CBN: BDC Promoters To Get Refund On Deposits, Fees With Pending Applications
In the aftermath of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will…
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Nigeria’s Capital Import Dips To $875.62m In Q2
The total value of capital importation into Nigeria declined to $875.62million in the second quarter of 2021 from…
Federal Government Urged To Adopt Bangladesh’s Export-Demand Industrial Policy…
The Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Professor Eghosa Osaghae has advised the…
Nigeria To Refund Deposits To Exchange Bureaux Applicants After FX Sale Ban
Nigeria's central bank will refund exchange bureaux that have paid deposits and licence fees which have yet to be…
Central Bank Chief Says Canadians Should Not ‘Overreact’ To Temporary…
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, writing in a column for the Financial Post newspaper on Thursday, said…
Canadian Dollar Hits 2-Week High As Fed Stance Bolsters Sentiment
The Canadian dollar touched a two-week high against its broadly weaker U.S. counterpart on
Thursday, as the…
Nigerian Manufacturers Battling Stunted Growth Blame Forex Scarcity
The manufacturing sector has seen woeful growth in the last five years, and a key problem is businesses can't find…
IMF Retains 2.5% Growth Estimate For Nigeria
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained Nigeria’s 2.5 per cent economic growth forecast for 2021.
The…
OPEC: Nigeria May Be Hard-Hit By Declining Investment In Oil Sector
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday warned that with declining investments in the…
Ban On Forex Sale: NESG, Rewane Ask CBN To Ensure Policy Success, Cushion Effects
Following the cancellation of the sale of about $5.7 billion foreign exchange (forex) annually to about 5,500…
NYSE-Owner ICE’s Second-Quarter Profit More Than Doubles
Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE.N), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, on Thursday reported that its…
Analysis: As Fed Tiptoes Around Tapering, Investors Look To Jackson Hole Meeting…
Investors looking for clear guidelines on when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its massive bond purchases…
Comcast’s Quarterly Revenue Tops Estimates, Lifted By Cable Growth
Comcast Corp's (CMCSA.O) second-quarter revenue beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, benefiting from higher…
From Facebook To Twitter, Big Tech Sees Social Commerce Driving Sales Growth
Led by Facebook, social media platforms from Alphabet's YouTube to Snap Inc (SNAP.N) and Twitter (TWTR.N) are…
Merck Revenue Beats Estimates On Keytruda Demand
Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) reported quarterly revenue on Thursday ahead of analysts' estimates, as a recovery in…
S&P 500, Dow Set To Rise As Economic Growth Heats Up
The S&P 500 and the Dow indexes were set to rise on Thursday as a slate of strong corporate earnings reports…
China Buyers Re-emerge, Patient Fed Saps Dollar
World share markets were back on the climb on Thursday as the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it was in no rush to…
U.S. Economy Contracted 19.2% During COVID-19 Pandemic Recession
The U.S. economy contracted at a record average annualized rate of 19.2% from its peak in the fourth quarter of…
Mastercard Profit Beats Estimates On Overall Spending Boost
Mastercard Inc (MA.N) reported a 36% rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday that comfortably beat estimates,…
Carlyle’s Second-Quarter Earnings Double On Asset Sales
U.S. buyout firm Carlyle Group Inc (CG.O) said on Thursday its second-quarter distributable earnings nearly…
NCC Introduces Devices To Tackle SIM-Related Crimes
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has instituted a Device Management System (DMS) to tackle SIM boxing…
Unique NIN Enrolments Hit 59.8m With Average Of Three SIMs
The total number of unique National Identity Number (NIN) that has been verified across networks in…
Google Parent Alphabet Profit Soars As Ads Surge
“There was a rising tide of online activity in many parts of the world, and we’re proud that our services helped so…
TIME Announces Flutterwave On 2021 Influential Lists
Nigerian based Fintech Company; Flutterwave has been listed as one of the 2021 TIME100 Most Influential companies…
‘How Nigeria Can Leverage Nanotechnology For Development’
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and the Chairman of Oilserv, Emeka Okwuosa have said…
Shoprite Out, Pick ‘N Pay in – The Nigeria Strategy For S.A’s 2nd Largest Retailer
At the beginning of the month, the Shoprite Group announced the completion of their exit from Nigeria after a few…
What Would It Take For Nigeria, Others To Manufacture Vaccines?
The rising concerns about global vaccine inequality have raised a critical question about the ability of many…
Power Grid Collapses Again Amid Lack Of Backup Capacity
The national power grid has suffered another system collapse, worsening the blackout being experienced by…
Investors Lose N5.80bn As 24 Firms Suffer Decline
Investors in the Nigerian Exchange Limited lost N5.80bn as 24 firms saw their share prices decline at the close of…
Nigeria Coronavirus Infections Jump To Highest Level Since March
(Bloomberg) -- Coronavirus infections in Nigeria surged to the highest level in almost five months as a third wave…