FDI Lags Behind Amidst Surge in 2025 Capital Inflows   Foreign direct investment (FDI) accounted for less than four per cent of total capital imported into Nigeria in 2025, despite a significant increase in overall foreign inflows, data from the National Bureau of Statistics has shown. The...

Nigeria’s Foreign Equity Trades Remain Stuck Below N200bn   Foreign investors maintained a cautious posture in Nigeria’s equity market in November 2025, as total foreign equity transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited remained below N200bn for the second consecutive month, reinforcing signs of subdued offshore participation...

Steel Sector Sees $500m FDI Boost Following Reforms, Says Minister   About $500m in foreign direct investment (FDI) has flowed into Nigeria’s steel sector over the past 20 months, the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Abubakar Audu, has revealed. Audu disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while...

FDI Drops By $471m in Five Years – NBS   Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into Nigeria declined by $470.8m in the last five years. This followed analyses of different Capital Importation reports published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to Investopedia, FDI is an ownership stake...

Capital Importation Records 4th Decline To $1.06bn In Q4, 2022   Capital imported into the country recorded the fourth consecutive quarterly decline to $1.06 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4’22), from $1.15 billion in Q3’22. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Capital importation...

In Five Years, Nigerian Equities Market Attract $19.2bn Investment   As foreign investors take a position in low-priced stocks, the Nigerian equities market attracted a total of $19.2 billion (N8.83 trillion) in Foreign Direct Investment between 2018 and 2022, a report by the National Bureau of...