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News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria’s export ambitions trapped by idle factories, weak financing, soaring costs — CEOs

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/companies/article/nigerias-export-ambitions-trapped-by-idle-factories-weak-financing-soaring-costs-ceos/
Published on: Sunday 19 July 2026

Nigeria's ambition to build an export-led economy is being held back less by a lack of investment than by an inability to ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria eyes green finance to shield food systems from climate shock

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/news/article/nigeria-eyes-green-finance-to-shield-food-systems-from-climate-shock/
Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026

In a bid to insulate its agricultural sector from escalating climate risks, the federal government is positioning Nigeria to access ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria Embedded Finance Business Analysis Report 2024-2029: Focus on BNPL Solutions, Investment Platforms, Embedded Insurance Products, Enhanced Digital Payment Solutions ...

News channel or source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250124329856/en/Nigeria-Embedded-Finance-Business-Analysis-Report-2024-2029-Focus-on-BNPL-Solutions-Investment-Platforms-Embedded-Insurance-Products-Enhanced-Digital-Payment-Solutions---ResearchAndMarkets.com/
Published on: Thursday 23 January 2025

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Nigeria Embedded Finance Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 75+ KPIs on Embedded Lending, Insurance, Payment, and Wealth Segments - Q2 2024 Update" report ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria rejects IMF’s findings of extra-budgetary spending

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/nigeria-rejects-imf-findings-extra-140330708.html
Published on: Friday 10 July 2026

Nigeria rejected the International Monetary Fund's finding that the country has engaged in extra-budgetary public spending that distorts its deficit levels, blaming poor interpretation of its ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria escapes economic collapse, moves to stability — Finance minister

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/nigeria-escapes-economic-collapse-moves-to-stability-finance-minister/ar-AA27lVMF
Published on: Monday 06 July 2026

The Federal Government has declared that Nigeria has successfully navigated the most perilous phase of its economic restructuring, effectively averted a looming financial catastrophe and pivoted ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria: A Bridge To Infrastructure

News channel or source: https://gfmag.com/country-report/nigeria-bridge-infrastructure/
Published on: Sunday 06 June 2021

Nigeria needs major upgrades but its risk profile scares investors. A blended approach could leverage public funds to spur private support. An infrastructure-investment deficit has become, perhaps, ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria: Unlocking Climate Finance

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202510030186.html
Published on: Thursday 02 October 2025

Some years ago, when the River Niger burst its banks, Ibaji Local Government Area in Kogi State went under. Rice paddies that had fed families for generations disappeared overnight; schools doubled as ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Governance failures threaten Nigeria’s devt finance goals – AfDB

News channel or source: https://punchng.com/governance-failures-threaten-nigerias-devt-finance-goals-afdb/
Published on: Thursday 26 June 2025

Persistent governance failures are frustrating Nigeria’s efforts to mobilise development finance despite recent economic reforms, according to the 2025 Nigeria Country Focus Report, newly released by ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria investigates Big Tech over use of local news content

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nigeria-investigates-big-tech-over-140600057.html
Published on: Friday 10 July 2026

The probe, announced this week, is the second major inquiry in three years against global tech firms undertaken by Nigeria.

News Nigeria » Finance: Oil is not Nigeria’s future: Finance Minister

News channel or source: https://www.cnbc.com/2014/06/25/oil-is-not-nigerias-future-finance-minister.html
Published on: Tuesday 24 June 2014

Nigeria's future prosperity lies not in oil—but gas, the finance minister of the petroleum-rich country told CNBC. "The growth that people are seeing in this economy now does not come from oil…. Oil ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Nigeria Enters Consolidation Phase After Two Years of Reforms, Says Finance Chief

News channel or source: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-01-15/nigeria-enters-consolidation-phase-after-two-years-of-reforms-says-finance-chief
Published on: Wednesday 14 January 2026

ABUJA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Nigeria has entered ‌a phase of economic consolidation ‌after two years of reforms that helped steady inflation, stabilise the currency and lift investor confidence, Finance ...

News Nigeria » Finance: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Nigeria’s Next Finance Minister?

News channel or source: https://www.cfr.org/articles/ngozi-okonjo-iweala-nigerias-next-finance-minister
Published on: Monday 27 June 2011

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director at the World Bank, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. (Chip East/Courtesy Reuters) The Nigerian press reports that ...