May 8

• Nigeria: NEITI Board Member, Nwadishi, Appointed Into EITI Global Board

  Ms Faith Nwadishi, member, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) National Stakeholders Working Group, has been nominated as a member of the International... Read more »

April 13

• Nigeria: Ogun Assembly Approves N16.6 Billion Loan For Capital Projects, UBEC

  Ogun State House of Assembly yesterday passed the two resolutions requesting for approval to obtain internal loans of N15 billion from GTB Plc to further the various Ogun Standard... Read more »

April 11

• Nigeria: 'NEITI Process Multi-Stakeholder Driven'

  The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has refuted claims by the National Coordinator of Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (PRADIN), Mohammed... Read more »

April 10

• Nigeria: FG Will Pay N20 Billion to States for Rehabilitating Federal Roads

  The Federal Government will pay N20 billion to states which complied with the provisions for the rehabilitation of federal roads in their states in 2013. Read more »

• Nigeria: Enugu Govt Approves N1 Billion to Upgrade Seven Hospitals, Says Commissioner

  The Enugu State Government has approved N1 billion for the renovation and upgrading of seven district hospitals in the state. Read more »

April 8

• Nigeria: FERMA and the Integrated Power Presidential Mandate

  In the absence of efficient Rail transport system, zero Inland Waterways to convey heavy equipment like power turbines purchased for the National Integrated Power Projects NIPP,... Read more »

April 1

• Nigeria: FG Earmarks N800 Million for Abandoned Asaba-Ebu-Uromi Project in 2013 Budget

  A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, said N800 million was earmarked for the completion of the N2.9 billion Utor Bridge at Ebu, on the Asaba-Ebu-Uromi Road. Read more »

March 29

• Nigeria: Anambra Govt. Spends N80 Billion On 700km Road

  The Anambra Government said on Thursday that it spent more than N80 billion on the construction of 700 kilometres of roads across the state in the last seven years. Read more »

March 27

• Nigeria: Orubebe Promises Completion of East-West Road in 2014

  The Minister of Niger Delta, Mr Godsday Orubebe, in Uyo on Tuesday reiterated the Federal Government's commitment toward ensuring the completion of the East-West Road by 2014. Read more »

March 26

• Nigeria: Senate to Pass Legislation On Local Industry Patronage

  Senate President, David Mark, on Monday gave an assurance of speedy passage of the bill for a law to ensure that goods made in Nigeria enjoy patronage locally. Read more »

March 25

• Nigeria: Senate Committee Commends UNN for Infrastructure Transformation

  The Senate Committee on Education has applauded the massive infrastructure transformation at University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) under the leadership of Prof Bartho Okolo, the Vice-... Read more »

March 20

• Nigeria: ALSCON - NCP Terminates BFIG's Offer

  The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) yesterday approved the termination of the offer to purchase 77.5 per cent of Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) by BFI Group... Read more »

March 19

• Nigeria: 'China Not Responsible for De-Industrialisation of Africa'

  The Chinese Government has said that it was not to blame for the de-industrialisation and less developed state of African countries as widely believed, saying that this was a... Read more »

March 11

• Nigeria: FG Approves Dredging of Calabar Port

  President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the capital and maintenance dredging of Calabar Port, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Malam Habib Abdullahi, has said. Read more »

• Nigeria: Citadels of Filth - a Voyage Around Nigerian Campuses

  For thousands of students in many of the country's higher institutions, searching for water to cook or wash is now an everyday chore they must juggle with, alongside their academic... Read more »

March 4

• Nigeria: Fidelity Bank Financed Africa's Largest Aluminium Can Factory

  The multi-million naira aluminium can project in Aba, South East Nigeria financed by Fidelity Bank Plc is set to commence operation in a couple of month's time with an initial... Read more »

March 2

• Nigeria: PDP Chieftain Scores Orji High On Road Rehabilitation

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia, Chief Goodluck Njoku, has scored Gov. Theodore Orji high on road rehabilitation, particularly in Aba, the commercial hub... Read more »

February 25

• Nigeria: RMRDC Is Pushing for Greater Local Content in Industrial Production - Onwualu [interview]

  The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) on February 10, 2013, clocked 25 years. In this interview with NKECHI ISAAC, the director-general of the council,... Read more »

February 19

• Nigeria: Diversifying National Economy Through Local Content Promotion

  Promotion of local content has been used by the advanced economies as a platform to promote their economic and technological development and by the developing economies especially... Read more »

February 18

• Nigeria: FG Kicks Off N11 Billion Kogi-Benin Road Dualisation Project

  Motorists on the ever busy but deplorable long stretch of road from Obajana Junction in Kogi State to Benin City in Edo State will soon heave a sigh of relief as the federal... Read more »

• Nigeria: We Support Infrastructure Developers Through Financing - Larbie [interview]

  Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria (RMB), an arm of the South African financial services provider, Firstrand, recently opened its doors as one of the first merchant banks to operate under... Read more »

February 10

• Nigeria: Ogun Signs MOU On Provision of Electricity for Rural Dwellers

  Better time awaits rural dwellers and operators of Macro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) at the grassroots in Ogun as the State Government has signed a Memorandum of... Read more »

February 8

• Nigeria: Sambo Orders Committee On Development of Peri-FCT Communities

  The Presidential Committee on Federal Government Intervention for Infrastructural Development of Peri-FCT Communities has been directed to fix time frame in the recommendations for... Read more »

February 4

• Nigeria: We Need Mining Infrastructure [interview]

  Professor Ibrahim Abdullahi Madugu is the Director General of National Metallurgical Development Centre, NMDC, Jos. In this interview with Ruth Tene, he speaks on prospects of the... Read more »

February 1

• Nigeria: NNPC Yet to Remit N1.305 Trillion to Federation Account - NEITI Report

  The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NIETI) says the NNPC has yet to remit N1.305 trillion to the Federation Account as at December 2011. Read more »