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Environment & Natural Resources

Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff 2 days

African fashion has flourished in terms of creativity and innovation in recent years, and is attracting global attention. Pictured: Lagos Fashion Week (Image source: © The Labari Journal

Fashion & Homeware

Lagos fashion: how designers make global trends uniquely Nigerian

2 Jan 2026

Image credit: Anna from Pixabay

Malaria

Codix Bio to produce HIV, malaria test kits amid USAid cutbacks

Ben Ezeamalu 20 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Nigeria court rules Binance executive can face trial on behalf of crypto exchange

Camillus Eboh 17 May 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga

Corporate & Commercial Law

Detained Binance executive in court on Nigerian tax, money laundering charges

Camillus Eboh 4 Apr 2024

Energy

Shell joins international sell-off of Nigeria onshore oil and gas holdings

Ron Bousso 17 Jan 2024

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria oil industry turns a corner, introduces new Nembe grade

Natalie Grover, Robert Harvey and Ahmad Ghaddar 8 Nov 2023

Image source: Arjun MJ from

Health & Social Welfare

Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

Exxon seeks to unblock stalled sale in 'challenging' Nigeria - top executive

Coal, Oil & Gas

Exxon seeks to unblock stalled sale in 'challenging' Nigeria - top executive

Sabrina Valle 6 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Nigeria's finance minister, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.

Taxation & Regulation

African nations stall global corporate tax deal

Katja Hamilton 20 Jan 2023

Ethiopian Airlines sees passenger rebound from Covid this year

Travel

Ethiopian Airlines sees passenger rebound from Covid this year

Duncan Miriri 19 Dec 2022

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Materials & Equipment

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Okechukwu Okorie and Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 21 Jul 2022

Nigeria spent $3bn on petrol subsidies in first five months of 2022 - NNPC

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria spent $3bn on petrol subsidies in first five months of 2022 - NNPC

Camillus Eboh and Chijioke Ohuocha 1 Jul 2022

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Energy

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 30 Mar 2022

Shell stopped from selling Nigerian assets until $2bn appeal decided

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell stopped from selling Nigerian assets until $2bn appeal decided

Camillus Eboh 15 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

Source: ©Michal Bednarek

Medtech

Fast-tracking healthcare digitalisation

30 Sep 2021

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Camillus Eboh 23 Sep 2021

Source: ©Mark Adams

Medtech

What machine learning can offer Nigeria's healthcare system

Busayo Ajuwon, Alice Richardson & Brett Lidbury 21 Jul 2021

Dentsu Africa launches Finance, banking and insurance like never before

Financial Services

Dentsu Africa launches Finance, banking and insurance like never before

Issued by Dentsu 16 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 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

MTN Nigeria issues 100 billion naira bond - CFO

Markets & Investment

MTN Nigeria issues 100 billion naira bond - CFO

Chijioke Ohuocha 5 May 2021

Dr Cyprian Ngong, a staff member of National Hospital, Abuja, receives Covid-19 vaccine. Adam Abu-basha/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Nigeria at sixes and sevens on Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Solomon Bakarey 15 Mar 2021

Several protests have trailed the privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Energy

Nigeria's post-privatisation energy sector is a mess: here are some solutions

Okechukwu Marcellus Ikeanyibe 26 Feb 2021

How to forge an inclusive economic recovery in Africa

Community

How to forge an inclusive economic recovery in Africa

Tolu Oyekan 12 Feb 2021

Trends

#BizTrends2021: African demands for post-Covid healthcare align impact with investor opportunity in 2021

Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

Agri Tech

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

5 Jan 2021

Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation - the way forward for Nigeria's real estate industry

Residential Property

Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation - the way forward for Nigeria's real estate industry

Noah Ibrahim 2 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

The Nigerian Naira has been under a lot pressure lately
Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Nigeria's post-Covid-19 recovery plan has some merit. But it misses the mark

Tolu Olarewaju 22 Jun 2020

A bottle of Covid Organics, a herbal tea that authorities in Madagascar gave to students. Photo by Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why more must be done to fight bogus Covid-19 cure claims

Chimaraoke Izugbara & Mary O Obiyan 19 May 2020

Oil smeared fishboats on oily mud in the river during low tide at K-Dere, near Bodo in the Niger Delta region Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Coal, Oil & Gas

How oil and water create a complex conflict in the Niger Delta

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde 23 Apr 2020

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Agro-processing

Boosting Nigeria's fertiliser supply to 200,000 farmers

18 Mar 2020

Agriculture is the most important business in the world, says AfDB's Akinwumi Adesina

Agribusiness

Agriculture is the most important business in the world, says AfDB's Akinwumi Adesina

30 Jan 2020

Lagos beaches have a microplastic pollution problem

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Lagos beaches have a microplastic pollution problem

Ifenna Ilechukwu 10 Dec 2019

Building new cities to meet Africa's rapid urbanisation is a risky bet

Sustainable Development

Building new cities to meet Africa's rapid urbanisation is a risky bet

Astrid R.N. Haas 4 Nov 2019

Hamza Idris (left), an editor with the Daily Trust newspaper, sits with colleague Hussaini Garba Mohammed in their office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in February 2019. The office was raided in January by the military, who seized 24 computers. Credit: CPJ/Jonathan Rozen.

Media Freedom

Nigerian military targeted journalists' phones, computers with "forensic search" for sources

Jonathan Rozen 30 Oct 2019

How Shea Origin's Mobola Sagoe is empowering women in Nigeria

Health & Beauty

How Shea Origin's Mobola Sagoe is empowering women in Nigeria

3 Oct 2019

Oil and gas is the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy. Wikimedia Commons

Coal, Oil & Gas

Explainer: how Nigeria got hit with a $9.6bn judgement debt in London

Oludara Akanmidu 11 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Digital

Google announces specific enhancements for Nigerian programmes

25 Jul 2019

Doctors preparing to perform an operation. Shutterstock

Public Health

Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

Infectious Diseases

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar power could stabilise Nigeria's electricity grid and save it money

Samuel Ayokunle Olowosejeje 31 May 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

AfDP's agro-industrial processing zones will drive agriculture in Africa, says investors

Agriculture

AfDP's agro-industrial processing zones will drive agriculture in Africa, says investors

3 May 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

UN, WEF and partners to tackle e-waste

Circular Economy & Waste Management

UN, WEF and partners to tackle e-waste

25 Jan 2019

Nigerian government urged to review national broadband plan

Digital

Nigerian government urged to review national broadband plan

17 Jan 2019