Nigerian releasing information about being in work (7)
I believe the answer is:
earning
'being in work' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'nigerian releasing information about' is the wordplay.
'releasing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'information' becomes 'i' (common abbreviation for information).
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'nigerian' with 'i' taken away is 'ngerian'.
'ngerian' is an anagram of 'EARNING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for earning that I've seen before include "Being paid for work" , "Receiving in return for work" , "Making money" , "Realising" , "Gaining by work" .)