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The United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres has said that Africa’s 1.5% renewable energy installed capacity despite having about 60% of the global energy resources is a disturbing phenomenon that needs to change to put the continent on the path to ...

…Continent’s refining capacity hits 1.365mbpd Nigeria is spearheading an initiative to establish a regional pricing benchmark for refined petroleum products across West Africa, aiming to create a more unified and transparent fuel market. This move seeks to reduce the region’s ...

The director general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Emomotimi Agama, has opined that by formalising commodities and warehouse receipts, the capital market can unlock $500 billion in dormant agricultural and mineral assets. The DG made the remarks at a national ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again retained its key monetary policy parameters, including the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at a high 27.5 percent, a move that continues to draw sharp criticism from the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and ...

By Chinecherem-Jane Obiekwe In a world saturated with global headlines, the quiet urgency of local news is easily drowned out. Yet it is here in the pothole that sparks a protest, the school board vote that alters futures, the dialect ...

By Christian George The resignation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, marks a new chapter in his long and eventful political journey. Over the past two decades, Atiku has ...

Sterling Bank Limited has accelerated its push to transform Nigeria’s non-oil export sector by hosting a series of nationwide training programmes across Lagos, Ondo, and Kano states. The initiative, which recently culminated in a grand finale event in Lagos themed ...

As part of its commitment to driving sustainable finance and unlocking capital for development, FirstBank has strengthened its partnership with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) by providing capital for solutions that address the sustainable development goals.. The commitment was ...

Nigeria has sustained licensing of modular refinery investment with streamlining of processes in line with changing market dynamics that have attracted $1.2 billion since 2022. The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), who gave the figure citing ...

…Screens 5,723 Applicants The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is reinforcing Nigeria’s oil and gas industry by investing in human capital through its 2025/2026 Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS), as it begins screening of 5,723 shortlisted candidates from a pool of ...