On 9 April 2026, ExxonMobil’s Senior Vice President for Deepwater, Hunter Farris, met with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) in Abuja to outline the company’s planned reinvestment in Nigeria’s deepwater oil sector.

On 17 February 2026, the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) announced the phased rollout of the E-Invoicing & Electronic Fiscal System (EFS)—a nationwide digital reporting framework requiring taxpayers to issue and transmit transaction data electronically through an integrated platform.

As Nigeria’s agricultural sector moves through 2026, two issues continue to shape performance across the value chain: rising production costs and increasing weather uncertainty.

On 16 March 2026, the United Kingdom Minister for Trade, Sir Chris Bryant MP, and Nigeria’s Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, co-chaired the inaugural ministerial dialogue of the UK-Nigeria Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP).

In a significant development for Nigeria’s financial markets, the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, together with the SEC’s digital asset rules and Circular No. 26-1 (January 2026), has formally brought tokenized assets within a regulated framework.

Nigeria’s Federal Government has taken a further step in linking digital policy to research and institutional knowledge.

On 20 February 2026, the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered its decision in Emma Elegbe & Anor v. HP International Schools Ltd & 3 Ors, providing clarity on the long-debated boundary between the State High Courts and the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revised the framework for managing dormant bank accounts, with direct implications for corporate treasury operations, banking documentation, and transaction execution.

On 9 March 2026, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice announced the resolution of the long-running dispute over Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. After about 15 years of litigation across multiple jurisdictions,

In early February 2026, Nigeria’s National Assembly passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Amendment Bill 2026 into law on 17th February 2026 following detailed section-by-section consideration.