Industrial policy paved the way for Dangote’s empire. Why it didn’t deliver for all Nigerians

Posted on Tue 02 November 2021 in Nigeria • Tagged with Nigeria, Dangote, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Nigerian Economy, Dangote Cement, NASCON, DSR

Aliko Dangote leaves the French Elysee presidential palace after a meeting with the president in 2016. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images

Richard Itaman, University of Cambridge and Christina Wolf, Kingston University

Dangote Industries Limited dominates the Nigerian cement market and is a key player in the rapidly expanding …


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Can We Stop to Catch Our Breaths?

Posted on Mon 05 July 2021 in Nigeria • Tagged with Opinion, APC, Buhari, Tinubu, #EndSars

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Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash

By Aniemeke Isioma Prisca

Twentieth of October 2020
You carry army go kill many youth for Lekki
Na so water o, water runaway my eye
- 20 10 20, Burna Boy

Two weeks before the Lekki massacre, I remember urging my friends to tell …


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