Undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in July 2010 and completed in Dec. 2022, the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line corridor spans 13 km and covers five stations.

March27,2024

Built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the Lagos-Ibadan Railway connects Nigeria's economic center Lagos and the southwest industrial city Ibadan.

March15,2024

The year of 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Throughout this decade, BRI has transitioned from a conceptual framework to a tangible force, fervently supporting the global free trade system and fostering an open world economy. Propelled by the momentum of the Belt and Road, Nigeria's Lekki Free Zone (LFZ) is emerging as a crucial hub for China-Nigerian and China-African economic and trade partnerships.

June27,2023

China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) on Monday handed over Nigeria's first deep sea port to the government after the completion of the huge maritime project in the country's economic hub city of Lagos.

November01,2022

Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Nigerien Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou Wednesday on the sidelines of the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation held in the Pakistani capital.

March24,2022

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote bilateral cooperation on all fronts.

January06,2021

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Tuesday during an official visit to Nigeria.

January06,2021

Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that China and Nigeria have reached seven important consensuses on deepening bilateral cooperation.

January06,2021

China on Thursday further pledged support for Nigeria's fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and expressed full confidence in the West African country's determination to defeat the virus ultimately.

April24,2020

A Chinese engineering firm on Monday said it will continue to support the ongoing construction of the trans-Saharan highway within the Nigerian territory, with timely completion of its road project in the central part of the country.

November13,2019

China and Nigeria have gained new drivers for common development as Africa's largest economy formally joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2018, said Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Zhou Pingjian Thursday.

February01,2019

StarTimes, a Chinese firm which offers direct-to-home pay TV services, introduced its digital television service to Kpaduma, to flag off the enormous project across Nigeria.

January15,2019

The completion ceremony of a Chinese firm-built new airport terminal in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, was held on December 20, with the attendance of officials from Nigeria and China.

December24,2018

Elion Resources Group on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Nigeria as part of its exploration of investment opportunities in the country, particularly in desertification control, agriculture and development of new energy resources.

October15,2018

Nigeria on Tuesday signed an agreement of 6.68 billion U.S. dollars with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for a major segment of rail line linking the economic capital Lagos with Kano, northern Nigeria's commercial hub.

May16,2018

Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated 10 additional coaches and two locomotive engines to the existing ones to boost the country's first completed standard gauge railway modernization project assisted by China.

January05,2018

China-Nigeria bilateral relations have reached a new height in recent years through cooperation in multiple areas, said Chao Xiaoliang, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, on Sunday.

September25,2017