Latest analysis from Horizon Engage experts on Nigeria.
Electioneering is in full swing in Nigeria, despite the next poll not taking place until 2027.
Two high-profile figures, six-time presidential hopeful and opposition People’s Democratic Party leader Atiku Abubakar, and former Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, visited former President Muhammadu Buhari in late June. Abubakar’s visit was part of a tour of northern Nigerian heads of state and traditional leaders.
How will the travel bans impact energy investment? Horizon Engage analysts examine the travel bans in Nigeria, Thailand and Suriname and what they mean.
This post could have been called “Reasons to be Less Miserable”: There is no getting around how hard times are in Nigeria or the complexities energy companies face doing business there.
The Milei administration recently announced that in January it achieved a monthly budget surplus, Argentina’s first in almost 12 years. This is good news for the government after a major setback in Congress earlier this month. The bad news is a severe recession already showing in the official data.
On 11 November, voters in Imo, southeastern Nigeria, will go to the polls with security in focus after a turbulent few years in the oil-producing state.
Energy investors will be watching for signs they can expect a safer operating environment in the next term.
Off-cycle gubernatorial elections for Bayelsa State in Nigeria will be held on 11 November. At stake is control of one of the country’s biggest oil-producing regions.
In Nigeria, the Bola Tinubu presidency is off to a rocky start, with declining oil output, the naira falling to record lows, and inflation climbing.