Busola Aro

MTN Group, Africa's largest telecommunications operator, says it is exploring banking licences in some of its markets as it considers using its own balance sheet to expand lending.

The federal government has launched the Renewable Asset Management Company (RAMCO) to manage and sustain publicly funded renewable energy assets.

Joseph Tegbe, minister of power, says the federal government is targeting 6,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity supply by December 2026.

Armstrong Takang, managing director of the ministry of finance incorporated (MOFI), says the federal government knows what it owes but not what it owns.

The federal government says it has disbursed more than N600 billion in cash transfers to vulnerable Nigerians in the three years since President Bola Tinubu assumed office.

Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup seeking to revive the Twitter name and logo, has launched a new social media platform called Twitter.now

FTSE Russell, a global provider of stock market indices and data analytics, says Nigeria will be reclassified from “unclassified” to “frontier market” status, effective September 21, 2026.

The federal government says it has pledged naira-denominated bonds as collateral for its $5 billion total return swap (TRS) facility with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), with no oil revenues or strategic national assets involved.

The federal government says it is targeting investment-grade status for Nigeria after Moody’s Ratings revised the country’s sovereign outlook from stable to positive while retaining its B3 rating.

The federal government says it is prioritising farmers, domestic food production and more efficient distribution as the main harvest period approaches.