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Report: Ghana, Kenya to face debt risks in next two years
Standard Bank Group Limited says five major African economies will face debt risks over the next two years as…
General Atlantic Makes First African Technology Investment
The pandemic has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor…
Afreximbank’s FEDA Backs Mauritanian FMCG Business
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced an investment by the Fund for Export Development in Africa…
EU Is Nigeria’s Largest Trading Partner, Says Envoy
The European Union Ambassador in Nigeria, Samuela Isopi, has said the EU bloc is the largest trading partner and…
NNPC May Spend N201bn To Clean 170.25m Litres Of Dirty Fuel
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. may need an estimated N201 billion worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit…
Petrol transporters gradually halt operations over low freight rates
Transporters of PMS on Thursday said the nationwide scarcity of PMS was partly due to the gradual halt in the…
Naira Exchanges At N417.51 To $1 Officially
The naira continued its downward trend as the dollar was sold for N417.51 at the official market on Thursday.…
FirstBank Felicitates With Junior Achievement Nigeria On Nobel Peace Prize…
In recognition of the giant strides and efforts by Junior Achievement Worldwide – the parent body of Junior…
NUPENG threatens strike, alleges FG fails to fix 21 highways
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers on Wednesday…
MTN Pays $253.86 Million Balance To NCC For 5G Licence
MTN Nigeria has paid the remaining $253.86 million to complete the $273.6 million fifth generation (5G) licence fee…
Audit query: Reps summons ITF boss over four-year unapproved spending
Acting DG Mrs Adesola Taiwo of Industrial Training Fund was summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on…
NIMC portal: Telcos bow to pressure, begin server configuration to vNIN platform
Telecommunication operators have begun preparations towards migrating to the Virtual NIN platform in a bid to…
NBC grants TV broadcast licence to NYSC
The National Broadcasting Commission has granted an operational licence to the National Youth Service Corps for the…
Nigeria, others miss oil production targets as disruptions persist
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies continue to underperform their increasingly…
French Startup Alma Raises €115M to fund Expansion Across Western Europe
French buy-now-pay-later platform Alma raised 115 million euros ($131 million) in equity funding as it seeks to…
Telcos begins NIN verification as Galaxy Backbone downtime continues
As the NIMC portal continues to experience downtime due to a technical glitch, telecom companies have resumed SIM…
CBN to stop forex sale to banks by December targets $200bn non-oil exports
The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that it will stop the sale of foreign exchange to Deposit Money Banks by…
NNPC, Sahara Group, Edo begin 16.7km Edo road project
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company together with one of its joint ventures partners, Engaged Resources Limited…
US Appeal Court Permits Nigeria To Request Documents From P&ID Stakeholders
A US court of appeals for the second circuit has overturned orders which blocked Nigeria from obtaining documents…
UN Seek $1.1 Million To Aid Displaced Persons In Northern Nigeria
The United Nations is requesting for the sum of $1.1 million to aid displaced persons living in the northern part…
We Will Tell Them Don’t Come To Central Bank For Foreign Exchange Again: CBN To…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has indicated that it would discontinue the sale of foreign exchange to Deposit…
Nigeria President Order That Importers Of Contaminated Fuel Be Held Accountable
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that those responsible for importing petrol with higher than normal amounts…
Facebook Asks Nigerian Customers To Update Records By Feb 25
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, says Nigerian customers should update their value-added tax (VAT)…
Oyo seals IBEDC, says DISCO owes N400m
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Management has said it cut power supply to the Oyo State Secretariat over…
Bitfinex Hack: FBI Nabs Couple Over $4.5 Billion Stolen Crypto
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan with conspiracy…
CBN N50 Billion COVID-19 Loan: Nigerians React To NIRSAL’s Call For Repayment
The management of NIRSAL Microfinance Bank has requested for the payback of COVID-19 loans secured by many…
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?: UP, Payattitude, Payarena, Hope PSBank Unveiled As…
The ace TV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on Sunday unveiled the new sponsors for Series 2- at an event…
Prioritise interest of investors’ — SEC tells capital market operators
Director-general of the securities and exchange commission Amid Yuguda says there is a need for capital market…
CITN expresses commitment to grow taxation
The CITN President Adesina Adedayo has said the institute is committed to expanding taxation in the country.…
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, each gained $3.5 billion in a day
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, have seen their wealth jump on the back of strong gains despite concerns that the U.S.…