United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, has declared American interest in expanded trade and private sector investments in Nigeria and African countries to drive economic growth, revealing that Nigeria was United States’ second largest trade partner in the continent with a two-way trade in goods and services that totalled roughly $13 billion in 2024. Mills, who said this in …

Afrobeats star Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has said he wishes for Nigeria and the African continent to be better governed. Speaking at the premiere of his documentary ‘Wizkid: Long Live Lagos’ at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Friday, the Starboy boss emphasised that governance is one of the key areas he hopes African countries …

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has cited Nigeria as an example of how market-based de-risking mechanisms can help mobilise pension capital for infrastructure investment without enforcing rigid allocation mandates. This was revealed in the 2025 State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report, titled ‘Mobilising Domestic Capital’, with a call to redirect Africa’s $1.1 trillion institutional capital pool to finance long-term infrastructure development …

Nigeria’s Under 20 national football team, the Flying Eagles, will commence their first training session on Tuesday as preparations begin in earnest for the upcoming WAFU A and B U20 Nations Cup Invitational Tournament, scheduled to take place in Ghana from 15 June to 30 June, 2025. The maiden edition of the regional competition will feature 16 West African nations, …

Nigerian indigenous oil companies are making multi-billion dollar investments to develop divested onshore and shallow water assets, leading a new phase of growth and innovation in the oil and gas sector

Popular Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana (well known as Falz) has openly stated that he might not choose to raise his future children in Nigeria. Also read: Falana, Falz give Bobrisky 12-hour ultimatum to apologise, retract defamatory claims His concerns stem primarily from the country’s escalating insecurity, threats he faces due to his activism, and broader economic challenges. Falz …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the power of prayer over the nation has kept the nation saying, ‘Some say, ‘You’ve been praying and fasting — where is the result’? I laugh. If we had not prayed, Nigeria would have been in a far worse state. Let’s not stop. He also …

Nigeria’s top leaders in business, policy and development will gather in Kano on Thursday, 5 June 2025, for the next edition of the For The Love of The Country (FLOC) conference. This year’s theme, ‘Reimagining Nigeria’s Economy for a Prosperous Future: Where We Should Be in the Next Decade’, is designed to ignite bold conversations about the country’s economic future. …

As preparations intensify for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), scheduled for 30 June 2025, in Seville, Spain, Nigerian civil society organisations are making a strong case for transformative global reforms and urgent domestic action to address the persistent financing challenges facing the Global South. This call is contained in a newly released report titled ‘Financing for …

‘There is the saying, to wit, an elder running in the afternoon: if he is not pursuing something, something is pursuing him’. As was wont our practice, we rubbed minds as those of us who were friends and aides sat at table with Governor Ayodele Fayose at Osuntokun House, as the Ekiti State Government House, Ado-Ekiti, was called. Contributing to …