Nigeria: Govt Banks On Energy Transition Plan to Pull 100m Nigerians Out of Poverty

For the umpteenth time, the federal government has hinged its target of pulling 100 million Nigerians from the shackles of poverty on the implementation of Nigeria's Energy… Read more »

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 »

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?

IN THE ARENA Read more »

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 »

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 »

Nigeria: A Questionable National Carrier

The ownership structure of Nigeria Air is curious Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Nigeria: Naira Redesign - CBN Moves to Protect Unbanked, Vulnerable in Rural Communities

*Says banking public response to policy positive Read more »

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 »

Nigeria: Averting Drug Scarcity in Nigeria

For now, government should remove bottlenecks on drug importation Read more »

Africa: 'Trump May Ask Duty-Free U.S. Exports to Africa' - Cohen

Ambassador Herman Cohen was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under George Bush (Snr.) and is now the chairman and CEO Cohen & Woods International, a Washington… Read more »

Nigeria: Kenyan President Seeks UBA's Partnership On Development

President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has unveiled plans to make Nairobi an international financial centre and had called on the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) to play a pivotal role… Read more »

Nigeria: Moghalu - Africa Needs Economic Transformation to Prosper

The Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, has stressed that Africa can only prosper through far-reaching… Read more »

Nigeria: Country to Overtake South Africa As China's Trading Partner?

Nigeria will soon overtake South Africa as China's biggest trading partner, Nigeria's ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China, Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali, told THISDAY in… Read more »

Nigeria: 'The Nation's Economy May Overtake South Africa by 2025'

Nigeria's economy may reach about $400 billion by the end of the decade and could overtake South Africa by 2025, economist at Morgan Stanley said in a research note. Read more »

Africa: More Than 100 Publishers Meet for Lagos Summit

Over 100 newspaper and magazine publishers and broadcasting chiefs from 48 African countries have arrived the country for the two-day African Media Leaders Forum (AMFL) which… Read more »

Africa: The Proposed U.S. Africa Command

The plan by the United States government to establish an Africa Command (AFRICOM), though still at the consultation stage is already generating controversies. But their resolution… Read more »