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Lagos explosion: Sanwo-Olu sets up investigative panel,  N2bn relief fund
AfricaLocal

Lagos explosion: Sanwo-Olu sets up investigative panel, N2bn relief fund

Sanwo-Olu,  who visited the scene on Monday morning, also announced a N2 billion relief fund to cushion the effect on the victims and address the disasters triggered by the explosion.

byEkeminiMarch 16, 2020
Oil crash: Nigeria may lose $8.63bn in six months
Local

Oil crash: Nigeria may lose $8.63bn in six months

Nigeria’s economy may slide into another recession as the sudden crash in crude oil prices is set to wipe $8.63bn from the expected earnings accruable to the country in six months.

byEkeminiMarch 16, 2020
Confusion as explosion rocks Lagos
BreakingLocal

Confusion as explosion rocks Lagos

A massive explosion which rocked Lagos on Sunday morning has led to the destruction of houses in different parts of the state.

byEkeminiMarch 15, 2020March 15, 2020
Reports suggest Zenith Bank given green light to acquire Union Bank
AfricaBankingBusinessLocal

Reports suggest Zenith Bank given green light to acquire Union Bank

Zenith Bank Plc has reportedly been given the green light to merge or acquire Union Bank Nigeria Plc. 

byEkeminiMarch 14, 2020March 14, 2020
Market unfavourable for Naira devaluation – CBN
BankingLocal

Market unfavourable for Naira devaluation – CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says market fundamentals do not support Naira devaluation this time around. The CBN made…

byEkeminiMarch 13, 2020
Nigerian shoemakers tap national pride, nostalgia to spur local industry
BusinessFeaturesLocal

Nigerian shoemakers tap national pride, nostalgia to spur local industry

Two men in grey jumpsuits brush glue onto rubber soles, while factory machines whir in the background. Elsewhere, women perched…

byEkeminiMarch 12, 2020March 12, 2020
Oil Drop May Force Nigeria to Devalue Naira as Reserves Sink
BankingBusinessInvestingLocal

Oil Drop May Force Nigeria to Devalue Naira as Reserves Sink

The plunge in oil prices is piling pressure on Nigeria to devalue the naira as dwindling export revenue depletes foreign-exchange…

byEkeminiMarch 10, 2020
Nigeria spends N1.7 trillion to import fuel in 2019
BusinessLocal

Nigeria spends N1.7 trillion to import fuel in 2019

Nigeria spent N1.713 trillion on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, in 2019, according to data…

byEkeminiMarch 10, 2020
Nnewi: Nigeria’s self-made Industrial hub
BusinessFeaturesLocal

Nnewi: Nigeria’s self-made Industrial hub

Nnewi is not a tier-one city in Africa, and not in Nigeria. Even within Anambra, it is masked by the…

byEkeminiMarch 9, 2020
South African President appoints Okonjo-Iweala member SA Economic Advisory Council
Local

South African President appoints Okonjo-Iweala member SA Economic Advisory Council

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former minister of finance, was at South Africa’s presidential economic advisory council meeting in Tshwane on Friday.…

byEkeminiMarch 7, 2020
Silk roadblock: coronavirus exposes Nigeria’s reliance on China
BusinessLocal

Silk roadblock: coronavirus exposes Nigeria’s reliance on China

Yetunde Oluyide has run a gift shop in bustling Lagos for nearly a decade, but with coronavirus curtailing imports of…

byEkeminiMarch 7, 2020March 7, 2020
No One Wants to Be a Nigerian Stock Trader as Volumes Plunge
FeaturesInvestingLocal

No One Wants to Be a Nigerian Stock Trader as Volumes Plunge

Stockbrokers are out of fashion in Nigeria. Not a single company registered to become a dealer on the West African…

byEkeminiMarch 7, 2020March 7, 2020
Coronation Merchant Bank declares N5.09bn profit after tax for 2019
BankingLocal

Coronation Merchant Bank declares N5.09bn profit after tax for 2019

Coronation Merchant Bank Limited on Thursday announced a profit after tax of N5.09 billion for the financial year ended Dec.…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020
Foreign investment inflow reverses trend
BusinessLocal

Foreign investment inflow reverses trend

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria may have returned to the downward trend after a mild recovery in 2018. The…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020
StanChart grows full-year profit by eight per cent
BankingLocal

StanChart grows full-year profit by eight per cent

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has grown its full year 2019 profit by eight per cent and improved earnings per share by…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020March 6, 2020
Unity Bank introduces USSD in Nigerian languages
BankingLocalTechnology

Unity Bank introduces USSD in Nigerian languages

Unity Bank Plc has launched an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD banking in Nigeria’s three major languages – Yoruba, Hausa…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020
Stanbic IBTC nets N75b profit in 2019
BankingLocal

Stanbic IBTC nets N75b profit in 2019

Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc recorded a net profit of N75.04 billion in 2019 as the financial holding company sustained steady…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020
Union Bank pays first dividend in 11 years
BankingLocal

Union Bank pays first dividend in 11 years

Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Thursday announced a dividend recommendation of about N7.3 billion for the 2019 business…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020
What does Coronavirus outbreak mean for investors?
AfricaBusinessInvestingLocalWorld

What does Coronavirus outbreak mean for investors?

From Wuhan, one of China’s most populous cities, the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has now spread to 74 more countries,…

byEkeminiMarch 6, 2020March 6, 2020
Moving goods from Apapa port 10 times costlier than Ghanaian, South African ports
AfricaBusinessLocal

Moving goods from Apapa port 10 times costlier than Ghanaian, South African ports

A research carried out by SBM Intelligence has shown that it is 10 times costlier to move goods from the…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
CBN widens activities of Mfbs to include issuance of CPs
Local

CBN widens activities of Mfbs to include issuance of CPs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has widened the permissible activities of Micro Finance Banks (MfBs) to include the issuance…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020March 5, 2020
Forex racketeering: Reps probe CBN, FIRS, others over $30bn leakages
Local

Forex racketeering: Reps probe CBN, FIRS, others over $30bn leakages

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Inland Revenue Service over…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
Nigeria Senate Approves President’s $23 Billion Loan Request
AfricaBankingBusinessInvestingLocal

Nigeria Senate Approves President’s $23 Billion Loan Request

Nigeria’s Senate approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to borrow $22.7 billion from external creditors to finance infrastructure projects. Lawmakers gave…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
Vitafoam reassures as shareholders okay N525.4m dividend
BusinessLocal

Vitafoam reassures as shareholders okay N525.4m dividend

THE board and management of Vitafoam Nigeria Plc yesterday reassured shareholders and other stakeholders that the company would continue to…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
Court grants claim for breach of contract against Shell
BusinessLocal

Court grants claim for breach of contract against Shell

A Lagos High Court has set aside the arbitral tribunal award, which dismissed Global Gas and Refining Limited’s claim for…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020March 5, 2020
Ikeja Electric Gets New CEO
Local

Ikeja Electric Gets New CEO

Ikeja Electric Plc, one of the nation’s power distribution companies, has announced the appointment of Mrs Folake Soetan as its…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
Bashir Jamoh Replaces Peterside As NIMASA DG
Local

Bashir Jamoh Replaces Peterside As NIMASA DG

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),  has approved the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the Director-General of the Nigerian…

byakintundeMarch 5, 2020
FEC okays $2.571b Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas project
BusinessLocal

FEC okays $2.571b Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas project

THE issuance of a sovereign guarantee to the tune of 85 per cent of the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC)…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
Coronavirus: Nigeria may review 2020 budget – minister
AfricaLocal

Coronavirus: Nigeria may review 2020 budget – minister

The fast-spreading coronavirus from China is threatening Nigeria’s main source of revenue – oil. To this end, the Federal Government…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020
Nigerians, operators kick as FIRS plans to impose VAT on sports betting
BusinessLocal

Nigerians, operators kick as FIRS plans to impose VAT on sports betting

For a while, the sports betting industry in Nigeria has been rife with the news that the Federal Inland Revenue…

byEkeminiMarch 5, 2020

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