How Nigeria Lost its ₦26bn Ginger Export Industry in Three Years By Obamodi Oluwadamilola Faith, Nigeria’s efforts to diversify its economy away from oil just faced a severe blow. Recent data shows that our ginger export revenue plummeted from twenty-six billion...

‎President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that Nigeria’s economic reforms are beginning to produce positive results after what he described as three years of sacrifice and hardship.

The African Export‑Import Bank (Afreximbank) has reported a 25 percent increase in net income for the first quarter of 2026, driven by strong lending activities, disciplined balance sheet management, and improved profitability.

Nigeria imported about 7,700 metric tonnes of sorbitol valued at N8 billion ($6.1 million) in 2023, underscoring the country’s reliance on foreign industrial sweeteners, according to a new report by the Nigeria Cassava Investment Accelerator (NCIA).

Nigeria has cancelled $717.7 million in undisbursed World Bank funding under the Power Sector Recovery Performance-Based Operation (PSRO), a programme designed to restore financial sustainability in the electricity sector.

Nigeria’s aviation industry recorded its first contraction in nearly two years in Q1 2026, with air transport output plunging by 47.3% year-on-year in nominal terms, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).