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The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) said it collected ₦28.3 trillion in revenue by the end of December 2025, marking a significant performance milestone for the agency. The figure was disclosed on Tuesday by the Executive Director in charge of Government and Large Taxpayers, Amina Kurawa, during a staff retreat organised by the service. She said …

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Nigeria’s headline inflation is projected to rise to 16.73 per cent in January 2026, marking what analysts expect to be the highest level this year before a steady decline toward single digits. The forecast, released by United Capital Research on Monday, represents an increase from 15.15 per cent recorded in December 2025 by the National …

Nigeria's headline inflation

The Nigerian naira remained stable against the United States dollar on Monday, February 9, 2026. This stability marked the start of the second week of trading in the foreign exchange market. Overall, the currency continued to benefit from consistent policy support and improved market confidence. In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the naira opened …

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned the Nigerian government against introducing compulsory value-addition policies without first ensuring adequate domestic processing capacity. CPPE raised the concern in a policy brief signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Muda Yusuf, dated February 8, 2026. It said that while domestic value addition is important …

The Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has said Nigeria's economic outlook shows consumer confidence is improving. This is expected to play a key role in driving the country's economic growth in 2026. He said this on Saturday at an economic discourse tagged ‘Building with Resilience in the Nigerian Economic Environment,’ organised …

Bismarck Rewane

Nigeria’s economic activity grew for the 14th straight month in January 2026, with entertainment and agriculture leading the expansion. This is contained in the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The report stated the composite PMI stood at 55.7 points in January. It remained well above the …

Nigerian economic outlook

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has crossed the $400 billion revenue threshold for the first time, powered by strong growth in cloud computing and artificial intelligence-driven services. The technology giant recorded an 18 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue, according to its latest earnings release, with total annual revenue surpassing $400 billion since the company was …

The Federal Government has entered into a cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) aimed at accelerating the development of bankable infrastructure projects and attracting private sector investment into key sectors of the economy. The agreement was signed in Abuja on Wednesday by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, …

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday proposed forming a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, with coordinated price floors, in a bid to reduce global dependence on China for materials crucial to advanced manufacturing. This announcement follows President Donald Trump’s launch of Project Vault, a strategic stockpile of critical minerals backed by $10 billion …

U.S. Proposes Critical Minerals Trade Bloc to Counter China’s Influence

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