NIGERIA

Nigeria declares 2026 Year of Families and unveils reforms to professionalise caregiving nationwide. The federal government has pledged to reposition caregiving as a professional sector and a core pillar of Nigeria’s economic development.  To drive the vision, the federal government said it has embarked on institutional reforms to replace outdated...

Stakeholders urged Nigeria to unlock private capital and PPPs to tackle its widening $2.3 trillion infrastructure deficit. Nigeria’s infrastructure financing crisis took centre stage at the 2026 Infrastructure Dialogue held in Abuja, where top government and private sector leaders warned the country’s widening infrastructure gap—estimated at $2.3 trillion—can no longer be addressed...

The European Union has pledged deeper cooperation with Nigeria on trade, security, governance and electoral reforms ahead of 2027 elections. The European Union has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening strategic cooperation with Nigeria across trade, democratic governance, security and investment, while pledging continued support for reforms ahead of the country’s...

Nigeria’s Minister-designate for Power, Olasunkanmi Tegbe has denied reports claiming he promised to fix Nigeria’s  power grid within three months. The camp of Nigeria’s Minister-designate for Power, Olasunkanmi Tegbe, has dismissed media reports claiming he promised to fix the country’s troubled national power grid within three months, describing the reports...

Olisa Agbakoba says weak remittance systems and poor accountability cost Nigeria up to N20 trillion annually. Nigeria may be losing as much as N20 trillion annually to systemic revenue leakages, according to a policy paper released by Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), which has called for urgent constitutional reforms to enforce...