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Kingsley Amafibe: Driving Trade Liberalisation, Homegrown Solutions and Sustainable Devt for Africa
The 2025 100 Most Notable Africans Leadership and Business Summit, held recently in Kigali, Rwanda, convened influential leaders from across the continent to chart a path toward economic self-reliance, trade liberalisation, and sustainable...

All On Invests $250,000 In enee.io To Boost Clean Energy Monitoring Across Nigeria
4 In a strategic move to deepen access to sustainable energy across Nigeria, All On, a prominent impact investment company, has injected $250,000 into enee.io, a technology-driven firm specializing in smart energy monitoring solutions. The funding...

Climate Negotiations In The Age Of Militarism, Failed Multilateralism (2)
1 In many respects, the Israeli war in Gaza, which has been universally acknowledged as a genocide, alongside the Israeli war with Iran, further underscores the very limitation of global climate change governance and the sterility of climate...

Nigeria secures $747m syndicated loan for Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project
Nigeria has secured a $747 million syndicated loan to finance Phase 1 Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a flagship initiative under the federal government’s Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Agenda. The Federal Ministry of...

How Nigeria can turn painful reforms into long-term gains
…Stability, inclusivity, sustainability critical keys, says KPMG …Dangote tips refinery expansion as Nigeria’s success story …Edun says Nigeria rallying investors The ongoing economic reforms have been painful for Nigerians, but analysts say the...

How Nigeria Can Mobilise Investment With High-Level Mission 300 Energy Forum
0 The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed its determination to tackle energy poverty with a high-level Stakeholder Engagement forum towards the implementation of the National Energy Compact under the Mission 300 initiative. The...

How Inadequate Supply Of Power Is Hindering Nigeria’s Industrial Development – Stakeholders
1 The Nigerian industrial sector is suffering as a result of many factors, one of which is inadequate supply, leading to stunted growth and under-development of the economy. Electricity has become one the most important factors of production in...

Nigeria’s exceptional, value-adding female professionals (1)
Challenges Are Not Stumbling Blocks But Learning Points – Barbra Obika-Anioke, General Counsel, Veritas Registrars Can we have an insight into your background and profile? I am a qualified legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a...

WCO, Nigeria’s multilateral influence and national devt
With the exits of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah, the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), from key...

Nigerians want roads, schools… but criticise budget insertions by lawmakers -Gbajabiamila
Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, says lawmakers face growing public criticism for using budget insertions to meet demands outside their constitutional mandate. He spoke on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the 2025 open...

Nigeria secures $747m syndicated loan for Lagos-Calabar coastal highway
Nigeria has secured $747 million syndicated loan to finance phase 1, section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. In a statement on Wednesday, Mohammed Manga, director of information and public relations at the ministry of finance, said the...

Nigeria’s economic challenges are real but not new – Katsina governor
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has offered a frank and reflective take on Nigeria’s economic situation while highlighting practical steps his administration is taking to reduce hardship, boost employment, and reform healthcare....

Nigerians say government failing on security, floods, and food access — June poll
A growing number of Nigerians no longer believe their government can protect them from violence, hunger, or provide them succour in the aftermath of natural disasters. BusinessDay’s June TalkExchange poll gauged public opinion on the state of...

Nigeria’s exceptional, value-adding female professionals (2)
Staying Up-To-Date With Industry Best Practices Has Helped Me Build Confidence In My Work – Oge Dan-Gogo, Manager, Compliance And Risk Management, LES Energy Can we have an insight into your background and profile? I am Oge Dan-Gogo, a passionate...

Nigeria’s Oil Rig Count Surges To 46 As Project One Million Barrels Boosts Output
1 CHIDI UGWU ABUJA – Nigeria’s drive to rejuvenate its oil sector has reached a new milestone, as the country’s active oil rig count climbed to 46 in July, up from 44 at the end of June, according to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory...

Nigerian Air Force to intensify aerial surveillance over south-South airspace
The Nigeria Air Force, NAF, has announced that they will intensify surveillance and reconnaissance flights over the South-South region airspace. The Air Officer Commanding, AOC, Mobility Command of NAF, Yenagoa, Air Vice Marshal Sunday Anake,...

Statement by Hon. Philip J. Pierre on the Outcomes of the OECS Heads of Government Meeting With the President of Nigeria
STATEMENT BY HONOURABLE PHILIP J. PIERRE, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA MINISTER FOR FINANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE YOUTH ECONOMY, AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND NATIONAL SECURITY On the Outcomes of the OECS Heads of Government Meeting with...

Reforms: How Nigeria and Kenya are rewriting Africa’s procurement “playbook”, By Sufuyan Ojeifo
An article in TheCable edition of July 4, 2025, entitled: “Lessons from Kenya’s e-procurement revolution,” examined the East African country’s e-procurement reforms and the rapid transformation in how it buys and spends. It was a good read. And...
Nigeria’s Carbon Emissions: Environmental conservationist highlights impact on average Nigerian

Nigeria’s pharma industry set to hit $10bn by 2030 amid growing investments – ACPN
…task FG, states on incentives…faults MEDIPOOL policy Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industrypharmaceutical industry is projected to expand fivefold to $10 billion over the next five years, driven by a wave of local and foreign investments aimed at...