The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, in partnership with the 100 Women Lobby Group, hosted a working dinner Friday in support of the empowerment of women and girls in Nigeria. The event brought together women ministers, representatives of women advocacy groups and officials of the U.K. in Nigeria to explore steps for bridging the gender gap within the country. Read More »

The University of Nottingham in Nigeria co-hosted an event with UK Trade and Investment Thursday in order to build relationships among institutional academic partners, alumni, current students, academic staff at the university and stakeholders. Nigerians make up the largest demographic of African students studying at the university. More than 200 students there are from Nigeria. Read More »

The U.S. and Nigerian governments and General Electric will launch the Healthymagination Mother and Child Initiative to reduce Mother and infant mortality in Nigeria with an event 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Healthymagination Mother and Child Initiative will expand access to digital prenatal screenings to reduce preventable deaths. Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari encouraged local Nigerians Monday to increase their patriotism and selfless service in order to make the nation more attractive to foreign investors. At a town hall meeting, President Buhari spoke with several Nigerian community members from Doha. He stated that the federal government will develop a positive environment for investments in Nigeria. Read More »

Nigerian and Saudi Arabian leaders met Tuesday to discuss strategies to stabilize the oil market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The meeting took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was hosted by King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia. Abdul-Aziz discussed the threat of terrorist acts in the region and ways to prevent them with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.  Read More »

During a recent visit to the NNPC, Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and NNPC Managing Director Ibe Kachikwu announced the corporation's plans to partner with Nigeria's National Assembly on modernizing and streamlining Nigeria's petroleum industry. This joint venture will help NNPC launch additional retail outlets so petroleum products are more readily available. Read More »

To boost aviation security, officials from the West African nation of Nigeria and the United Kingdom have partnered to come up with strategies to prevent acts of terrorism from happening on airplanes. For the past several years, British High Commissioner Paul Arkwright and the U.K. Department of Transport have worked on aviation security initiatives with Henrietta Yakubu. Read More »

With a goal of gaining an understanding of the workings of the West African oil and gas market and networking with possible partners and investors, Scottish oil and gas industry professionals traveled to Nigeria. The visit was organized by SDI, the Scottish government's international economic development division. SDI's African office opened in Accra, Ghana, in June 2014. Read More »

Leonard Stiegeler, former general manager for Nigeria and head of West Africa operations for leading diversified digital media company Ringier in Africa, was recently appointed to general manager. The move is part of Ringier's international market restructuring program, which began Jan. 1. All of the new officials will report to Ringier CEO for Asia and Africa Robin Lingg. Read More »

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria Paul Arkwright concluded his first trip to Kano State Thursday. Arkwright met with numerous leaders, including Executive Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Kano Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II. Among the topics discussed were U.K. involvement in Kano State and northern Nigeria, the Nigerian economy and work being done in the state by the U.K. DFID. Read More »

Bill Gates, James Entwistle and Alhaji Aliko Dangote recently met with leaders from Kaduna, Sokoto, Yobe and Borno states in Abuja to keep Nigeria healthy through immunizations. With brand-new Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) re-affirmed among the multiple jurisdictions, Nigerian Health Minister I.F Adewole praised the states for committing to a serious investment in inoculation. Read More »

Toga Gayewea McIntosh, vice president of ECOWAS Commission, declared ECOWAS the most dynamic regional economic community in Africa on Jan. 8. At the 35th meeting of the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Convergence Council in Accra, McIntosh said the sub-region is a good reference point on economic growth, despite political, security, health and economic challenges. Read More »

The U.S. government donated 24 MRAP vehicles to Nigeria's military Thursday. The vehicles are worth $11 million and will be applied toward the anti-Boko Haram effort. The vehicles were delivered to Lagos and came out of the United State's Excess Defense Articles Program, which transfers unused U.S. military equipment to foreign governments. Another eight MRAPS will be delivered. Read More »

The 48th meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) took place Dec. 17 and Dec. 18. The meeting, which took place in Abuja, Nigeria, was headed by Macky Sall, president of Senegal and ECOWAS chair. The meeting was a chance for heads of ECOWAS nations to discuss peace and security issues, including the new cross-border threats to the ECOWAS region. Read More »

Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu has been working over the past week with officials from the NNPC to ensure that an adequate supply of petroleum is kept flowing to not only the nation's cities, but also to both rural and outlying areas. Over the holidays, Kachikwu and NNPC oversaw the trucking of more than 22 million liters of petroleum across Nigeria. Read More »

The Bonga North West deep-water oil-drilling development recently won two awards in the U.S and Qatar, Shell Nigeria said this week. Read More »

A new Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) initiative aims to implement a single monetary currency in West Africa by 2020. Read More »

Jumia Nigeria, one of Africa's leading Internet shopping venues, is under new leadership. Read More »

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held a press conference recently, during which ECOWAS Commission President Kadre Desire Ouedraogo spoke about the importance of citizen involvement to keep the organization moving forward. Read More »

"FIFTY," the sole film from Nigeria and one of only five films from Africa to be among the 238 films chosen for screening at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival this past fall, will be available for streaming on Netflix beginning Dec. 28. Read More »