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Most people who follow Nigerian finance know the name Mustafa Chike-Obi from one of three places: the trading floors of Wall Street, the debt-clearing agency that cleaned up the country’s banking mess after 2009, or the boardroom of a major commercial bank. This week a fourth appearance put him back in the search trends. In…
Central bank governors rarely become household names, and the good ones tend to prefer it that way. Olayemi Cardoso, who runs the Central Bank of Nigeria, has not had that luxury. Since late 2023 he has presided over a currency reset, a sharp interest-rate cycle and a banking recapitalisation drive, and this week his name…
Allan Kilavuka no longer has an executive assistant, and he says it shows. In an interview with the Business Daily this week he admitted he is struggling with his own calendar, and that messages to him can sit unanswered because half the time he is out on a farm in Kitale with his hands in…
Dr. Zainab Marwa-Abubakar is a Nigerian women’s advocate, author and the founder of the Aspire Women Forum. She is also the daughter of retired Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa, the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a connection that shapes much of how she is described in the press. This profile separates…
Abdulrasheed Maina is a former Nigerian civil servant who chaired the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms between 2010 and 2013. In November 2021 the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted him of money laundering involving about ₦2 billion in pension funds, and sentenced him to a maximum of eight years in prison. He was…
Sophia Momodu is a Nigerian entrepreneur, fashion and beauty consultant and brand influencer who is also widely known as the mother of Davido’s eldest child. Her public identity has often been tied to that relationship, but the more recent coverage describes a businesswoman running a fashion label, a travel concierge business and a foundation. This…