..seeks higher 2026 funding to sustain gains By Gift ChapiOdekina,Abuja Nigeria’s capital importation surged to a record $21 billion within the first 10 months of 2025, a 75% leap from roughly $12 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2024.  Disclosing this during the 2026 budget defence before the Joint House of Representatives Committee on Commerce in […]

By Udeme Akpan Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, paid a brief but strategically significant visit to Burundi, where he explored new investment opportunities and cemented plans to expand the Dangote Group’s presence across the continent. The visit included high-level talks with President Evariste Ndayishimiye at the presidential palace.  Accompanied by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dangote […]

By Peter Egwuatu Nigerian pension funds investments in infrastructure funds   grew by   48.1% year-on-year, YoY   to N262.567 billion   in 10 months ended October 2025, 10M’25, driven by diversification   strategy and efforts to bridge the nation’s massive infrastructure gap. Vanguard’s findings from the latest data released by the Pension Commission of Nigeria, PenCom, showed that PFAs committed N262.567 […]

•NRS pushes reform agenda as FG targets N40.7trn Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief  The Nigerian Revenue Service (NRS) generated N28.3 trillion in tax revenue in 2025, representing a 30 per cent increase over the N21.7 trillion recorded in 2024. Executive Director, Government and Large Tax, NRS, Hajiya Amina Kurawa, disclosed this in Abuja while presenting the […]

As Nigeria edges towards the 2027 general elections, one institution must answer for the uncertainty hanging over the country’s electoral process: the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The confusion surrounding the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and real-time transmission of election results did not arise by accident. It was legislated […]