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Nigeria is on the edge of a tectonic shift. The recently announced plan to expand Dangote Petroleum Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to an eye‑watering 1.4 million bpd by 2028…
Hold tight — the industrial game in West Africa is shifting gears fast, and the upcoming West Africa IMT Summit is staking a serious claim. Governments, big companies and tech…
Nigeria’s state-owned oil giant, NNPC Limited, has dropped a financial bombshell — the kind that forces the entire energy sector to sit up straight. For the 2024 financial year, the…
Abuja, Nigeria — The Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation has fired a warning shot straight into the heart of Nigeria’s petroleum ecosystem, uncovering ₦61.1 billion in unexplained payments,…
In a revealing twist, Nigeria’s trade sector is now flexing serious economic muscle — contributing a staggering ₦40.71 trillion to the nation’s GDP in the first half of 2025. This…
In a blistering indictment, the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) — under former Governor Godwin Emefiele — of re-circulating ₦29.77…
When your country grabs $2.35 billion on the global bond market while living through a diplomatic spat and hostility from abroad, you know something unusual is happening. On 5 November…
In Lagos this week, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dayo Mobereola, delivered a message that cut straight to the bone: if Africa is…
Abuja: No fluff. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Nigeria are locked in talks. High-stakes. High urgency. For the next five years — 2026-2030. (thisdaylive.com) Here’s the low-down, in blunt…
In headline-grabbing fashion, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has confirmed what many suspected: its fintech arm pulled in ₦131.6 billion (~US $91.6 million) in the first nine months of…