouvernement prévoit d'économiser au moins 788 millions de dollars en supprimant les subventions cette année.
Euronews (French)
Lagos (AFP) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wrapped up their three-day visit to Nigeria on Sunday, arriving in the country's economic capital Lagos during a trip to promote his Invictus Games for wounded military veterans. The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife on Friday in Nigeria's capital Abuja where they visited a school event on mental health, in a trip that also saw the prince meet wounded Nigerian soldiers in the country's northwest. On day three of the visit, Prince Harry and Meghan took part in a basketball event with the Giants of Africa Foundation in Lagos, an organisation that...
AFP
Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Yusuf Adua and originally published by Minority Africa on May 2, 2024. An abridged version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. In February this year, 27-year-old Abdulqudus Jimoh, who had just gained direct entry into the 200-level archaeology department at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, north-central Nigeria, gave a presentation about data collection and handling in the field of archaeology. “I was struggling to speak,” he recounts. “I understood what I wanted to say but couldn’t a...
Global Voices
Binance CEO Richard Teng claims officials in Nigeria approached the exchange’s team and offered a secret crypto settlement proposal. Teng shared details of this shocking development in a blog post that highlights the ongoing legal troubles around Binance official Tigran Gambaryan. The Binance chief’s comments comes as news from Nigeria say the government is planning to ban naira from all peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms in the country. Binance CEO on Nigeria’s crypto landscapeOn May 7, Richard Teng, who replaced former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, wrote about why Tigran Gambaryan is innocent and sh...
Invezz
In a significant regulatory shift, Nigeria has announced plans to prohibit person-to-person (P2P) cryptocurrency trading in the Nigerian naira, aiming to safeguard its local currency from further depreciation and market manipulation. New regulations on the horizon for the crypto sectorEmomotimi Agama, the Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), disclosed during a meeting with fintech professionals that new regulations targeted at crypto exchanges, digital asset custodians, and other sectors of the cryptocurrency industry would be introduced shortly. These measur...
Invezz
Emerging markets in Turkey, Egypt, and Nigeria experienced a surge following favourable adjustments in their credit ratings and economic outlooks, signalling increased investor confidence and potential economic stability in these regions. Turkey’s credit upgrade fuels optimismTurkey’s financial market showed positive movement after S&P Global Ratings upgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating. The upgrade was attributed to the government’s shift back to more orthodox economic policies, which have likely reassured investors about Turkey’s economic direction. Consequently, Turkey’s five-year...
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Seit 2009 ist am 22. April der Internationale Tag der Mutter Erde, auch bekannt als Earth Day. In verschiedenen Ländern wird an dem Tag auf Umweltprobleme aufmerksam gemacht und das Bewusstsein für Schutzmaßnahmen des Planeten soll gestärkt werden. SüdkoreaIn der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul wurde z. B. eine Modenschau vorbereitet, bei der Kleidung aus Plastikabfällen gezeigt wird Lee Cha-kyung, der Generalsekretär von "Consumer Climate Action" erklärt die Aktion folgendermaßen: "Beim Thema Plastik geht es nicht nur um Abfallvermeidung und Recycling. Wir wollten die Öffentlichkeit an die B...
Euronews (German)
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