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117 African firms listed on LSE as African investment in London tops £30m
Frank Okon No fewer than 117 African companies are now listed on the London Stock Exchange, more than on any other stock exchange globally, while African businesses have invested over £30 million in London through foreign direct investment in the…
UK initiates interfaith dialogue amid Nigeria’s security challenges
Frank Okon The government of the United Kingdom has called for greater tolerance across religions and beliefs in Nigeria, saying stronger interfaith understanding and leadership are critical to ensuring that the cohesion and peaceful coexistence seen at community level in…
Ekpo seeks Nigeria’s associate membership of International Energy Agency
Frank Okon Nigeria has formally applied to join the International Energy Agency as an associate member, marking a significant step in the country’s effort to strengthen its role in global energy governance. The development was disclosed on Wednesday by IEA…
Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline to strengthen AfCFTA, expanding economic integration
Frank Okon Nigeria and Morocco’s renewed push to advance the proposed $26 billion African Atlantic Gas Pipeline is increasingly being viewed by analysts as more than just an energy infrastructure project. Beyond gas exports, the initiative is emerging as a…
Africa Forward 2026 and the reordering of global power
[Sola Adebawo] When European leaders scrambled to rethink energy security after the Russia-Ukraine war, one reality became impossible to ignore: the global order many nations assumed was stable is no longer stable at all. The disruption of Russian gas supplies…
Pipelines, Power, and Positioning: What Nigeria’s OB3 project reveals about Africa’s energy future
[Sola Adebawo] When a pipeline crosses a river, it is often described as an engineering milestone. In Nigeria, the completion of the River Niger crossing of the OB3 gas pipeline (executed roughly two kilometres beneath the riverbed using horizontal directional…
Hormuz stalemate: UN warns trade disruption comes with global recession risk
Ziggy Ojiegbe The United Nations has called for urgent action to resolve the escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that continued disruption to one of the world’s most critical shipping routes is already placing severe strain on the…
UK-Nigeria creative fund targets local production gaps in $3bn industry
Frank Okon The United Kingdom has launched a new Creative Fund aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s film, fashion and music industries by closing long-standing technical gaps that have limited local production capacity and forced parts of the sector to rely on…
Pan-Atlantic University partners in EU-funded SYNAPSE programme for youth skills development
Frank Okon A new wave of international partnerships is placing Nigerian youth and creatives at the center of global innovation, with the launch of two major initiatives aimed at building skills, expanding opportunity and strengthening cross-border collaboration. The SYNAPSE Virtual…
OPEC losing grip on oil market as members exit and rivals rise
Ziggy Ojiegbe The steady thinning of membership within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is raising a harder question for global energy markets: how much longer can a smaller, less cohesive bloc act as an effective regulator of oil…
