UN study finds streaming services have increased demand for film productions from across the continent, but warns piracy and underinvestment hampering growth Film industries in Africa could quadruple in revenue to $20bn (£15bn) and create an extra 20m jobs in creative industries, according to a report about cinema on the continent. The booming film industry in Nigeria …
Immigration became the big issue in the EU referendum. It’s also why the supermarket shelves are empty On the eve of reshuffling his Alexander’s Ragtime Band of cabinet ministers, the prime minister let it be known that he intended to fight the next election “around Brexit”. No doubt this will have come as interesting news …
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Lawsuits in London and New York have shed light on how fees that trading firms paid agents to win oil contracts from Nigeria’s state energy company may have raised funds for the country’s past two elections. An ex-BP Plc oil trader alleged this week that cargo allocations by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. could have …
NORMALLY an occasion for celebration everywhere else, Nigeria marks its 61st Independence anniversary today amid a pervasive atmosphere of gloom and mass despair. Instead of grappling with the elevating issues of development, prosperity, and her place in an increasingly competitive, globalised and knowledge-driven world, the country’s 211 million population and more than 250 ethnic nationalities …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 