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Dollar Shortage, Subsidy, Deficit Financing Threatening Nigeria’s Growth – W’Bank
The World Bank has said that economic growth in Nigeria is being threatened by certain macroeconomic challenges,…
CBN Disburses N41.2bn To Cut Wheat Imports
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said the bank has disbursed N41.2bn…
SEC Approves MTN Offer For Sale Of 575 Million Shares
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has obtained the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offer…
US To Release 50M Barrel Oil Reserves In Attempt To Lower Prices
The US has said it is releasing 50 million barrels of oil from its reserves in an attempt to bring down soaring…
Stock Trading Volume Drops, Market Cap Stalls At N22.58tn
The market capitalisation of stocks listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited remained unchanged at the end of…
Asia Stocks Fall, Dollar Firm On U.S. Rate Hike Bets After Powell’s…
Asia stocks faltered on Tuesday, tracking a retreat on Wall Street as traders bolstered their bets on U.S. rate…
Zoom Shares Fall After Results As Wall Street Turns Cautious On Growth
Zoom Video Communications Inc's third-quarter revenue growth rate slowed to 35% as demand for its…
Dismantle Trade Barriers To Grow Africa’s Economy, Dangote Urges Leaders
African leaders have been urged to dismantle trade barriers stifling their individual countries, in a bid to ensure…
Capital Inflow Crashes By 80%, Foreign Investors Shun Nigerian Market
Capital inflow to Nigeria has crashed by 80 per cent in two years, the Central Bank of Nigeria reports have…
Naira Loses Steam, Sides To 555/Dollar In Parallel Market
The naira lost steam at the parallel market on Monday, sliding to 555 per dollar.
The local currency had crashed…
Powell Tapped For Second Term As Fed Chair
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was nominated for a second four-year term by President Joe Biden on Monday,…
FMN, Honeywell Flour Mills Merge Under N80billion Shares Transfer Deal
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) and Honeywell Group Limited On Monday announced that they have signed an agreement…
Illiquidity: BMBs, Merchant Banks Borrow N215.7bn From CBN In One Week
Following scarcity of liquidity in the interbank money market, banks and merchant banks borrowed N215.7billion from…
Forex Row Threatens Fuel Supply, Price Stability
The lingering row between private depot owners and the Federal Government over dollar payment of dues and levies is…
OPEC+ Exceeded Quota By 116% In October As Nigeria, Angola Underperformed
The compliance by members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies known as…
KKR Buyout Offer Sends Telecom Italia Shares Surging 27%
Telecom Italia shares jumped more than 27% on Monday morning after U.S. private equity giant KKR launched a 10.8…
Naira Falls By 2.8% To N545/$1 At Parallel Market
The naira, on Friday, depreciated against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market.…
Trade Deficit Declined To $340m In July – CBN
Nigeria’s trade deficit declined to $340m in July from $2.4bn in June, figures obtained from the Central Bank of…
Analysts See Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Rising In Nov, Dec
Amid the steady decline in headline inflation rates over the past few months, analysts have predicted an uptrend…
Drug Dealer Behind Cocaine Hidden In Lagos Airport Toilet Arrested – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a Brazil based drug dealer, Okafor Moses in…
Remittances To Nigeria, Others Grow 7.3% To $589b
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to have grown a strong 7.3 per cent to reach $589…
Seven Banks Rake In N403.6bn From Fees, Commissions
Seven deposit money banks in Nigeria generated the sum of N403.6bn in nine months from fees and commissions, 24.7…
The Apple Car Is Coming And Tesla Had Better Watch Out
Apple Inc. venturing into cars might shake up the electric vehicles market in the same way the iPhone…
FG Begins 10,000MT Wheat Cultivation To Cut Imports
The Federal Government has announced the commencement of dry season wheat cultivation to produce 10,000 metric…
Agric Fund Diversion May Attract Five-Year Jail Term – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said borrowers who divert the funds provided under the Agricultural Credit…
Net Forex Inflow Rose To $2.77bn July, Says CBN
The net foreign exchange inflow into the Nigerian economy rose slightly to $2.77bn in July from $2.27bn in June,…
CBN Orders Farmers To Insure ACGSF Loans
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said farmers must have an insurance cover for loans to be disbursed to them under…
Investors Lose N18bn As 49 Stocks Drag Market Lower
Investors in the equities market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited saw an N18.05bn weekly loss at the end of trading…
China Evergrande EV Unit To Raise $347 Mln From Share Sale To Fund Production
China Evergrande's electric vehicle division is raising about HK$2.7 billion ($347 million) from a share sale to…
External Reserves Resume Decline, Lose $410m In 17 Days
After rising by a record $5.05bn last month, Nigeria’s external reserves dropped by $410m in the past 17 weeks, the…