Aliko Dangote is aiming for Africa’s biggest ever initial public offering as he seeks to raise at least US$1.6 billion to expand his Lagos refinery to 1.4 million...

Efforts towards comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry are in tatters some five years after the first version of the Petroleum Industry Bill was presented to...

Election monitors coined a phrase for General Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidential victory on 27 February: the result was not ‘free and fair’ but ‘generally reflects the will of the...

General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua's shadow looms large over Nigeria's April presidential elections. Soldier-turned-politician Yar'Adua died in gaol nine years ago on trumped up charges of coup-plotting against the...

The next four weeks will be critical as over 30 contenders compete to become the country's next president – the parties have until 3 June to submit all...