Nigeria
Stock market dips by 1.2% amid profit-taking
The Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday witnessed a further drop in market indices by 1.2 per cent, amid sustained negative...
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Reps invite ministers, firms over $2.4bn oil sale
The House of Representatives’ will on April 11, 2023, grill ministers and other heads of ministries, departments and agencies of...
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Stock market capitalisation declines by N622bn
Investors lost N622bn at the close of trading on Monday due to sell-offs of some telecoms and banking stocks. The...
Read moreStock investors record N13bn loss in one week
The Nigerian Exchange Limited closed lower last week as investors took stock of the hike in the Monetary Policy Rate...
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Airfares soar as foreign airlines hike exchange rate
International airfares on Nigerian routes have gone up further by over 20 per cent after foreign airlines raised the exchange...
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Banks confirm receiving more cash, load ATMs
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released more old notes to Deposit Money Banks as the apex bank steps up...
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Fossil fuels and role of technology in energy transition
The call for energy transition has continued to gain global traction yet the world faces the challenge of meeting growing...
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Workers draw battle line over lingering naira scarcity
NLC directs picketing of CBN offices •Apex bank plans return of old notes. Workers yesterday vowed to stay at home...
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It appears the insurance industry is making sales on one hand and losing it on the other hand. Omobola Tolu-Kusimo...
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Banks not receiving new Naira notes
Struggle to meet customers’ demands, Nigerians, who are eager to transact with the new Naira notes, may have to wait...
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E-bills payment falls by 44% over cash crunch – NIBSS
The value of electronic utility payments fell by 44.86 per cent in February despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira...
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Stock Market Down N16bn on Weak Investors’ Sentiment
The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday opened the new trading week extending its losing streak for...
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Driving Force Behind Nigeria’s Blue Economy
Kerry Baskins said, “The differentiator in business is when an organisation steps out and creates value from something never tried...
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Naira, fuel scarcity will push 24.8m Nigerians into crisis – Report
No fewer than 28.4 million Nigerians in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, including 18,000 Internally Displaced Persons, are...
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Ahmed: FG to Abolish Petrol Subsidy Before May 29, Attributes Delay to 2023 Elections, Census
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said the federal government would remove the controversial petrol...
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A former Central Bank of Nigeria’s Deputy Governor, Kingsley Moghalu, has expressed dissatisfaction over the series of crises created...
Read moreGlobal banking stocks dip over Silicon Valley Bank collapse
The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday and Signature Bank two days after has continued to rattle the...
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Emefiele finally bows to pressure, says old naira notes legal tender
Exactly 10 days after the Supreme Court judgement mandating the use of old N,1000 and N500 notes as legal tender...
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Economy loses N20tn on CBN’s 70% cash mop-up – Report
Nigeria’s economy is grinding to a halt and has lost about N20tn following the over 70 per cent mop-up of...
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Business turnover, profitability dip over naira scarcity
The Naira scarcity has led to major drop in business activities at both the urban and rural areas. Many retail...
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Stock market rebounds as investors gain N107bn
The Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday rebounded as investors gained N107bn. The market had recorded about N1bn loss on Tuesday....
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Anchor borrowers: CBN faults IMF’s poor rating
The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that N503bn representing 52.39 per cent has been repaid by farmers under the ...
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S’Court order on old notes: Banks in partial compliance, begin skeletal re-circulation
Deposit Money Banks in the country have begun partial compliance with the Supreme Court order approving the use of old...
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Naira redesign: Buhari, CBN yet to respond to Supreme Court ruling three days after
Three days after, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are yet to respond to the Supreme...
Read moreBusiness activities fall to three-year low over elections –Report
Nigeria’s private sector activity has contracted for the first time in almost three years as companies reduce output and cut...
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