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Global Bond Funds Sees Big Inflows – Lipper
Global bond markets saw their fifth consecutive week of inflows through Aug. 25, as investors grew cautious ahead…
Wall Street Rises As Powell Gives No Signal On Taper
Wall Street's main indexes extended gains on Friday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the U.S.…
Nigeria’s Economy Grows 5% In Q2 2021 — Strongest Since 2014
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.01 percent in the second quarter of 2021 — strongest growth…
China’s Regulatory Crackdowns Are Already Hurting The Economy
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Oil Rally Ends Amid COVID-19 Concerns, Returning Supply
Oil fell on Thursday for the first session this week as renewed concerns about demand amid rising COVID-19…
CBN To Raise $2bn For Girl Child Education Towards SDG4
The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, has pledged to raise over $2 billion to increase and improve girl child education…
World Remit Raises $292m, Rebrands As Zepz
Digital Money Transfer firm, World Remit, now Zeps has has announced that it raised $292 million in new primary…
Oil Steadies After Three-Day Rally With U.S. Stockpiles Falling
Oil steadied after the biggest three-day gain since March with falling U.S. crude and fuel stockpiles adding some…
NNPC Pegs 2022 Base Oil Price At $57/Barrel
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday provided a base crude oil price scenario in the medium…
Nigeria’s Real GDP Grew By 5.01% YoY In Q2 2021 From 0.51% In Q1 2021
Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.01%(year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2021,…
S&P 500, Nasdaq Notch All-Time Closing Highs Ahead Of Jackson Hole
Wall Street gained ground again on Wednesday, with chipmakers and financials helping to push the S&P 500 and…
Google Brings Samsung 5G Modem Tech To U.S. Market With New Pixel Phone -Sources
Google will tap Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) to supply the 5G modem for its next flagship Pixel smart…
Nigerian E-Naira Currency Could Be A ‘Game Changer’ But Banks Will…
Nigeria is set to test a central bank digital currency from October, a move that could reshape the country's…
South Africa Rebases GDP, Revises Economic Growth Figures
South Africa has rebased its gross domestic product (GDP) survey, with the new data showing the economy was 11%…
CBN, Bankers Committee Have More Money For Creative Industry
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) led by Godwin Emefiele, its governor, and the bankers committee still have more…
FX: Customers To Return Unutilized PTA/BTA Within 2 Weeks
Customers who approached commercial banks for the purchase of foreign exchange (FX) at cheaper rates especially for…
Gold Eases On Steady Dollar, Focus On Jackson Hole
Gold retreated below $1,800 on Wednesday as the dollar halted its slide while investors sought cues on the timeline…
Turkish Lira Rises In Muted FX Trade As Focus Turns To Jackson Hole
The Turkish lira rose on Wednesday while other emerging market currencies were muted as investors turned to an…
Nigerian Tax Tribunal Orders Multichoice To Pay 50% Of Disputed $4.4 Bln Tax Bill
A Nigerian tax tribunal ordered the local unit of South Africa’s pay-TV company Multichoice to pay 50% of a…
Ghana’s Currency Heads For Weakest-Ever Close Vs Dollar
The biggest injection of dollars yet by Ghana’s central bank failed to stem the cedi’s slide on Wednesday amid a…
China Reopens World’s Third Busiest Port After Partial Virus Halt
China reopened a key terminal at the world's third-busiest cargo port on Wednesday, after a shutdown to control the…
Oil Steadies Near $71 After Two-Day Rally
Oil prices steadied near $71 a barrel, taking a breather after a strong rally in recent days as Mexico was set to…
Sterling Steady, Currency Markets Lack Momentum Ahead Of Jackson Hole
Sterling was little changed on Wednesday, lacking direction as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s annual…
Dollar Perks Up To Trade Above One-Week Low On Delta Variant Fears
The safe-haven dollar gained on Wednesday to trade above a one-week low versus major peers amid concerns that the…
Group Blames FG As Saudi Arabia Recruits Nigerian Doctors
THE Federal Government on Monday feigned ignorance as a firm concluded arrangement to recruit Nigerian doctors for…
Global Corporate Profits To Fall 8% In Q3 After Record Q2 – Data
Global corporate profits in the third quarter are likely to fall for the first time in 18 months after record…
‘Tax Evasion’: Tribunal Orders Multichoice To Pay N900bn To FIRS Before Hearing…
A tax appeal tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited to pay 50 percent of N1.8…
Nigeria: Globacom Redefines TV Viewing With Glo TV Launch
In a bold step to redefine television viewing experience for all Nigerians, Globacom has announced the launch of …
Nigeria: FG Releases N1.3trn To Fund 2021 Capital Budget
The federal government has released N1.3 trillion to fund part of the 2021 capital expenditure budget of its…
Nigeria: LivingTrust Mortgage Bank To Offer 750 Million Shares
LivingTrust Mortgage Bank Plc has announced that it will offer 750 million ordinary shares to the public to address…