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Zero Oil Plan Designed To Boost Foreign Exchange Earning
BusinessLocal

Zero Oil Plan Designed To Boost Foreign Exchange Earning

Director General of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo has explained that the zero -oil plan initiative developed…

byEkeminiDecember 23, 2020December 23, 2020
Dangote Cement To Commence Tranche 1 Share Buyback Programme By December 30th 2020
BusinessLocal

Dangote Cement To Commence Tranche 1 Share Buyback Programme By December 30th 2020

Dangote Cement Plc (“Dangote Cement” or “DCP” or the “Company”) hereby announces the commencement of its share buy-back programme (the…

byEkeminiDecember 23, 2020
Oil Prices Skid As New Coronavirus Strain Fuels Demand Worries
BusinessLocal

Oil Prices Skid As New Coronavirus Strain Fuels Demand Worries

Oil prices dropped more than 3% on Monday, as a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain that has shut down much of…

byEkeminiDecember 22, 2020December 23, 2020
Taming Nigeria’s Rising Inflation
BusinessLocal

Taming Nigeria’s Rising Inflation

The recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the consumer price index (CPI) which measures inflation…

byEkeminiDecember 22, 2020
No Need To Panic Over New UK Coronavirus Strain, Says India’s Health Minister
Local

No Need To Panic Over New UK Coronavirus Strain, Says India’s Health Minister

India’s health authorities remain vigilant and prepared to deal with a new more transmissible strain of the coronavirus identified in…

byEkeminiDecember 22, 2020
External Reserves Shed $567m In 2wks
BusinessLocal

External Reserves Shed $567m In 2wks

The nation’s external reserves fell by $567 million in the first two weeks of this month. According to the latest…

byEkeminiDecember 22, 2020
42 Microfinance Banks Lose Licences
BusinessLocal

42 Microfinance Banks Lose Licences

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the operating licenses of 42 microfinance banks (MfBs). The affected banks have…

byEkeminiDecember 22, 2020
Nigeria’s Forex Reserves Drops By $132.06 Million
BusinessLocal

Nigeria’s Forex Reserves Drops By $132.06 Million

NIGERIA’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves dropped by $132.06 million at the weekend as the apex bank continued to use the…

byEkeminiDecember 21, 2020
Offshore Investments By Oil Majors Plunge
BusinessLocal

Offshore Investments By Oil Majors Plunge

OFFSHORE rig values have declined almost 42 per cent in the last 12 months, equating to a loss of around…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020December 19, 2020
Oil Dips, Heads For Weekly Gain As Vaccine Rollouts Support
BusinessLocal

Oil Dips, Heads For Weekly Gain As Vaccine Rollouts Support

Oil dipped towards $51 a barrel on Friday though still headed for a seventh weekly gain in a row as…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
NIS Confirms Upsurge In Emigration
BusinessLocal

NIS Confirms Upsurge In Emigration

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the increase in the number of Nigerians struggling to travel overseas due to…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Oil, Power Firms Owe Nigerian Banks N5.83tn – NBS
BusinessLocal

Oil, Power Firms Owe Nigerian Banks N5.83tn – NBS

The debts owed by energy firms to Nigerian banks rose by N200bn to N5.85tn in the third quarter of this…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Naira Falls At Black Market As MMOs, PSPs Are Barred From Receiving Diaspora Remittances
BusinessLocal

Naira Falls At Black Market As MMOs, PSPs Are Barred From Receiving Diaspora Remittances

Forex turnover rose by 9.6%, as the Naira’s exchange rate at the NAFEX window appreciated against the dollar to close…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
OPEC To Increase Production
BusinessLocal

OPEC To Increase Production

WHILE the most recent Petroleum Status Report tilted firmly into positive territory, the crude market has taken a cautious stance…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
‘E-Customs Platform To Commence Next Week’
BusinessLocal

‘E-Customs Platform To Commence Next Week’

The Nigeria Customs Service has disclosed plans to roll out an electronic-Customs platform with capacity to promote future increase in…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
House To Investigate Viability Of Scanners At Seaports, Border Stations
BusinessLocal

House To Investigate Viability Of Scanners At Seaports, Border Stations

The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Customs and Excise (CCE) to investigate the total collapse of the…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Nigeria’s Apex Bank Bans Mobile Money Operators From Receiving Remittances
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Nigeria’s Apex Bank Bans Mobile Money Operators From Receiving Remittances

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended Mobile Money Operators, Payment Switch providers from receiving remittances or integrating their…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Naira Appreciates To N394/$ At I&E, Drops To N478/$1 At Black Market
BusinessLocal

Naira Appreciates To N394/$ At I&E, Drops To N478/$1 At Black Market

The strengthening of the local currency was boosted by FX liquidity in the market as authorised dealers had enough to…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
SEC To Partner FSD Africa On Capital Market Master Plan Review
BusinessLocal

SEC To Partner FSD Africa On Capital Market Master Plan Review

The Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC Nigeria) and Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa have today announced the start of…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Exchange Rates Pushed Inflation To Double Digits – MAN
BusinessLocal

Exchange Rates Pushed Inflation To Double Digits – MAN

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has raised an alarm that the double inflation digits was occasioned by the upsurge…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
WEEKAHEAD-AFRICA-FX-Nigeria’s Naira Seen Steady, Zambia’s Kwacha May Slip
BusinessLocal

WEEKAHEAD-AFRICA-FX-Nigeria’s Naira Seen Steady, Zambia’s Kwacha May Slip

Nigeria’s naira and other African currencies are likely to trade stable or firm slightly in the week ahead, helped by…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
‘Crime Is Endemic In Nigeria’ — US Cautions Citizens On Travelling During Holidays
BusinessLocal

‘Crime Is Endemic In Nigeria’ — US Cautions Citizens On Travelling During Holidays

In a holiday security advisory posted on its website, the embassy said it gave the warning given that crime is…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Nigeria Reopens Borders After 16-Month Shutdown Raised Prices
BusinessLocal

Nigeria Reopens Borders After 16-Month Shutdown Raised Prices

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the reopening of the nation’s land borders, ending a 16-month shutdown that raised food prices…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Digitalisation To Help Nigerian Banks Reduce Cost
BusinessLocal

Digitalisation To Help Nigerian Banks Reduce Cost

McKinsey and Company in a report stated that digitalisation will enable Nigerian banks to achieve between 25 and 40 per…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Gov Emmanuel Secures Final Approval For Ibom Deep Seaport
Local

Gov Emmanuel Secures Final Approval For Ibom Deep Seaport

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has fulfilled a key part of his campaign promise to ensure the completion…

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020
Nigeria’s Apex Bank Bans Mobile Money Operators From Receiving Remittances 
Local

Nigeria’s Apex Bank Bans Mobile Money Operators From Receiving Remittances 

byEkeminiDecember 19, 2020December 19, 2020
FG Comes Under Fire As 164 Million Phones Risk Disconnection
BusinessLocal

FG Comes Under Fire As 164 Million Phones Risk Disconnection

Over 164 million phone lines may be disconnected by December 31, if their owners fail to integrate their National Identity…

byEkeminiDecember 17, 2020
Immigration Denies Caterer Passport Renewal Over #EndSARS Protest
Local

Immigration Denies Caterer Passport Renewal Over #EndSARS Protest

The Federal Government on Wednesday continued its clampdown on #EndSARS protesters by refusing to issue a passport to a caterer…

byEkeminiDecember 17, 2020
Diaspora Remittances: CBN Threatens To Sanction Operators Paying Local Currency
BusinessLocal

Diaspora Remittances: CBN Threatens To Sanction Operators Paying Local Currency

The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned operators against paying recipients of diaspora remittances in local currency. It warned that…

byEkeminiDecember 17, 2020
House Urges Extension Of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline House Urges Extension Of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline
Local

House Urges Extension Of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline House Urges Extension Of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline

Lagos, Warri, Abuja — The House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to extend the deadline for the synchronisation…

byEkeminiDecember 17, 2020

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