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Nigeria's National Economic Council has approved the refinancing of NNPC Limited's $3.3 billion oil-backed pre-export fi...
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert warning that potential protests and processions may occur in the c...
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of a senior terrorist commander, Mohammed Khalifa, a member of the Islamic S...
Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to de-escalate tensions over recent xenophobic attacks, with South Africa committin...
President Bola Tinubu has approved a major expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and authorised the ...
Chocolate City Group's Founders Fund Africa has officially opened applications for its inaugural Creative Economy Accele...
Catalyst Fund, a pan-African climate-focused venture capital firm, has completed the second close of its debut fund, bri...
Africa's next generation of billion-dollar companies is likely to emerge from financial inclusion, the creative economy,...
Nigeria has regained its position as one of Africa's leading destinations for startup investment after attracting $254 m...
Nigeria has built one of its strongest external financial positions in recent years, with external reserves climbing to ...
West African leaders have formally endorsed the Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic Gas Pipeline, signing a landmark Intergovernmen...
The United Nations has warned that terrorist groups operating in northern Nigeria and across West Africa and the Sahel a...