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Bola Tinubu's discrete business ties with Alpha Condé

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Nigeria's new president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Guinean president Alpha Condé.
Nigeria's new president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Guinean president Alpha Condé. © Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters/Stéphane Lemouton/Abacapress

The granting of a Guinean diplomatic passport to the new Nigerian president by Alpha Condé in 2015 recently attracted widespread attention on social media in Nigeria, but behind this gesture lies a little-known business relationship forged between the two men over the last decade.

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