Nigeria, March 29 -- Lagos State and nine others have emerged as top performers in Nigeria's 2025 Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report released by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).

The others are Kaduna, Oyo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ogun, Enugu, Plateau, Ekiti, Kano and Nasarawa.

The ranking was announced on 27 March at a roundtable with members of the diplomatic community and development partners in Abuja.

PEBEC said the report shows that states implementing reforms have recorded measurable improvements in the business environment, including up to a 40 per cent reduction in business registration timelines and over 30 per cent improvement in land administration efficiency.

It said there ...