Fertiliser summit pushes soil intelligence to boost food security
Experts at the 2026 Nigeria Fertiliser Summit called for better soil data, targeted nutrient recommendations and stronger coordination to improve agricultural productivity.
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Experts at the 2026 Nigeria Fertiliser Summit called for better soil data, targeted nutrient recommendations and stronger coordination to improve agricultural productivity.
The Senate public accounts committee has summoned NMDPRA, NNPC Limited and NEITI after the agencies presented conflicting petrol import figures for 2022 and 2023.
Nigeria produced 1.626 million barrels per day in the first half of 2026, below the 1.84 million budget benchmark, leaving a potential $2.49 billion revenue gap.
Nigerian banks increased lending to traders in the first half of 2026 while manufacturing saw a sharp drop in outstanding credit, according to a Nairametrics Research analysis of Central Bank sectoral data.
Nigeria's certified cloud register, launching under NITDA's National Sovereignty framework, will decide which cloud and data infrastructure providers can handle banks' and other regulated-sector data from October 2026.
Nigeria's portfolio investment rose 45 per cent to $6.51 billion in the second quarter of 2026, Central Bank data show, with debt securities driving most of the increase as the government courts more foreign capital.
Nigerian banks reduced credit to the manufacturing sector by 26.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, according to Central Bank data, with outstanding loans falling to N5.19 trillion as high rates and risk pricing constrained disbursement.
Nigeria's film industry contributed about N2.7 trillion to GDP in 2025, but the absence of auditable records on production costs, revenue and rights ownership makes it hard for investors to judge the returns on individual films, a BusinessDay investigation found.
A memory-chip shortage driven by artificial intelligence data centres is pushing up smartphone prices and shrinking the sub-$100 segment that millions of Africans rely on to get online, with shipments of the cheapest devices falling sharply.
Layer3 has completed the issuance of N1.5 billion in commercial paper, its first raise under a larger N15 billion programme, to finance local cloud and data infrastructure.
Nigeria's external debt service fell year-on-year in the first half of 2026, but domestic debt obligations continued to dwarf the foreign bill, DMO data shows.
Just 245,315 of Nigeria's roughly 84.9 million informal workers are enrolled in a pension plan, exposing a vast retirement savings gap, PenCom data shows.
MTN Nigeria's half-year revenue approached N3 trillion as data sales and a wider subscriber base drove profit sharply higher, reinforcing the telecoms sector's role as a pillar of the consumer economy.
Banks Have More Cash Than They Can Immediately Deploy The CBN data showed that banks’ SDF placements rose from N6.014tn on September 28...

The requirements are expected to begin taking effect from 2027, turning the court case into a potentially significant test of how far...
The one-month trade shift followed the Dangote refinery's production ramp-up, but it does not establish that petrol imports have ended permanently.
The consumer regulator said its lending rules target opaque charges and aggressive recovery practices, not lawful telecom credit products.
The companies registry said limited parts of its systems were accessed without authorisation, prompting containment work, an investigation and stronger login controls.