Nigeria

Abuja, Dec 26 – The United States carried out a military strike against Islamic State militants operating in northwest Nigeria, in coordination …

ABUJA, Dec 24 – Nigeria posted a N5.7 trillion ($4 billion) fiscal deficit in the first half of 2025, official budget execution …

LAGOS, Dec 22 – Nigeria expects its budget deficit to reach 4.28% of gross domestic product in 2026, President Bola Tinubu said …

ABUJA, Dec 18 – Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has nominated new heads for the country’s upstream and downstream oil regulators, seeking to …

ABUJA, Dec 16 – Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased for an eighth consecutive month in November, driven largely by a slowdown in …

LAGOS, Dec 16 – Nigeria’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has escalated his dispute with petroleum regulators, accusing them of enabling fuel imports …

ABUJA, Dec 15 – Nigeria has issued permits to 28 companies under the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), marking a significant …