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Nigerian Breweries, MTN, Nestlé Set to Revive Dividend Payouts in 2026 as Profits…
After two years of foreign exchange volatility and soaring finance costs that forced top Nigerian companies to…
Big Tech’s Tariff Deals: How Nvidia, AMD, and Apple Are Paying to Avoid Trump’s…
Major U.S. technology companies are making unprecedented financial commitments to sidestep President Donald…
Google Faces $34.5B Chrome Bid from Perplexity Amid Antitrust Breakup Threat
Google is confronting a dramatic challenge to its dominance as AI-powered search startup Perplexity has offered…
Afri Invoice Creates 150 Marketing Roles to Drive SME Digital Transformation in…
Afri Invoice, Nigeria’s first locally developed e-invoicing platform, has launched a recruitment campaign to fill…
Nigeria’s Inflation to Drop to 21.79% in July as Naira Stays Stable – Rewane…
Nigeria’s inflation rate is expected to fall to 21.79% in July, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline and…
Trust Issues and High Bank Fees Keep 25% of Nigerians Unbanked – World Bank Report
A quarter of Nigerians without bank accounts say mistrust of financial institutions and high service charges are…
Google to Invest $9 Billion in AI and Cloud Infrastructure Expansion in Oklahoma
Alphabet’s Google has announced plans to invest an additional $9 billion over the next two years to expand its…
Dollar Falls as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Rise, Bitcoin Hits Record High Amid Global…
Global markets paused for breath on Thursday as traders ramped up bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut…
NLC Urges FG to Sell Crude to Dangote Refinery in Naira, End Foreign Oil…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to stop the importation of crude oil for…
Tinubu Orders FIRS, Customs, NNPC to Review Revenue Deductions to Boost Public…
President Bola Tinubu has directed a comprehensive review of deductions and revenue retention practices by…
Nigerian Stock Market Suffers N121bn Loss as Profit-Taking Hits Blue-Chip Stocks
The Nigerian stock market closed lower on Wednesday as widespread profit-taking wiped off N121 billion from…
Bank of Ghana Unveils Sweeping Reforms to Manage Credit Risk, Boost Liquidity, and…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced a comprehensive package of regulatory reforms aimed at strengthening the…
Nigeria’s Fuel Consumption Falls 18% to 1.44bn Litres in June – NMDPRA Report
Nigeria’s fuel consumption experienced a significant downturn in June 2025, dropping 18.54% to 1.44 billion litres…
Nigeria’s National Single Window Set to Launch in March 2026, FIRS and Customs…
Nigeria’s National Single Window (NSW) is set to become fully operational in March 2026, following a strategic…
FMDQ Announces Equity Market Launch to Rival NGX Amid Strong 2024 Growth
Nigeria’s FMDQ Group, owner of the country’s leading fixed income securities exchange, has confirmed plans to…
Nigeria’s Petrol Supply Drops to 1.48 Billion Litres in June 2025 – NMDPRA Report
Nigeria’s consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, fell sharply in June 2025,…
Nigeria’s Fuel Import Dependence Hits 69% in June as Local Refinery Output Remains…
Nigeria’s reliance on imported fuel surged to 69% in June 2025, according to the latest report from the Nigerian…
First Securities Brokers Leads NGX July Trading with N414bn Transactions
First Securities Brokers Limited has emerged as the top-performing brokerage on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) for…
Nigeria’s Inflation Projected to Ease to 21.34% in July as Harvest Season Boosts…
Nigeria’s inflation rate is expected to ease further in July, driven by the start of the harvest season and stable…
Global Investors Shift Billions to Europe and Emerging Markets Amid U.S. Economic…
Global ex-U.S. equity funds recorded their largest inflows in more than four-and-a-half years in July, as…
Public-Private Partnerships Vital to Expanding Nigeria’s Non-Interest Finance…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has stressed that stronger…
NCC Tightens Governance Rules as Nigeria’s Telecom Industry Targets $22.82bn…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has rolled out its 2025 Guidelines on Corporate Governance,…
Insurance, Industrial Stocks Lift NGX by 0.12% Amid Banking Sector Profit-Taking
The Nigerian stock market closed in positive territory on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, as gains in insurance and…
Nigeria Foreign Exchange Reserves Rise 9.4% to $40.29bn in August 2025 — Strongest…
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have climbed to their highest level since January, reaching $40.29 billion as…
Dangote Refinery Cuts Petrol Price to N820, Deploys 4,000 CNG Trucks Nationwide
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as…
Nigerian Equities Market Extends Bullish Run, Gains ₦111bn Amid Strong Investor…
The Nigerian stock market continued its bullish momentum on Tuesday, adding ₦111 billion to investors’ wealth as…
IFC Partners with FCMB to Empower Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs
First City Monument Bank Ltd. (FCMB) has partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to roll out…
Insurance Penetration in Ghana Stalls at 1% Despite Growth in Insurance Density
Insurance penetration in Ghana remained stagnant at 1.0% in 2024, matching the level recorded in 2023, according…
FG Disburses N5.12 Billion Pension Arrears to 90,689 DBS Pensioners as Part of…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disbursed N5.12 billion in pension arrears to 90,689 beneficiaries under the…
Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports Surge Nearly 20% in H1 2025 Driven by Cocoa and Urea…
Nigeria’s non-oil exports rose by 19.6% to $3.225 billion in the first half of 2025, compared to $2.7 billion…