November 28, 2022
Nigeria: Antidote to Rising Poverty in Nigeria
There is need for comprehensive reforms to create opportunities for all citizens so as to drastically reduce the level of inequality as well as the number of families who live in… Read more »
November 27, 2022
Nigeria: NNPC, Major Marketers Intensify Collaboration to End Fuel Scarcity
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited have intensified collaboration to end the current nationwide… Read more »
Nigeria: As New Currency Notes Rekindle Battle to Save Naira
The unveiling of the new currency notes by President Muhammadu Buhari, the tightening of interest rates by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the renewed resolve of the Economic and… Read more »
Nigeria: Will Kolmani Oil Field Change Nigeria's Story?
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November 25, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria to Spend Additional $410bn to Meet Its Energy Transition Plan
The federal government is to spend additional $410 billion between now and 2060 to meet the country's Energy Transition Plan, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief… Read more »
Nigeria: Petrol Scarcity Worsens in Lagos As Transporters Allege Rationing of Selling Days By Marketers
The alleged rationing of the days of selling petrol among some petroleum products marketers who have formed cartels has worsened the petrol scarcity currently rocking Lagos, Abuja… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari Excited By New Banknotes, Says Enhanced Security Features'll Make Counterfeiting Difficult
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the newly redesigned N1, 000, N500, and N200 denominations unveiled by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had been fortified with security… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Nigeria: A Questionable National Carrier
The ownership structure of Nigeria Air is curious Read more »
November 22, 2022
Nigeria: Tight Security For Buhari's Bauchi Visit to Inaugurate Oil Rigs
President Buhari has arrived Bauchi State Capital on a one - day working visit amid tight security. Read more »
Nigeria: Inside Story of Lagos Building Collapse Where Regulators Mortgage Lives Cheaply
For years, buildings collapse, leading to hundreds of deaths has become a recurring and worrisome nightmare to citizens of Lagos State. In the first part of this undercover… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Nigeria: History As Buhari Supervises Crude Oil Drilling in the North
For the first time in history, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to officially kick off the drilling of crude oil in the north on Tuesday, about two years after the mineral… Read more »
November 19, 2022
Nigeria: FIRS Opens New Tax Offices
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced the opening of 25 new satellite tax offices across the country. Read more »
November 18, 2022
Nigeria: Bawa - Naira Redesign Significant Step to Economic Recovery
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has once more praised President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for… Read more »
Nigeria: NBS - 133 Million Nigerians Living in Poverty
No fewer than 133 million Nigerians, representing 63 per cent of the population are currently living in multi-dimensional poverty, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Nigeria: Naira Redesign - CBN Moves to Protect Unbanked, Vulnerable in Rural Communities
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Africa: ILO Launches 1m Green Jobs Initiative for Youths, Just Transition Financing Tools #AfricaClimateHope
The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first Green Jobs for Youth pacts and Just Transition Finance Tool on Banking and Investment Activities at the COP27 Climate… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Nigeria: 'Put Obasanjo On New Naira Note'
Chuks Okocha in Abuja Read more »
November 04, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria and the Problem of Child Labour
That children matter is as easy to say as it is to understand because it is a truism bereft of any complications. It is further simplified by the fact that if the world is to have… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Nigeria: African Refiners Hail Nigerians On Massive Investments in Oil Refining, Distribution Facilities
The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) has applauded indigenous Nigerians operating in the midstream and downstream sector of the nation's oil and gas industry… Read more »
Nigeria: $15.6bn Investment Interests Generated for Lagos-Abidjan Highway in 2022 - Adesina
The President of the African Development Bank Group, (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has said from the virtual Africa Investment Forum held in March this year, the bank secured… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria, Others Move to End Tax Incentives, Waivers to High Net Worth Individuals, Businesses
The federal government of Nigeria and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) have announced their resolve to stop tax waivers and incentives to high-net-worth individuals… Read more »
Nigeria: Aramco, BP Beat Expectations With Record Quarterly Profit of $42bn, £8bn
Saudi Aramco's continued its historic run yesterday, achieving a profit surge of 39 percent in the third quarter of 2022 and surpassing the average forecasts. Read more »
Nigeria: We Intentionally Prioritised Development of Nigeria's Mineral Resources - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said his administration in 2015 intentionally prioritised the development of the country's mineral resources as one of the frontiers for… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Nigeria: China Harbour Completes Construction of $1.5bn Lekki Deep Sea Port
The China Habour Engineering LFTZ Enterprise (CHELE), a subsidiary of China Habour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), that is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Domestic Gas Supply Grew By 14% in 12 Months, Says NMDPRA
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) yesterday said that the performance of Nigeria's domestic gas supply obligation reached 64.8 per cent… Read more »