COVID-19 Has Opened New Opportunities In Digital Economy In Africa — ECA
A new report launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce in the…
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BOJ Buys Stock ETFs As Usual After Policy Change, But Changes May Lie Ahead
The Bank of Japan bought around 50 billion yen of Japanese stocks exchange traded funds (ETFs) on Monday, in line…
What Data Say Of Nigeria’s Economy
In the data world, like every other genre of science, there is no room for ambiguity but sufficient allowance for…
Forex Scarcity Hampering Airlines’ Operations, Says Onyema
Air Peace has said that it placed a firm order of Boeing 737 Max, which recently was recertified to resume…
Fed Govt Lists N163B Sovereign Sukuk
The Federal Government has listed its N162.56 billion Sukuk on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, paving the way for investors…
UBA: Strong Performance In A Difficult Year
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc’s total assets last year leapt two spaces to N7.70 trillions from N5.62 trillion in…
Brexit reality Stokes Fears For The Peace In Northern Ireland
The deep anger among some pro-British unionists in Northern Ireland over post-Brexit trade barriers that cut it off from the…
NNPC’s Proposed Repair Of Port Harcourt Refinery
Within the outgone week, the Executive Council of the Federation reportedly approved the sum of $1.5bn for the turnaround maintenance…
Stock Market Records N140bn Weekly Loss
The Nigerian stock market extended its decline last week as investors lost N140bn. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index and…
China Seeks To Rein In Mobile Apps’ Collection Of Personal Data
China’s cyber watchdog said on Monday mobile app providers cannot deny users basic access to their services even if they…
Britons Should Wait Before Booking International Travel: Minister
Britons should wait before booking summer holidays abroad, social care minister Helen Whately warned on Monday, pointing out that there…
Saudi Aramco To Prioritise Energy Supply To China For 50 Years, Says CEO
Saudi Aramco will ensure China’s energy security remains its highest priority for the next 50 years and beyond as new…
Oil Falls As European Lockdowns Douse Recovery Hopes
Oil prices resumed their decline on Monday, falling around 1% as worries about a drop in demand for fuel products…
Forex Scarcity Hampering Airlines’ Operations, Says Onyema
Air Peace has said that it placed a firm order of Boeing 737 Max, which recently was recertified to resume…
Richmond Fed’s Barkin: U.S. May Be ‘On The Brink’ Of Complete Recovery
The U.S. economy may be “on the brink of completing the recovery” from the recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic,…
POS Merchants Urge CBN To Change Charge-Back Policy
POS merchants operating in Nigeria has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to change its policy on charge-back…
US-Nigeria Investment Summit To Hold In New York
The US-Nigeria Investments Summit has announced it will hold a global trade and investment event for 2021 in September. The…
Automobile Retail Experts Speak On Import Policies
While the Nigerian automobile industry has registered negligible growth in the recent years, due to many factors including substantial neglect…
External Reserves Loses $52m In 16 Days
Nigeria’s external reserves has shrunk by $522,525,964 in 16 days. According to recent figures on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s…
Blackstone Proposal Values Australian Casino Operator Crown At $6.2 Billion
Buyout giant Blackstone Group Inc made a $5.6 billion play for the shares of Australia’s Crown Resorts Ltd it does…
Wall Street’s Year Of Bust And Boom
Wall Street giddyness in recent weeks stands in stark contrast to the pandemic panic of one year ago. U.S. stocks…
FG: Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account Balance Stands At $72.4m
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday disclosed that the nation’s excess crude account (ECA) balance…
UK Partners Nigeria To Enhance Digital Access
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in collaboration with UK’s Digital Access…
Pantami, Danbatta Seek Increased Collaboration Among ECOWAS States On ICT
Nigerian government has called for increased regional collaboration for the development of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem in…
External Reserves Drop By $523m In Two Weeks
Nigeria’s external reserves dropped by $523m to $34.475bn as of March 16 from $34.998bn as of March 1, figures from…
Experts Seek Regulation Of Cryptocurrencies In Nigeria
Some economic experts have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to seek measures to regulate cryptocurrency transactions in the…
N6.98 USSD Flat Rate Will Stabilise Payment System, Says CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the harmonisation of all Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) fees to a…
Analysts List Measures To Curtail Inflation
Analysts yesterday advised the federal government to work in tandem with the monetary authorities to address challenges in agriculture and…
CBN To Sell N570bn Treasury Bills By Q2’21
The Central Bank of Ni Nigeria, CBN, said it will sell N570 billion worth of Treasury Bills (TBs) in the…
FG Urged To Establish National Fleet To Harness $19trn Global Trade
Stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry have called on the federal government to reactivate its plans to establish a national…