Industry & Money
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410Services, Agriculture Push Economic Growth to 4.43%
Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product grew by 4.43 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, up 4.23 per cent year-on-year, as...
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324Nigeria’s $750m Energy Programme Saves Over $100m, Expands to 21 Countries
Nigeria’s $750 million Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) programme has saved more than $100 million within its first two years,...
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395Nigeria Targets 2.5mbpd as Oil Investment Push Intensifies
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission is leading the push to achieve the 2.5 million barrels per day target, with plans to...
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387Pension Inflows Surge 42% Despite Idle Accounts
Quarterly contributions into the Personal Pension Plan rose 42.46 per cent to N147.16m in the first quarter of 2026, up from N103.30m...
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660NCC Pushes for Digital Inclusivity to Grow $1 Trillion Economy
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that attaining President Bola Tinubu’s $1 trillion economy target would revolve around the inclusion of every...
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378China Imported $2.3b Nigerian Goods in Six Months, says Envoy
China’s imports from Nigeria in the half year of 2026 (H1 2026) stood at $2.3 billion, representing about 80 per cent increase...
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585FG Approves Acquisition of Two Communications Satellites for Nigeria
The federal government, through the Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the acquisition of two communications satellites, NIGCOMSAT 2A and NIGCOMSAT 2B....
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403NUPRC Gives 31 Oil Block Winners Payment Deadline
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has warned 31 companies that emerged winners of 37 oil and gas blocks in the 2025...
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6914G Market Penetration Slides as Telcos Move to Boost 5G Utilisation
After maintaining market penetration lead with high subscriber utilisation across networks for close to four years, the market penetration of 4G suddenly...
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698FG Plans Telecoms Coverage For Riverine Communities by 2027
All riverine communities in Nigeria are to be connected to the telecommunications network before the middle of 2027, the Minister of Communications,...
