BusinessLocal Opec Output At Seven-Month High In Nov: Correction byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Opec crude production rose to a seven-month high last month, climbing by 805,000 b/d from… Read More
Business Fitch Ratings Expects House Prices To Fall Up To 5 Per Cent In 2021 byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Canada’s housing markets broke records in 2020, even as a global pandemic raged, but prices… Read More
BusinessLocal Nigeria May Be On Verge Of Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections Warns Health Minister byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Nigeria may be on the verge of a second wave of COVID-19 infections amid rising… Read More
AfricaBusiness WEEKAHEAD-AFRICA-FX-Ugandan Currency Firm, Kenya’s, Zambia’s Stable, Nigerian Rangebound byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Uganda’s currency will likely gain against the U.S. dollar next week, while Kenya’s and Zambia’s… Read More
BankingBusiness Nigeria Needs More Naira Reform For $1.5 Bln World Bank Loan, Country Director Says byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020May 26, 2021 The World Bank needs Nigeria to strengthen reforms of its currency, the naira, before it… Read More
Business Mexico Senate Passes Bill To Make The Central Bank Buy Unwanted Dollars byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Mexico’s Senate approved Wednesday a bill that will force the central bank to buy dollars… Read More
Business Sterling Extends Losses With UK And EU Still Far Apart In Brexit Talks byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 The Brexit-battered pound extended its losses against the dollar and the euro on Thursday, as… Read More
Business ECB To Go Easy; Brexit Goes Sour byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Bets on more European Central Bank stimulus kept Europe’s main stock markets and the euro… Read More
Business Euro Stable Ahead Of ECB Stimulus, Pound Dips On Brexit Fears byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 The euro stood its ground on Thursday ahead of the European Central Bank unveiling fresh… Read More
BusinessLocal Ports And Cargo Debunks Reports Of Inefficiency byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited, the flagship and port operations arm of SIFAX Group,… Read More
BusinessLocal Apapa Gridlock: Truck Owners, Port Operators Allege Extortion By Presidential Team, Others byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 Importers, clearing agents, truck owners and other operators at the Apapa and Tin Can Island… Read More
BusinessLocal States Eye Capital Market For Funds To Develop Infrastructure byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 A wave of fundraising by state governments from the capital market through bonds to develop… Read More
Business Bank Of Canada Stands Pat On Rates Amid Surge In Covid Cases byEkeminiDecember 12, 2020 The Bank of Canada stood pat on interest rates and reiterated its commitment to keep… Read More
BusinessLocal Crude Oil Remittance: Court Upholds $1.7bn Arbitral Award In Favour Of NPDC byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 The Federal High Court in Lagos has upheld a landmark $1.7billion arbitral award in favour… Read More
BusinessLocal New Profit Alerts From Nigerian Banks Have Less To Do With Virus byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 It’s not just the pandemic that’s putting Nigerian bank earnings at risk: Competition for customers… Read More
Business Pornhub In Trouble: Mastercard, Visa Cut-Off Payments byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Mastercard said it would no longer process payments for Pornhub. Mastercard has directed the third-party… Read More
Business Pound Drops As Chances Dim For Post-Brexit Trade Deal After ‘Lively’ Dinner byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 Sterling slid on Thursday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula… Read More
BusinessLocal Banking, FMCG, Industrial Stocks Drag Nigeria Bourse Down As Negative Sentiments Rule Bulls byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 It was a negative outing at the Nigerian equities market on Tuesday as persistent profit-taking… Read More
BusinessLocal How Oil Majors Shift Billions In Profits To Island Tax Havens byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 Bermuda and the Bahamas aren’t exactly big players in the oil-and-gas world. They don’t produce… Read More
BusinessLocal DPR Cautions Against Panic Buying, Hoarding Of Petrol During Festivities byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 The products are available, and the government has made sufficient provision to cover this festive… Read More
Business UK Holidaymakers Barred From EU After 1 January Under Covid Rules byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 European commission indicates Britons will face ban on nonessential travel at end of Brexit transition… Read More
BusinessLocal Naira Devaluation As False Economics byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 After decades long of word counts and verbal exchanges on Naira devaluation and “oil subsidy… Read More
BusinessLocal FG Crashes Data Price By 50 Percent byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 The Federal government said on Thursday that the price of data has been reduced by… Read More
Business British Pound Falls About 0.5% After Johnson-Von Der Leyen Meeting byEkeminiDecember 11, 2020 he British pound fell 0.5% in early Asian trade on Thursday after British Prime Minister… Read More
BusinessLocal Naira Bounces Back At Black Market With N5 Gain byEkeminiDecember 10, 2020 Against all odds, the Naira came back stronger against the US Dollar at the parallel… Read More
BusinessLocal INFLATION: Agusto & Co Warns Nigerians Against Liabilities In Hard Currencies byEkeminiDecember 9, 2020 Due to the weakening of the Naira value against the world’s major currencies, Nigerians should… Read More
BusinessLocal Shell Former Upstream Chief: Nigeria Oilfield Deal Was ‘Lawful And Correct’ byEkeminiDecember 9, 2020 Shell’s former international upstream head Malcolm Brinded had no reason to think that the awarding… Read More
BusinessLocal Rising Exchange Rate Poses More Difficulty For Importers, Says Expert byEkeminiDecember 9, 2020 Continuous rising of foreign exchange may pose more difficulty for importers in the coming year,… Read More
Business Dollar Nears 2 1/2-Year Lows As Vaccine Optimism Grows byEkeminiDecember 9, 2020 The U.S. dollar fell towards a two-and-a-half-year low on Wednesday as progress in combating the… Read More
BusinessWorld U.S Enforces 6 Month Passport Validity Rule For Christmas Travels byEkeminiDecember 9, 2020 The United States Embassy in Nigeria has advised both U.S citizens and dual nationals to… Read More