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Competition Law

Nigerian competition agency sues MultiChoice over price hike

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Chijioke Ohuocha 6 Mar 2025

African online retailer Jumia sees growth despite Chinese competition

E-commerce

African online retailer Jumia sees growth despite Chinese competition

MacDonald Dzirutwe 25 Feb 2025

People walk past a booth of China Development Bank during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing. Source: Reuters/Tingshu Wang

Construction & Engineering

China Development Bank releases $255m for Nigeria rail project

MacDonald Dzirutwe 9 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Binance executive denied bail in Nigeria money laundering case

MacDonald Dzirutwe 14 Oct 2024

A security guard stands watch by the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, US. 9 November 2022. Reuters/Peter DaSilva/File Photo

Cyber Law

Nigeria fines Meta $220m for violating consumer, data laws

Elisha Bala-Gbogbo and and MacDonald Dzirutwe 22 Jul 2024

Environmental Law

Nigeria's top court says Shell's appeal should be heard after oil spill claim

Camillus Eboh 5 Jan 2024

Competition Law

Nigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110m

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

Fintech

Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

MacDonald Dzirutwe 27 Dec 2023

Coal, Oil & Gas

Dangote refinery will transform Nigeria into oil net exporter

Julia Payne and Libby George 3 Nov 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the EU-Africa summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium in 2022. Source: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Pool via Reuters

Markets & Investment

Germany knocks on Africa's energy door

Andreas Rinke, Sarah Marsh, Thomas Escritt and MacDonald Dzirutwe 27 Oct 2023

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu looks on after his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria 29 May 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo,

Legal

Nigeria's top court to rule on presidential election challenge on Thursday

MacDonald Dzirutwe 25 Oct 2023

UK sets out support to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more climate- resilient

Agro-processing

UK sets out support to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more climate- resilient

Muvija M and MacDonald Dzirutwe 1 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters/Toby Melville

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria investigates Shell's Trans Niger pipeline spill

Tife Owolabi 27 Jun 2023

Nigeria's small businesses feel squeeze after petrol subsidy scrapped

SMEs

Nigeria's small businesses feel squeeze after petrol subsidy scrapped

12 Jun 2023

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

MacDonald Dzirutwe 16 May 2023

Coal, Oil & Gas

Exxon resumes operations in Nigeria after labour dispute ends

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Apr 2023

A person holds a new 1000 naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, 15 December 2022. Reuters / Afolabi Sotunde / File Photo

Law Practice

Nigerian court extends old banknotes to end-2023 amid cash shortage

Camillus Eboh 3 Mar 2023

Image: Nigerian artist Eugene Komboye creates artworks using discarded plastic flip-flop sandals in his studio in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria, 21 January 2023. Reuters/Seun Sanni

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Eco-friendly Nigerian artist turns plastic flip-flops into portraits

Seun Sanni and MacDonald Dzirutwe 3 Feb 2023

An overview of the Niger delta where signs of oil spills can be seen in the water in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Environmental Law

Nigerian communities file damages claim against Shell in London court

MacDonald Dzirutwe 2 Feb 2023

Nigerian artist uses AI to re-imagine life for the elderly

Fashion

Nigerian artist uses AI to re-imagine life for the elderly

Angela Ukomadu 2 Feb 2023

Nigeria opens 'game changer' billion-dollar deep seaport

Logistics & Transport

Nigeria opens 'game changer' billion-dollar deep seaport

Seun Sanni 24 Jan 2023

Source: African Finance Corporation.

Finance

African Finance Corp receives $389m Samurai loan to expand funding sources

MacDonald Dzirutwe 26 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigerian oil firm NNPC buys OVH Energy's downstream assets

MacDonald Dzirutwe 4 Oct 2022

Nigerian entrepreneur turns local crops into gluten-free pasta

Agriculture

Nigerian entrepreneur turns local crops into gluten-free pasta

Angela Ukomadu 18 Aug 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Food & bev. services

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

Nigerian oil industry veteran Mohammad Barkindo dies aged 63

Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigerian oil industry veteran Mohammad Barkindo dies aged 63

MacDonald Dzirutwe 6 Jul 2022

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell says its Nigeria asset sale not affected by court ruling

Camillus Eboh, Tife Owolabi, and MacDonald Dzirutwe 22 Jun 2022

Nigerian entrepreneur builds electric mini-buses in clean energy push

Fuel & Energy

Nigerian entrepreneur builds electric mini-buses in clean energy push

Seun Sanni 17 May 2022

US to build $537m consulate in Nigeria's megacity

Property Development

US to build $537m consulate in Nigeria's megacity

MacDonald Dzirutwe 1 Apr 2022

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

Commercial & Industrial

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

14 Mar 2022

Newspapers are pictured after Nigeria government announced the lifting of Twitter ban in Abuja, Nigeria, 13 January 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Cyber Law

Rights group goes to court to get Nigeria to publish agreement with Twitter

14 Feb 2022

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Fikayo Owoeye 23 Dec 2021

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Mining

China's Huayou buys lithium mine in Zimbabwe for $422m

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Tom Daly 23 Dec 2021

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Agro-processing

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Nyasha Nyaungwa 2 Nov 2021

Zimbabwe okays export of 200,000 tonnes of excess power coal

Energy

Zimbabwe okays export of 200,000 tonnes of excess power coal

MacDonald Dzirutwe 5 Oct 2021

Zimbabwe re-introduces rhinos in Gonarezhou park after three decades

Environment & Natural Resources

Zimbabwe re-introduces rhinos in Gonarezhou park after three decades

MacDonald Dzirutwe 13 May 2021

Retail

Zimbabwe bans bulk sales as shelves empty

MacDonald Dzirutwe 6 Jul 2007

Mobile

Zimbabwe set to pass new law to monitor phones and internet

MacDonald Dzirutwe 13 Jun 2007