The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has described Nigeria's 2004 pension reform as one of the most significant and enduring transformations in the country's financial sector, saying it has continued to deepen under successive administrations. The Head of the Corporate Communications Department at PenCom, Mr Ibrahim Buwai, made the remarks at the 36th annual conference of …
For decades, Abuja was known primarily as Nigeria's political capital, a city of government offices, diplomatic missions, luxury hotels and a rapidly expanding residential landscape. That identity is changing. Across Gwarinpa, Jabi, Kuje, Kwali, Galadimawa, Bwari and other parts of the Federal Capital Territory, a different kind of infrastructure is increasingly becoming visible: universities. The …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has continually hammered on his administration ambition to achieve a benchmark of a trillion-dollar economy by the end of the decade. This lofty desire has prepped every agency of government to contribute its own quota to make this ambition a reality. Inside the Council Chamber of the newly renamed General Shehu …
Nigeria's Capital Inflows Surge 93.71% to $23.40bn in 2025 as FX Reforms Boost Investor Confidence Portfolio investment dominates inflows; the United Kingdom remains the largest source; outflows also nearly double to $21.12bn. Nigeria's capital importation nearly doubled in 2025, rising by 93.71 per cent to US$23.40 billion, from US$12.08 billion in 2024, according to the …
The Federal Government is designing a new framework to lower the cost of capital for businesses without reintroducing subsidies, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has said. Oyedele disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum, describing the initiative as a complement to the Central …
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, have said Africa cannot simply wait for the old world order to return. It has to build the institutions, the trade links and the domestic capital base to compete inside the new one. The two headlined …
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has raised $2.5 billion in fresh equity through a private placement that attracted almost $4 billion in investor demand, in what the company says is Africa's largest publicly disclosed primary equity placement by value. The offer closed 3.7 times oversubscribed against its original target, the refinery's operating company, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and …
President Bola Tinubu has ended nearly a decade of regulatory guesswork over how Nigeria polices its cryptocurrency market, signing an executive order that hands coordinated oversight to a new council chaired by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, took effect immediately upon signing on 17 July. It …
For many Nigerians, owning property in prime Lagos locations such as Lekki, Ikoyi or Victoria Island remains a lifetime ambition. Rising property prices, however, have placed such investments beyond the reach of most salary earners. But investment analysts say there is an alternative that allows retail investors to gain exposure to income-generating real estate without …
Billionaire investor and Chairman of First HoldCo Plc, Femi Otedola, has seen the value of his investment in the financial services group rise by about $221 million (over ₦330 billion at current exchange rates) in just three weeks, highlighting the rewards—and risks—of long-term investing in Nigeria's equities market. According to an analysis of Nigerian Exchange …
