By Yinka Kolawole The contribution of manufactured goods to Nigeria’s export basket has stagnated for four consecutive years despite a sharp rise in the country’s total export value, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown. The NBS data indicated that though total export value rose by 9.93 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N85.13 […]

By Udeme Akpan President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertiliser investments, declaring that the continent has the capacity to feed itself and become a net exporter of agricultural products. Dangote made this known while addressing journalists in Gode, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, during a […]

By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian stock market extended its bullish run last week, as investors reaped N3.34 trillion gain, with sustained buying interest in banking, consumer goods and selected industrial stocks, which outweighed pockets of profit-taking witnessed across some other sectors of the market.  The positive close on the Nigerian Exchange, NGX, further reinforced investor confidence […]

Nigeria today secured a major boost in global investor confidence as S&P Global Ratings upgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’, citing improvements in macroeconomic stability, foreign exchange reforms and stronger oil sector performance.

The equities market extended its bearish trend on Friday, shedding N1.226 trillion as investors recorded losses in major stocks.

With a combined N4.65 trillion injected into the system within two years, Nigerian banks have emerged from the exercise with significantly stronger capital buffers, improved resilience, and enhanced capacity to take on larger and more complex financial transactions.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched the 4th Edition of the Foreign Exchange Manual which grants foreign companies in the extractive industry 100 percent unfettered access to their export proceeds.

By Yinka Kolawole The Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) has projected Nigeria’s headline inflation rate to rise to 16.42 per cent year-on-year in April 2026, reversing months of steady moderation as rising food prices, higher energy costs and worsening global commodity conditions continue to pressure domestic prices. According to the April 2026 Inflation Forecast report released […]

By Obas Esiedesa The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has raised concerns over rising illicit financial flows in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, warning that weak regulation, illegal mining and opaque ownership structures are undermining the industry’s contribution to the economy. In a policy brief released on Thursday in Abuja titled, “Stemming the Scourge of Illicit […]

•Middle East crisis boosts demand, prices •Meet beneficiaries of subsidy regime •Plans expansion plans across Africa •We sell stakes to attract investors •We are not overstretching financially •Civil unrest, policy inconsistency, other risks By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has alleged that some influential fuel importers fought […]

By Mathew Johnson The Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over a major seizure of illicit substances valued at N16. 7 billion to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), following a successful joint intelligence-led operation. Speaking during the handover ceremony at the Command, the Customs Area Controller, Tincan Island […]

By Yinka Kolawole, with agency report The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, are planning to continue a gradual increase in oil production quotas with a target of fully restoring a 1.65 million barrels-per-day output cut introduced in 2023 by September this year. According to a Bloomberg report yesterday, the alliance […]

By Mariam Eko The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, said it recorded about 276 vandalized infrastructure from 2022 to 2025 nationwide. Speaking at the public sensitization on the ills of vandalism of TCN infrastructure held at Itori, Ewekoro, Local government area, Ogun State, the General Manager, TCN, Lagos region, Engr. Adeshina Adeonipekun noted: “I can recall […]

By Yinka Kolawole The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has granted Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) a special regulatory waiver to invest pension assets in the forthcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE. The approval, contained in a circular dated May 13, 2026, temporarily suspends some of the strict investment requirements that ordinarily […]

By Patrick Chidubem Ecobank Group has announced a landmark USD3 billion trade finance commitment to accelerate intra-African global trade over the next three years. The announcement was made during the Africa-Forward Summit in Nairobi, within the framework of the bank’s active engagement in the Africa-France Impact Coalition (AFIC) led under the patronage of President Emmanuel […]