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Plants are displayed at the booth of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Coal, Oil & Gas

$1.3bn Exxon Nigeria asset sale could be approved

Camillus Eboh and Isaac Anyaogu 3 May 2024

Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

Coal, Oil & Gas

Dangote launches Africa's biggest oil refinery - 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 23 May 2023

A person holds a new 1000 naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, 15 December 2022. Reuters / Afolabi Sotunde / File Photo

Law Practice

Nigerian court extends old banknotes to end-2023 amid cash shortage

Camillus Eboh 3 Mar 2023

Branded notebooks with images of Nigerian presidential candidates are displayed at a shopping center in Abuja, Nigeria. Source: Reuters/Abraham Achirga.

Advertising

Printers of Nigeria election regalia lose out as ad campaigns pivot online

Abraham Achirga, Sofia Christensen, Hereward Holland and Aurora Ellis 8 Feb 2023

Nigeria opens 'game changer' billion-dollar deep seaport

Logistics & Transport

Nigeria opens 'game changer' billion-dollar deep seaport

Seun Sanni 24 Jan 2023

NNPC starts oil drilling in northern Nigeria

Coal, Oil & Gas

NNPC starts oil drilling in northern Nigeria

Felix Onuah and MacDonald Dzirutwe 25 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Nigeria unveils new bank notes in bid to control liquidity

25 Nov 2022

Rampant Nigeria oil theft is 'treason', says Gbajabiamila

Coal, Oil & Gas

Rampant Nigeria oil theft is 'treason', says Gbajabiamila

21 Sep 2022

Nigerian oil workers threaten to strike if government doesn't stem theft

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigerian oil workers threaten to strike if government doesn't stem theft

Camillus Eboh 9 Sep 2022

Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube

Services

Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube

5 Aug 2022

Nigeria lost $1bn in Q1 revenue to crude oil theft

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria lost $1bn in Q1 revenue to crude oil theft

Camillus Eboh 5 Jul 2022

Nigeria's AKK gas pipeline to open in early 2023, NNPC says

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria's AKK gas pipeline to open in early 2023, NNPC says

Camillus Eboh 19 Apr 2022

Nigerian billionaire Dangote launches $2.5bn fertiliser plant as prices soar

Agribusiness

Nigerian billionaire Dangote launches $2.5bn fertiliser plant as prices soar

Seun Sanni 23 Mar 2022

Nigeria's fuel crisis: Smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria's fuel crisis: Smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, Chukwumerije Okereke, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 14 Mar 2022

Newspapers are pictured after Nigeria government announced the lifting of Twitter ban in Abuja, Nigeria, 13 January 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Cyber Law

Rights group goes to court to get Nigeria to publish agreement with Twitter

14 Feb 2022

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

11 Feb 2022

Nigeria moves a step closer to rolling out its landmark Startup Bill

SMEs

Nigeria moves a step closer to rolling out its landmark Startup Bill

17 Dec 2021

Banking

African Development Bank outlines new health infrastructure strategy

25 Nov 2021

Nigeria's president says Aiteo oil spill will be 'speedily addressed'

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria's president says Aiteo oil spill will be 'speedily addressed'

Felix Onuah 25 Nov 2021

6 die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise

Construction & Engineering

6 die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise

Chijioke Ohuocha 2 Nov 2021

Source: ©pavel shlykov

Economy

Nigeria launches digital currency to enhance payments

25 Oct 2021

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Libby George, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov 16 Sep 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria 18 September, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Mining

Factbox: Nigeria's oil overhaul faces last battles over fuel, northern drilling

15 Jul 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria September 18, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill

Libby George & Camillus Eboh 2 Jul 2021

Nigeria's Twitter ban leaves some businesses in the lurch

Services

Nigeria's Twitter ban leaves some businesses in the lurch

Nneka Chile 14 Jun 2021

Nigeria orders broadcasters not to use Twitter to gather information

Social Media

Nigeria orders broadcasters not to use Twitter to gather information

Alexis Akwagyiram 8 Jun 2021

Nigeria bans Twitter in the country days after president's post is removed

Telecoms & Networks

Nigeria bans Twitter in the country days after president's post is removed

7 Jun 2021

Young Angolans protest for bettter living conditions in the capital Luanda in 2020. EFE-EPA

Coal, Oil & Gas

Why being endowed with oil is not always a boon: the case of Nigeria and Angola

Ross Harvey 18 Feb 2021

APO Group African Women in Media Award 2020 jury announced

Media

APO Group African Women in Media Award 2020 jury announced

5 Nov 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari raises his fist during an inspection of honour guards on parade to mark Democracy Day in Abuja, on June 12, 2019.
Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Buhari's Covid-19 economic plan: old wine in new wineskins

Stephen Onyeiwu 25 Jun 2020

Tourism & Travel

Tourism holds positive growth for business in Nigeria

7 Feb 2020

Tourism

Tourism trends for 2020: Africa to dominate the landscape

Guy Stehlik 27 Jan 2020

No coordination on macroeconomic policies in Nigeria Red Confidential/shutterstock

Markets & Investment

What Nigeria needs to do to avoid World Bank's worst case scenario

Wale Fatade 20 Jan 2020

Adebola Williams, the CEO of StateCraft in Nigeria. Image supplied.

PR & Communications

The business of political PR: Advising heads of states in Africa

Maryanne Maina 14 Jan 2020

Nigeria rolls out visas on arrival to Africans

Travel

Nigeria rolls out visas on arrival to Africans

7 Jan 2020

Why the outlook for fixing Nigeria's energy crisis isn't good

Energy

Why the outlook for fixing Nigeria's energy crisis isn't good

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 30 Dec 2019

Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

Media Freedom

US-Nigeria website censored

12 Dec 2019

Media

The week's biggest news stories

4 Oct 2019

Members of the National Youth Service Corp carry the body of their colleague, the reporter Precious Owolabi, in Abuja on July 23. Owolabi was shot while covering protests in the Nigeria capital. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Kola Sulaimon.

Media Freedom

Channels TV reporter dies from injuries after shooting at Nigeria protest

29 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Social Media

WhatsApp played a big role in the Nigerian election. Not all of it was bad

Nic Cheeseman 29 Jul 2019

Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri, left, and Alagoa Morris, pictured in Abuja after Abiri's release from detention in 2018. A court on May 22, 2019 charged Abiri on three counts and ordered him detained. Credit: CPJ/Alagoa Morris.

Media Freedom

Re-arrest of editor Jones Abiri in Nigeria

27 May 2019

A billboard for Nigeria's incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, who won re-election in February. Credit: CPJ/Jonathan Rozen.

Media Freedom

Nigerian journalists speak out on press freedom

Jonathan Rozen 8 May 2019

Nigerians celebrate the announcement of Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. But can he deliver jobs this time round? EPA/Stringer

Markets & Investment

What Buhari has to do to take Nigeria's economy to the next level

Stephen Onyeiwu 7 Mar 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

The growth of Instagram among world leaders

Social Media

The growth of Instagram among world leaders

5 Dec 2018

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari at the US-Africa Business Forum in New York in 2016. EPA/Drew Angerer

Markets & Investment

How Nigeria can attract and keep the right kind of foreign direct investment

Tolu Olarewaju 5 Dec 2018

Usman Yusuf. Photo: Premium Times

Public Health

Head of Nigeria's NHIS placed on administrative leave

Ebuka Onyeji 1 Nov 2018

VW signs MoU to develop automotive hub in Nigeria

Automotive

VW signs MoU to develop automotive hub in Nigeria

4 Sep 2018

African Union chairperson and president of Rwanda Paul Kagame (from left); president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018. Credit: Office of President Paul Kagame.

Marketing

Africa's massive free trade area a "gamechanger"

Kingsley Ighobor 29 Aug 2018

Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri (left) and Alagoa Morris (right) in Abuja after Abiri's release from detention on August 15, 2018.

Media

CPJ welcomes release of Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri

16 Aug 2018