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A Basic Knowledge Of The Nigerian Stock Exchange Demutualisation
The recent news of the demutualisationof the Nigerian Stock Exchange flooded the markets with great excitement…
Microfinance Banks Seek Extension Of Recapitalisation Deadline
Microfinance banks in Nigeria will not be able to meet up with recapitalisation requirement of the Central Bank of…
Nasdaq Futures Gain 1% Ahead Of Weekly Jobless Claims Data
Futures tracking the Nasdaq jumped about 1% on Thursday, as tech-related stocks climbed ahead of weekly jobless…
Dollar Trades Near Two-Week Low As U.S. Yields Fall
The U.S. dollar traded near its lowest in more than two weeks versus major peers on Thursday, tracking Treasury…
Cut The Debt Of Poor Countries, Pope Tells IMF, World Bank
Pope Francis has told world financial chiefs that poor countries hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus need…
World Leaders Are Making Progress On A Huge Global Tax Overhaul
For years, world leaders have been trying to…
Kano NLC Suspends Proposed Strike, Accepts N18,000 Minimum Wage
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its proposed industrial action after accepting the Kano State…
Where Tech And Tradition Meet For Smart Investing
The physical restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic have hammered home to us all just how much we need digital…
Dangote Launches Drivers’ Training Centre To Curtail Crashes
As part of measures to curb road traffic crashes (RTC), the Dangote Cement Plc has launched a drivers’ training…
Brexit Weighs On French Exports To Britain In February – Customs Office
French exports to Britain picked up 4% in February but were still at only 84% of the monthly average of the second…
Pensioners May Picket Airports Over Payment Disparity
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria branch, has concluded plans to embark on a…
Nigeria Heading For The Brink, Mohammed Warns, Urges Restraint
With growing insecurity across the country, secessionist agitations and ethno-religious crisis, the Minister of…
Czech PM Babis To Appoint New Health Minister – CTK News Agency
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis will replace Health Minister Jan Blatny on Wednesday, the CTK news agency…
$2bn FX Backlog: Experts Suggest Way Out
FOLLOWING an estimated $2 billion unmet Foreign Exchange (FX) demand, finance and economic experts have expressed…
IMF Excludes Nigeria From Debt Relief
Nigeria has been excluded from the list of 28 countries granted debt pardon by the Executive Board of the…
Oil Rebounds On Robust Economic Data
Oil prices rose on Tuesday supported by strong economic data from China and the United States, recouping some of…
NIRSAL Recovers 51 Per Cent Of Legacy Loans
The Managing Director, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) Aliyu…
Brookfield, BlackRock No Longer In Race For Over $10 Billion Aramco Pipeline Stake…
U.S. asset manager BlackRock and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc are no longer in the race to buy a stake…
Fuel Marketing Companies Suffer N331.54bn Revenue Drop
Five of the major oil marketing companies in the country saw their total revenue plunge by N331.54bn last year amid…
We’ve Uncovered N50bn Hidden Debt By Amosun Govt – Ogun
The Ogun State Government says it took its diligence to discover an alleged hidden additional N50bn domestic debt…
Inheritance Fraud: Prince Jailed For Forgery
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced Semasa James to a year in prison for forgery.
He was…
U.S. Receives $335 Million From Sudan In Victim Compensation -Blinken
The United States has received $335 million from Sudan to compensate victims of the 1998 bombings of the U.S.…
Customs Recover N1bn Debit Notes From Importers, Shippers
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Strike Force Unit says it has recovered debit notes worth…
13 Nigerian Security Chiefs, Others Stole $400m, Stash Loot In UAE – HEDA
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has said assets and funds worth more than $400m stolen from Nigeria…
Customs Propose Ban On Vehicles Above Seven Years
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Customs and Excise has proposed a revenue target of N1.56tn for the…
Reps Summon FIRS Boss, Query Tax Waiver For P&G
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has invited the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue…
Federal Government To Meet Resident Doctors To Avoid Looming Strike
The Federal Government is set to meet with the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors to avoid…
Bayer To kick Off Sale Of $2.4 Billion Pest Control Unit This Summer –…
German chemicals group Bayer is preparing to kick off the sale of pest control unit Bayer Environmental Science…
Australia Marks Quietest Fire Season In A Decade
Australia’s most populous state has closed out its quietest fire season in a decade, its fire service said, as the…
Nigeria Will Continue To Rely On Natural Gas As A Transition Fuel — Sylva
Nigeria will continue to rely on natural gas as a transition fuel for key power generation while pursuing renewable…