When Shell discovered commercial crude in the Niger Delta in 1956, it entrenched a hierarchy that lasted decades: international oil companies at the top, the Nigerian state in the middle, and oil-bearing communities at the margins....

In the 1960s, when Nigeria’s public hospitals still gleamed with promise, a young man named Joe Okoro fell mysteriously ill in his hometown in Enugu State. For five long years, he moved from one native healer to another, swallowing herbs and reciting inca...

Nigeria’s film industry, also known as Nollywood, is struggling to access billions of naira pledged by banks and development institutions despite being a big employer of labour and foreign exchange earner....

Nigeria successfully priced $2.35 billion in Eurobonds maturing in 2036 and 2046, marking the largest-ever orderbook achieved by the country and underscoring strong investor confidence in its macroeconomic policies and fiscal management....

Across Nigeria, many state governments are taking on record levels of debt to finance growth. Lagos leads that charge, but its rapid expansion is raising concerns about sustainability....

Foreign airlines say that their continued sale of flight tickets in dollars is in line with existing agreements with the federal government and not an imposition on Nigerian travellers....

Nigeria’s airspace hums with movement: jets lifting off from Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, linking millions of travellers to destinations across Africa, Europe, and beyond....

Since the modern economy took root in Nigeria, the middle class has been the driving force behind consumption, taxation, innovation, and enterprise. The class is that critical mass that forms the glue that keeps modern liberal democratic societies togethe...