Nigeria

Nigeria’s central bank has pledged to clear a foreign-exchange backlog estimated at about $5 billion within a short space of time as it seeks to attract investment back into the …

Identity fraud plagues West Africa with Nigeria and Ghana at the forefront, warns the 2024 Smile ID report on African fraud trends.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed regret over a strike that killed dozens of civilians and injured others in January 2023, accepting for the first time its responsibility for …

Nigeria’s new central bank governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has unveiled his ambitious plans to tame the country’s soaring inflation and boost the value of its currency, the naira. Cardoso, who took …

Nigeria is in talks with the World Bank to secure up to $1.5 billion of budget support to help ease a severe dollar shortage that has contributed to the naira’s …

  Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, is facing a severe cost of living crisis as inflation reached a record high of 28.92% in December 2023, the highest …

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, has set an ambitious target to increase its tax revenue by 57% in 2024, as it seeks to improve its fiscal position …

Nigeria’s electricity regulator has announced the sale of one of the country’s largest power distribution companies, Kaduna Electric, over a $130 million debt. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said …

Lagos, Nigeria – Dangote Group, Nigeria’s largest conglomerate and one of the biggest employers in the private sector has denied any wrongdoing amid an ongoing investigation by the Economic and …