The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Federal Government recently retreated from its proposal to restrict and heavily tax imported solar panels, after concerted pushback from commercial operators, renewable energy developers, and energy access advocates. The trade barriers were formally introduced as an infant-industry measure designed to spur domestic photovoltaic manufacturing. The shelved plan prevented an immediate commercial disaster. Yet the…
African governments are systematically rewriting the extractive bargain by demanding local processing of their natural resources. From Kenya to Ghana and Mali, states increasingly insist that critical minerals undergo domestic refinement before export. This policy shift targets rare earths, lithium, graphite, copper, and nickel. The global energy transition has triggered an insatiable demand for these…
ABUJA — Nigeria’s fiscal ambitions faced a sobering reality check this week as the latest OPEC data revealed a significant shortfall in crude oil production. Despite a marginal increase in January, the nation’s output remains stalled at 1.459 million barrels per day (bpd). This figure sits nearly 400,000 barrels below the 1.84 million bpd benchmark…