A 10-year plan launched in Abuja aims to triple Nigeria's capital market and lift retail investors from six million to 20 million, with a new National Savings Scheme for small savers.
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Most phones already in use need no action, the NCC says. Here is how to check a device with *315#, and what the new rules mean for phones bought abroad.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched a Device Checker that lets anyone confirm, by dialling *315#, whether a phone or other SIM-enabled device is approved for use on Nigerian networks. The regulator unveiled the service at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, Channels Television and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The checker is…
The Federal Government wants the UTME held from 15 to 25 March 2027 and WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS results out by August, before admissions open in September.
The Federal Government has proposed a harmonised 2027 examination timetable that would bring the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forward to March and have WAEC, NECO and other school-leaving results out by August 2027. The plan came out of a meeting between the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sa'id Ahmad, and heads and representatives of the examination bodies…
The IMF now expects Nigeria's economy to grow by 4.2% this year, up from 4.1%, but warns that higher prices for essentials will worsen poverty and food insecurity.
The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for Nigeria's economic growth in 2026 to 4.2 per cent, from 4.1 per cent, in its latest World Economic Outlook, released on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, Premium Times and Vanguard reported. The fund kept its forecast for 2027 at 4.3 per…
OPay has filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and plans a later listing in Lagos. Here is what the filing reveals and what it means for its 50 million users.
Mobile money company OPay has filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "OPAY". It submitted a registration statement on Form F-1 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, 9 October 2026, according to the filing and reports by Peoples Gazette and Nairametrics. Millions of Nigerians use OPay for transfers, payments…
Fitch kept Nigeria's credit rating at B but changed its outlook to positive on Friday, citing reserves of $54.9bn and easing inflation. Here is what the move means and what could come next.
Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings has revised Nigeria's credit outlook to positive from stable, while keeping the country's long-term foreign-currency rating at 'B'. The decision, announced on Friday, 9 October 2026, pointed to stronger foreign reserves, easing inflation and growing confidence that economic reforms will continue, TheCable and Premium Times reported. The rating itself has not changed, but the outlook…
Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube, a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice fitted with light sensors. Here is what it found and why it matters.
Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a giant detector buried in the ice at the South Pole. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, citing his "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of…
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for showing how reactions can favour one 'hand' of a molecule. Here is what they found and why it reaches far beyond the lab.
Henri B. Kagan of France and Kenso Soai of Japan have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how chemical reactions can be steered to make just one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm on Wednesday, 7 October 2026. The Academy honoured the pair "for…
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