Nigeria’s federal government is considering building a fourth bridge to connect Lagos Island to the mainland because two of the existing ones are decrepit, Arise News reports. The announcement was…

The president of Nigerian conglomerate Dangote Group plans to build Nigeria’s biggest seaport at the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun State. He said it was because of an improved…

Nigeria’s Kebbi State has signed a preliminary agreement with Nigerian conglomerate MSM to build a factory capable of producing 3 million tonnes of cement a year, equal to about 5%…

Nigeria has renewed calls for investors to take opportunities offered by its $18.5bn Centenary City project in Abuja, business website Nairametrics reports. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, minister of housing and urban…

After a hiatus of several years, China has resumed lending for Nigerian rail development with an initial $253.7m loan approved by the China Development Bank for the Kaduna-Kano railway, the…

Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw. Sweden’s Our Ecolution and Czech firm Ekopanely both make boards…

Swiss cement-maker Holcim has sold its 84% stake in Lafarge Africa to Huaxin Cement of China. The $1bn deal is subject to approvals, but is expected to be confirmed in…

With new powers to develop independent electricity supplies, the Nigerian state of Lagos has invited bidders to express interest in building a series of gas-fuelled power plants totaling 4GW of…

Nigerian officials say they’re going ahead with a new $3.5bn port on the Bakassi peninsula, in the extreme south-east of country, local media reports.

The governments of Nigeria and Libya have started talks about building a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline between their countries. Nigeria’s oil minister Ekperikpe Ekpo spoke with his Libyan counterpart Khalifa…

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Engineering and Machinery Corporation (CEMC) to build a gas power plant near the capital, Abuja.  Posting on…

MTN Nigeria announced on Saturday that it was planning to build West African largest data centre, business website Nairametrics reports. The company, which is based in South Africa, has not…

The government of Nigeria this week said it is planning to build a 1,000km highway between the coastal town of Badagry and the city of Sokoto in the northwest.  According…

Nigeria plans to spend $2bn on a 700km coastal highway between the commercial capital of Lagos and the port of Calabar near its border with Cameroon.

Nigeria plans to build a “Diaspora City” for the 20 million of its citizens who live in other countries. The idea is to give emigrants, who together send $24bn back…

Nigeria’s Ministry of Transportation has obtained $1.3bn in funding to complete its northern rail link between Kano, the country’s second largest city after Lagos, and Maradi, the second largest city…

Two South Korean engineers working for Daewoo Engineering & Construction have been released, nearly three weeks after they were abducted by unidentified gunmen in Nigeria, the foreign ministry in Seoul…

China and Nigeria agreed to build an EV battery factory in the African country at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Photovoltaics specialist Shenzhen LEMI Technology Development Company will invest…