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News Nigeria » Economy: Jonathan Urges Oil Firms To Drive Nigeria’s Technological Development

News channel or source: https://www.arise.tv/jonathan-urges-oil-firms-to-drive-nigerias-technological-development/
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Jonathan urges oil companies and government to build local technology, saying crude exports alone cannot diversify Nigeria’s economy.

News Nigeria » Economy: emPLE Nigeria Unveils 5-Year Plan to Join Nigeria’s Top Five Insurers

News channel or source: https://nairametrics.com/2026/07/21/emple-nigeria-unveils-5-year-plan-to-join-nigerias-top-five-insurers/
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

PLE Nigeria has reaffirmed its long-term growth ambition in line with the insurance industry's recapitalisation exercise under the Nigeria Insurance ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Liberia, Nigeria deepen economic partnership to unlock new investment opportunities

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/money/investment/liberia-nigeria-deepen-economic-partnership-to-unlock-new-investment-opportunities/ar-AA28m0Zb
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Liberia and Nigeria have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding bilateral trade, attracting investment and strengthening private sector collaboration, as policymakers, business leaders and investors ...

News Nigeria » Economy: LWG: Nigeria pushes to build games economy

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/article/lwg-nigeria-pushes-to-build-games-economy/
Published on: Friday 17 July 2026

The question for Nigeria’s video game industry is no longer whether local developers can build world-class games. It is whether ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Growing Budgets, Persistent Hunger - Why Nigeria's Agricultural Spending Has Failed to End Hunger

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/growing-budgets-persistent-hunger-why-nigerias-agricultural-spending-has-failed-to-end-hunger/ar-AA28lh5I
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Nigeria's agriculture sector sits at the centre of the country's economic survival and food security ambitions. It accounts for nearly a quarter of the national GDP and remains the primary source of ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Citing World Bank Report, ADC Accuses Tinubu of Ruining Lives With Economic Policies

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/citing-world-bank-report-adc-accuses-tinubu-of-ruining-lives-with-economic-policies/ar-AA28ktMi
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) yesterday expressed its deep concern over the recent report by the World Bank indicating that 139 million Nigerians now live below the national poverty line.The ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Debt relief and imperative of economic transformation in Nigeria

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/money/general/debt-relief-and-imperative-of-economic-transformation-in-nigeria/ar-AA28m57a
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Nigeria stands at a critical economic crossroads. Barely two decades after securing a landmark debt relief package from the Paris Club under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ...

News Nigeria » Economy: ‘Nigeria importing poverty, exporting jobs’ — Atiku blasts Tinubu’s economic policies

News channel or source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/20/nigeria-importing-poverty-exporting-jobs-atiku-blasts-tinubus-economic-policies/
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, arguing that the ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Nigeria cannot reform its economy without reforming the state

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/editorial/article/nigeria-cannot-reform-its-economy-without-reforming-the-state/
Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026

Nigeria’s economic debate has become strangely repetitive. Every few years, a new reform package is unveiled, markets react, ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Nigeria's Economy Growing but High Food Prices a Burden, World Bank Says

News channel or source: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-10-08/nigerias-economy-growing-but-high-food-prices-a-burden-world-bank-says
Published on: Tuesday 07 October 2025

ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria has made significant progress in stabilizing its economy through recent policy reforms but needs to do more to improve living standards and tackle soaring food prices, the ...

News Nigeria » Economy: Economic instability and Nigeria’s construction industry

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/economic-instability-and-nigerias-construction-industry/
Published on: Monday 09 December 2024

In recent years, Nigeria has experienced significant economic instability, which has disrupted various sectors, and the construction industry has not been immune to these challenges. As the country ...