Business Explainer-How Will The EU-British Trade Deal Change Ties? Dec 29, 2020 0 British and EU negotiators clinched a wide-ranging free trade deal on Christmas Eve, meaning commerce between the…
Business Nigeria’s Duty-Free Export To US Shrinks To $351.73m Dec 29, 2020 0 Nigeria’s export to the United States under a duty-free policy declined in the first nine months of 2020, recording…
Business Bitcoin All-Time Price High Surpasses $28K, BTC’s Half Trillion Market Cap… Dec 29, 2020 0 Bitcoin markets have been seeing a lot of action this weekend, as the price of the crypto asset touched another…
Business Nigerians Now Taking Centre-Stage In Downstream Sector, Says DPR Dec 29, 2020 0 Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Sarki Auwalu, has said Nigerian indigenous oil companies are now…
Business Will Economy Be Better In 2021? Dec 29, 2020 0 As 2020 draws to a close, many Nigerians look towards 2021 uninspired by the catatonic state of the economy. The…
Business Economic Crisis: Naira To Fall Further In January, Says CBN Report Dec 27, 2020 0 Barely five days to the end of the year 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that a survey carried out…
Business CBN Revokes Licences Of Seven Payment Service Providers Dec 27, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the revocation of operating licences of seven payment service…
Business Oil Edges Higher After Brexit Deal, Gains Capped By Pandemic Dec 27, 2020 0 Oil prices inched higher on Thursday, helped by late-day buying in a low-volume session to close out the week.…
Business Mobile Payments Operators Request CBN To Reconsider Position On Diaspora… Dec 27, 2020 0 The Association of Licensed Mobile Payments Operators (ALMPO) has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to…
Business Nigeria’s Stock Market Closes For Christmas With N2bn Loss Dec 27, 2020 0 Trading reverses on NSE, closes for Christmas with N2bn loss Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday reversed…
Business Dangote Refinery, A Potential Game-Changer, Says Platts Dec 27, 2020 0 The Dangote refinery in Nigeria will be a “potential game-changer” once it comes online, according to a report by…
Business Naira Gains N10 On Dollar At Black Market, Trades N465/$1 Dec 27, 2020 0 The Naira continued to wax stronger against the United States Dollar as it gained N10 at the black market on…
Business British Finance Sector’s ‘EU Passport’ Set To Expire Dec 27, 2020 0 On January 1, the European finance sector will lose a major player as Britain begins to chart its own course,…
Business NPA Electronic Call-Up System To Decongest Ports Dec 27, 2020 0 Come January 2021, the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) will float the electronic version of its call-up system, which…
Business Foreign Reserves Remain Pressured Dec 27, 2020 0 Over the past few months, severe pressure has been mounting on the country's foreign reserves in face of dwindling…
Business Nigeria’s Forex Inflow Hits $21bn In Q3 Dec 27, 2020 0 The total amount of foreign exchange inflow into the economy in the third quarter of 2020 stood at $21.46 billion,…
Business Brexit Trade Deal Sealed: EU And UK Clinch Narrow Accord Dec 27, 2020 0 Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits…
Local Another New Coronavirus Variant Found In Nigeria, Says Africa CDC Dec 27, 2020 0 Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa’s disease control…
Business Sterling Gains, Dollar On Back Foot Amid Hopes Brexit Deal Imminent Dec 27, 2020 0 Sterling extended gains on Thursday amid expectations a long-elusive Brexit deal was imminent, raising hopes the UK…
Business CBN Directs Banks To Close Naira Remittances Ledgers Dec 27, 2020 0 THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to close all ‘Naira General Ledgers’ used…
Business Low Production Pushes Up Cement Price By 35% Dec 27, 2020 0 The inability to meet market demand for cement coupled with low production volume by major cement companies in…
Business Oil Climbs As U.S. Inventory Draw, Brexit Deal Hopes Boost Risk Appetite Dec 27, 2020 0 Oil extended gains on Thursday in light holiday trade as a drop in U.S. stockpiles spurred demand hopes, while…
Business NIN: Telecom Operators Get NIMC Enrolment Licences Dec 27, 2020 0 Mobile network operators (MNOs) on Wednesday said they have enrollment and verification licences from the Federal…
Business NSE Market Capitalisation Hits N20 Trillion On Sustained Rally Dec 27, 2020 0 The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Nigerian (NSE), which is the total value of all listed equities,…
Business Pound Rally Seen Capped To 2018 Level On A Brexit Trade Deal Dec 27, 2020 0 Currency strategists are delivering a reality check on how far the pound rally can go if the U.K. and European…
Business Biggest Nigerian Pension Fund Manager Has Plan To Help The Naira Dec 27, 2020 0 Faced with bond yields coming off record lows and a hard-to-trade equity market, Nigeria’s biggest pension-fund…
Business Govt – Border Reopening: Poultry, Rice Importation Remain Banned Dec 23, 2020 0 Osogbo — The Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that despite the reopening of borders, the…
Africa African Free Trade Agreement To Boost Agriculture Dec 23, 2020 0 The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be a watershed for…
Local Large Crowd Gathers At NIMC Office In Lagos For NIN Registration Amid COVID-19… Dec 23, 2020 0 The Nigerian government had last week issued an ultimatum to all telecommunications operators in the country to…
Business Nigeria Is Facing Worst Security Challenge In History – Gombe Gov Dec 23, 2020 0 Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has declared that Nigeria is facing the worst security challenge in…