Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the 2026 prize in economics for demonstrating how economic models could be reconstructed to revitalise stabilisation policy. Rather than basing ...

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will now connect to the existing East-West Road around the Ondo-Edo axis instead of ...

Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices fell on Friday, October 9, 2026, as traders took profits following the previous session’s rally, while improving oil supply prospects in the Middle ...

Brent crude surged 4.07% to $104.30 a barrel on Thursday, October 8, 2026, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose 3.90% to $91.72, as oil markets staged a sharp rebound amid renewed concerns over ...

African banking group Ecobank is set to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), a move aimed at ...

Airtel Money shares fell to £1.93 after its $7bn London IPO, despite strong demand. The secondary offering raised about $703m ...

Nigeria’s 36 states recorded a 93% increase in real revenue between 2023 and 2025, but education’s share of total expenditure ...

Nigerian startup Vatar Inc., the developer of the viral browser game Lagos Life, has raised $500,000 in an angel funding ...

The naira strengthened against the US dollar at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), closing at N1,322.75/$ on 7 October 2026, compared with N1,331.50/$ recorded on 6 October. The ...

Brent crude rose 0.58% to $101.2 a barrel on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, reclaiming the $100 level, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) edged up 0.13% to $89.56. The rebound follows Tuesday’s sharp ...

A passenger being flown from Nairobi to Lagos on a Kenya Airways flight died shortly after becoming unresponsive during the ...

Royal Air Maroc will install Starlink satellite internet on 41 aircraft from early 2027, making it the first African airline ...