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Osinbajo Wants Nigerian Judiciary to Integrate Digital Technology in Court Infrastructure

Governor Zulum Raises Committee to Rebuild Abadam, Resettle IDPs, Refugees in Borno

Fashola Advocates Land for Infrastructure

Fashola Commissions the new 1.2km two-lane Ikom Bridge in Cross River State

Reps Approve Pay-Per-View, Price Reduction for Cable Satellite Operators

Lagos Introduces Technology Device to Manage Traffic Violations

Lagos Introduces Technology Device to Manage Traffic Violations

PIB Will Unlock Opportunities for Indigenous Companies – Oando Energy Boss

Consumers Get 98,000 Free Meters from Ikeja Electric

Russian Companies to Invest $500 Million Into Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector

Dangote Refinery Will Transform Downstream Sector, Provide Better Margin for Marketers – Oil Marketers

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

NCC Rakes in N150 Billion from Spectrum License In 5 Months

NIRSAL Boosts Cocoa Exports with Credit Guarantee

OECD Sees $150 Billion Growth in Global Tax Revenues from Tech Firms, Multinationals

PIB: Local Refineries to Pay for Crude Oil in Naira

Ghana to Fund Projects, Refinance Debt With $2 Billion Social Bonds

Herbert Wigwe is African Banker of the Year for the second time, consecutively

Nigeria Targets $2 Billion From Exports After Concession of Kano Free Trade Zone – BPE

WTO Chief, Okonjo-Iweala Warns Nigeria, Other Africans On Danger of Rising Debt Profile

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First Bank, Azuri partner to bring solar systems to millions

Benin Industrial Park: 3 Co-developers sign up

THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Infrastructure is SDG N0. 9: ‘Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Countries with the Best Infrastructure

Cloud Infrastructure Revenue Grows 33% This Quarter to Almost $33bn

Google Chooses Nigeria As Location For Its First Developer Space In Africa

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello: Setting infrastructural benchmarks

President Buhari inaugurates CBN Centre of Excellence in UNN

AG-DANGOTE: Nigeria deserves the best roads

FG designates Ikorodu terminal for yam produce export

Nigeria: Zungeru hydroelectric power plant set to add 700MW to national grid

Nigeria injects N98.85bn Sukuk bond into road construction

Countries with the Best Roads

Gov. Obiano pledges more road infrastructure in Anambra before tenure ends

$138.9m gas infrastructure plant will boost LPG usage in Nigeria

CBN Creates Intervention Fund for Solar Energy Infrastructure Development

How To Establish A State Sovereign (Wealth) Future Investment Fund Authority (S-FIFA)

FGN/NOVONE Social Housing Estate Ready for Acquisition

Nigeria signs $2billion industrial parks agreement

Buhari Pledges Infrastructural Development In South East

PHOTO NEWS

Fashola Commissions the new 1.2km two-lane Ikom Bridge in Cross River State

HOWO TRUCKS Company has opened a factory [CKD] in Lekki, Lagos Nigeria.

Microsoft Unveils Windows 11

MTN to Invest N640bn In Nigeria to Expand Broadband Access

Air Peace welcomes new Embraer Aircraft

Buhari Hails First Nigerian Smartphone from ITF Mobile

Nigeria Acquires First Boeing 747 Flight Simulator

$450M Mini LNG Plant by Greenville Completed

The Ebute-Meta Train Station in Lagos Almost Ready

NEWS

Osinbajo Wants Nigerian Judiciary to Integrate Digital Technology in Court Infrastructure

Governor Zulum Raises Committee to Rebuild Abadam, Resettle IDPs, Refugees in Borno

Fashola Advocates Land for Infrastructure

Fashola Commissions the new 1.2km two-lane Ikom Bridge in Cross River State

Reps Approve Pay-Per-View, Price Reduction for Cable Satellite Operators

PIB Will Unlock Opportunities for Indigenous Companies – Oando Energy Boss

Consumers Get 98,000 Free Meters from Ikeja Electric

Russian Companies to Invest $500 Million Into Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector

Dangote Refinery Will Transform Downstream Sector, Provide Better Margin for Marketers – Oil Marketers

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

AFRICAReports

Fashola Advocates Land for Infrastructure

Fashola Commissions the new 1.2km two-lane Ikom Bridge in Cross River State

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

Ghana to Fund Projects, Refinance Debt With $2 Billion Social Bonds

Agriculture

NIRSAL Boosts Cocoa Exports with Credit Guarantee

CBN to Boost Cotton Production, Revive Textile Industry

Nigeria Commodity Exchange Starts Operations in Q4, as Partners Pledge N50BN

CBN Nudges Banks to Increase Loans to Agricultural Sector

AVIATION

Air Peace welcomes new Embraer Aircraft

Nigeria Acquires First Boeing 747 Flight Simulator

Commencement of Operations: Sirika Sets New Deadline for Air Nigeria

Nigeria Approves N59.35b for Roads and Aviation Projects

Banking and Finance

NIRSAL Boosts Cocoa Exports with Credit Guarantee

Herbert Wigwe is African Banker of the Year for the second time, consecutively

Access Bank Launches Women Empowerment Programme In Nigeria & Eight Other African States

West African Nations to Launch Single Currency in 2027

COVER

Financial Inclusion: Out-Dated Systems and Payment Processors Are Major Obstacles

The push for development of Infrastructure in Nigeria Intensifies

Economy

PIB Will Unlock Opportunities for Indigenous Companies – Oando Energy Boss

Russian Companies to Invest $500 Million Into Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector

Dangote Refinery Will Transform Downstream Sector, Provide Better Margin for Marketers – Oil Marketers

NCC Rakes in N150 Billion from Spectrum License In 5 Months

Education

Dangote Foundation, German Govt Invest €7 Million In Youth Technical Training

Sanwo-Olu Commissions 66-classroom Blocks in Four Lagos Schools … connects 100 schools to broadband

TETFUND to Spend N10bn on ‘Critical Infrastructure in Abuja University

Ekiti’s On-going School Infrastructure Projects

ENERGY

PIB Will Unlock Opportunities for Indigenous Companies – Oando Energy Boss

Dangote Refinery Will Transform Downstream Sector, Provide Better Margin for Marketers – Oil Marketers

PIB: Local Refineries to Pay for Crude Oil in Naira

Renewable Energy: Nigeria, Two Others to Benefit From IKEA, Rockefeller $1 Billion Support

Environment

Sub-Saharan Africa Requires $40 Bln Annual Flow to Achieve Net-Zero Emission By 2050 – Osinbajo

Shell Petroleum Opens Dialogue with Communities on Development Initiatives

China Completes Construction of $3.17bn UHV Electricity Line

COVID-19: NLNG Assures Host Communities, Rivers State

FOCUS

Infrastructure: The Synergy of efforts between the ICRC, the MDAs and the Private Sector Is the Pedestal Nigeria Needs

How To Establish A State Sovereign (Wealth) Future Investment Fund Authority (S-FIFA)

Our focus on infrastructural development is yielding visible results – Fashola

Health

WTO Head Says South Africa, Senegal, Rwanda And Nigeria Considered as Vaccine Production Hubs

India Plans $6.8 Billion Program to Boost Health Infrastructure

Sanwo-Olu to Commission Health, Housing Infrastructure Projects in Badagry

Afreximbank, ITFC Partner to Create Standards Ahead of AfCFTA

Housing

Sanwo-Olu to Commission Health, Housing Infrastructure Projects in Badagry

Land Transactions in Lagos Fully Go Digital in 2021 – Sanwo-Olu

FG, Lagos Move to Restore Festac Master Plan & Infrastructure

Housing Development Will Lift Economy – REDAN

Infrastructure

Osinbajo Wants Nigerian Judiciary to Integrate Digital Technology in Court Infrastructure

Fashola Advocates Land for Infrastructure

Consumers Get 98,000 Free Meters from Ikeja Electric

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

Infrastructure Financing

Russian Companies to Invest $500 Million Into Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

Ghana to Fund Projects, Refinance Debt With $2 Billion Social Bonds

WTO Chief, Okonjo-Iweala Warns Nigeria, Other Africans On Danger of Rising Debt Profile

Interview

Infrastructure: The Synergy of efforts between the ICRC, the MDAs and the Private Sector Is the Pedestal Nigeria Needs

Maritime

Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Signs Agreement on Maritime Security

Nigerian Seaports to Commence 24-Hour Operations

Nigeria Plans to Build Shipyard in its Bayelsa State

FG to Install Large Size Cargo Scanners in Onne & Tin Can Ports

News & Analysis

The G7’s New Global Infrastructure Initiative

Investment in African Infrastructure

Once-in-a-generation infrastructure investment is needed

Cloud Infrastructure Revenue Grows 33% This Quarter to Almost $33bn

Opinion

Solving Africa’s Infrastructure Paradox

Harnessing AI/ML to Transform Your Mission and Save the World

How Can Foreign Technology Investors Benefit from China’s New Infrastructure Plan?

Our Infrastructure Renaissance – How To Seize Real Opportunity?

Power

Consumers Get 98,000 Free Meters from Ikeja Electric

$450M Mini LNG Plant by Greenville Completed

BPE Set to Privatise TCN, Other Electricity Firms in Proposed New Reforms of Power Sector

Local Currency Financing for Off-Grid Energy Solutions in Africa Requires Scale-Up – AfDB

Railway

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

Lagos Is Issuing Fresh N85 Billion Bonds To Secure the Future of its Infrastructure

Construction of Coastal Rail Line on Track as FG Sources for Funding

Iran, Afghanistan Open First Rail Link with Eye on Trade

Roads

Fashola Advocates Land for Infrastructure

Okowa’s 799 Road Projects Top the Bill of Significant Infrastructure Development in 6 years

FG Ready to Privatise 12 Highways

Sanwo-Olu Inspects Agege Pen-Cinema Bridge Project Site Amid Jubilation by Residents

SPECIAL REPORT

5G Technology: Why the US Can’t Stop Huawei

N6 bn Infrastructure & education re-engineering plan is the game changer for Pry schools in Lagos

How To Establish A State Sovereign (Wealth) Future Investment Fund Authority (S-FIFA)

IHEDIOHA, GANDUJE WIN AWARDS AT NIDA FOR IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE

Technology

Reps Approve Pay-Per-View, Price Reduction for Cable Satellite Operators

OECD Sees $150 Billion Growth in Global Tax Revenues from Tech Firms, Multinationals

Microsoft Unveils Windows 11

Harnessing AI/ML to Transform Your Mission and Save the World

Telecom

NCC Rakes in N150 Billion from Spectrum License In 5 Months

MTN to Invest N640bn In Nigeria to Expand Broadband Access

Danbatta Inaugurates Committee On Spectrum Auction For 5G Deployment

NCC Starts Review of Telecoms License Structure

Tourism

N10 Bn Rights Issue is Transcorp Hotel’s Confidence Boosting Strategy Post-Covid

Ibom Airline Increases Fleet With Two New Aircraft, Targets 10 Planes By 2023

How tourism is impacting economic development in Africa

Trade and Investments

PIB Will Unlock Opportunities for Indigenous Companies – Oando Energy Boss

Russian Companies to Invest $500 Million Into Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector

Dangote Refinery Will Transform Downstream Sector, Provide Better Margin for Marketers – Oil Marketers

NIRSAL Boosts Cocoa Exports with Credit Guarantee

Transportation

Nigeria To Borrow from Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered to Fund Next Stage of Railway Projects

Lagos Is Issuing Fresh N85 Billion Bonds To Secure the Future of its Infrastructure

PAN Bemoans Reduction In Import Duty On Tokunbo Vehicles

Sanwo-Olu Unveils 500 FLM Buses

Urban Renewal

Lagos Is Issuing Fresh N85 Billion Bonds To Secure the Future of its Infrastructure

Okowa’s 799 Road Projects Top the Bill of Significant Infrastructure Development in 6 years

Land Transactions in Lagos Fully Go Digital in 2021 – Sanwo-Olu

Access Bank Commissions Oniru Road Project in Partnership with Lagos State Government

Water Resources

Adamu wants speedy passage of Water Resources Bill

Benin Moves to Prevent Crop Destruction …. constructs water troughs for animals in Savalou

Nigeria to Resume Construction Works On Mambilla Hydroelectric Plant

Kenya Installs the First Solar Plant That Transforms Ocean Water into Drinking Water

WORLDReport

New Zealand Government to Invest $700m in Infrastructure for Housing

The G7’s New Global Infrastructure Initiative

India Plans $6.8 Billion Program to Boost Health Infrastructure

World Bank To Disburse $150 Billion In Loans, Grants To African Nations In Next 5-Year