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Nigeria secures $500 million AfDB loan to boost energy transition

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $500 million loan to support Nigeria’s...

Honeywell to help Dangote Refinery double capacity, become world’s largest

Dangote Refinery has sealed a partnership with multinational giant Honeywell to provide services that...

NNPC Limited reports ₦5.4 trillion profit for 2024

NNPC Limited has reported a Profit After Tax of ₦5.4 trillion for 2024 on...

75% of Africa’s cargo delays caused by trade bottlenecks, not infrastructure

The majority of delays affecting the movement of goods across Africa are caused by...

Climate justice must be debt-free, African groups tell G20

A coalition of African civil society groups, climate movements, and community-based organizations have urged...

Trump doubles down: “I’m really angry about killings in Nigeria. It’s a genocide”

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday intensified his criticism of Nigeria’s handling of...

First Bank begins deduction of 10% withholding tax on short-term securities

First Bank of Nigeria has begun implementing a 10% withholding tax (WHT) on interest...

₦3.8bn ransom demanded in Kwara Church kidnapping as terrorists raid Niger school

Terrorists who abducted about 35 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Igan, Eruku,...

Africa faces sanitation crisis as 780 million go without basic services

Nearly 780 million people in Africa still lack basic sanitation services, the African Ministers’...

Biafra campaigner Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life in jail

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of...

Reporters worldwide reveal billions in dirty money moving through crypto

A sweeping new investigation has revealed how some of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges...

Insurgents last killed a Nigerian Army general in 2021. Here’s what happened

The killing of Brigadier-General M. Uba marks one of the deadliest setbacks for the...

Amnesty, activists want executed Nigerian environmentalist Saro-Wiwa exonerated, not pardoned

Thirty years after the Nigerian government executed writer and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight...

Nigeria shelves 15% fuel import tax seen as protecting Dangote Refinery

The Nigerian government has suspended the planned implementation of a 15% import duty on...

Biggest one-day fall in 15 years! New tax fears batter Nigerian stocks

Nigerian stocks suffered their steepest single-day decline in 15 years on Tuesday as jittery...

Veritas Kapital raising ₦15 billion after new insurance law

Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc says it will raise ₦15 billion through a private placement,...

Legend Internet to buy rival provider & microfinance bank

Legend Internet Plc, Nigeria’s first publicly listed internet service provider, is set to expand...

Guinness owner Diageo names new CEO to drive growth

Diageo, the maker of Guinness, Johnnie Walker, and Baileys, has appointed Sir Dave Lewis...

Afreximbank unit FEDA invests $75 million in electric bike startup Spiro

The Fund for Export Development in Africa, or FEDA, the investment arm of the...

COP30: Nigeria advocates new mechanisms to safeguard forests, oceans

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reiterated the need for new mechanisms to safeguard...