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Nigeria: project records

What was built? Who paid? What is operating? Explore a first collection from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria, with original sources and the gaps visible.

Eight case studies · source review 13 October 2026 · a growing collection, not a ranking of countries or leaders

3 project records

Compare equivalent units, periods, phases and funding. Capacity is a design limit; throughput measures activity. An inauguration is a milestone; ongoing production needs separate evidence. Currency, inflation and scope differences prevent a fair simple cost ranking.

Nigeria · PortsOperating

Lekki Deep Sea Port

Inaugurated 23 January 2023; commercial operation began April 2023

Ownership / delivery
ICRC statement, January 2023: federal 5%, Lagos 20%, private holding 75%. CMA Terminals operates the container terminal.
Cost and scope
ICRC describes US$1.5bn assets and US$800m construction across phases. These overlapping scopes are not added.
Capacity / infrastructure
Phase-specific installed and ultimate capacities need reconciliation.
Reported activity
Promoter reports 75 vessels and over 100,000 containers in its first operating year, April 2024. Containers are not automatically TEU.

Comparison limits

First-year containers are not comparable to Tanger Med annual TEU. Promoter figures are attributed rather than independently audited.

Original records and source media

Photographs/video remain on their original source pages. Reuse licences are not established, so source media is linked rather than copied.

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Nigeria · RailOperating

Lagos Blue Line, phase one

Passenger service began 4 September 2023

Ownership / delivery
Lagos State project, supervised and reported by LAMATA.
Cost and scope
Completed-phase final cost not established in the retrieved sources.
Capacity / infrastructure
13 km Marina–Mile 2. Mile 2–Okokomaiko phase two remains unfinished, with a 2027 target.
Reported activity
LAMATA reports more than 9 million cumulative passenger journeys and over 70,000 trips across three years, September 2026.

Comparison limits

Operator-reported cumulative patronage is not a one-year audited count. Phase two must remain labelled unfinished.

Original records and source media

Photographs/video remain on their original source pages. Reuse licences are not established, so source media is linked rather than copied.

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Nigeria · Industrial processingOperating

Dangote Petroleum Refinery

Diesel/aviation fuel production began January 2024

Ownership / delivery
Private-led Dangote project; precise current shareholding not established here.
Cost and scope
Definitive primary final-spend document not located.
Capacity / infrastructure
650,000 bpd original nameplate. Company reports 700,000 bpd performance tests in June 2026. Planned 1.4m bpd expansion is separate.
Reported activity
A dated company-reported test milestone; independently audited annual average throughput not established.

Comparison limits

A Nigerian industrial-processing example, with private investment. Oil and gold refineries cannot be cost-ranked as equivalent projects.

Original records and source media

Photographs/video remain on their original source pages. Reuse licences are not established, so source media is linked rather than copied.

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Nigeria’s debt records →Project tracker →Archive and provenance →
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