Blog Column - VIP Magazine

Anthropic Takes the Pentagon to Court Over “Supply Chain Risk” Blacklisting

12 Mar 2026

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Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company behind the chatbot Claude, has filed two federal lawsuits against the Trump administration in a bid to reverse...

CBN Mandates AI-Powered Anti-Money Laundering Systems Across Nigeria’s Financial Sector

11 Mar 2026

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Nigeria’s Central Bank has drawn a hard line on financial crime compliance, issuing a sweeping directive that requires every bank, fintech operator, and payment service...

N210 Trillion Question: Senate Summons Mele Kyari Over NNPCL’s Missing Billions

09 Mar 2026

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The Nigerian Senate has thrown down one of the most consequential accountability challenges in the country’s oil sector history – summoning former NNPCL Group Chief...

Africa Braces for Economic Fallout as Middle East Conflict Threatens Fuel Prices and Supply Chains

04 Mar 2026

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The ripple effects of the U.S.-Iran war are being felt acutely across Africa, where rising oil prices and disrupted shipping routes threaten to worsen cost-of-living...

Global Markets in Free fall as Iran War Widens and Strait of Hormuz Grinds to a Halt

04 Mar 2026

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The escalating military conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran has sent shockwaves through global financial markets, with Asian stock exchanges recording their steepest...

Dangote Sets His Sights on Steel and the Lights

03 Mar 2026

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Aliko Dangote has a habit of entering industries that Nigeria desperately needs and that no one else is willing to bet on at scale. He...

Nigeria Becomes Third-Largest World Bank Borrower

23 Feb 2026

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Nigeria’s debt to the World Bank’s concessional lending arm, the International Development Association (IDA), surged to $18.7 billion as of December 31, 2025 up $1.9...

The World Economy Is Holding But the Cracks Are Spreading

19 Feb 2026

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The headline number is reassuring enough: the global economy is expected to grow by 2.7% in 2026. Inflation is falling. Equity markets have posted strong...

CHINA’S TECH SURGE AND AI AMBITIONS RESHAPE GLOBAL COMPETITION

16 Feb 2026

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Throughout 2025, stocks of Chinese tech companies listed in Hong Kong skyrocketed, reflecting accelerating AI development and renewed confidence in Chinese technological capacity. However, beneath...