‘Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector Still Struggling To Survive’
Despite the ability to take millions of people out of poverty by way of providing employment opportunities while…
FG Restructures Commodities Exchange, Halts Privatisation Plans
The Federal Government is repositioning the Nigerian Commodities Exchange into a commercially viable platform for…
IMF Foresees Improved Capital Spending In Nigeria
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s capital spending will improve this year while…
Emzor Completes Debut N13.73bn 5-Year Corporate Bond
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has successfully launched its maiden N13.73 billion 5-year fixed-rate…
NSE, IFC Promote Gender Equality Among Listed Firms
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will host a…
Successful Rights Issue Sign of Confidence, Says Transcorp Hotels MD
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Hotels Plc, Mrs. Dupe Olusola, yesterday commended…
Market Capitalisation Hits N22tr Mark On Sustained Bargain-Hunt
Following sustained bargain-hunting in most blue-chip stocks, transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)…
No Amount Of Funds For Education Is Sufficient, Says Ex-ASUU Chair
Immediate past Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra…
UEFA Insists European Championship To Hold In 12 Cities As Planned
UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin, yesterday reiterated the ruling body’s commitment to holding the rescheduled…
Payment Company Warns Against Cyberattacks
Visa, a digital payment company has stated that online transactions, despite its benefits, comes with its attendant…
Microsoft Profit Soars As Pandemic Speeds Shift To Cloud
Microsoft said Tuesday profit rose sharply in the recently ended quarter as the coronavirus pandemic reinforced the…
Indigenous Oil Operators Keen On Expansion Amid Downturn
Despite the current downturn in the global oil and gas sector, some indigenous operators in Nigeria are stepping up…
Improved Crude Oil Prices Shoot Nigeria’s External Reserve To 36.23Bn
The CBN says Nigeria’s Foreign Exchange Reserves rose from 34.94billion dollars in November 2020 to 36.23billion…
VAT Collections Hit N454.69b In Q4
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collected Value Added Tax (VAT) worth N454.69 billion in the fourth…
Company Income Tax Drops By N120.29bn
Total revenue from Company Income Tax dropped by N120.29bn in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The National Bureau of…
FEC Approves Policy To Stop Rejection Of Nigerian Goods
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the National Quality Policy to stop rejection of Nigerian…
CIS Inaugurates Committee To Review Code Of Ethic
The Chattered Institute of Stockbrokers has commenced moves to review its Code of Ethics and Standard of…
Investors’ Wealth Soar By N440 Billion In Three Trading Days
Analyst predicts increased bargain-hunting
Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)…
South Africa President Blasts Vaccine Hoarding At Davos Forum
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday lashed “vaccine nationalism,” accusing rich countries of…
Nigeria’s Electoral Act: INEC Chair, Senators In Final Push To Amend Law
Senators and some national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including its…
U.S. Economy Likely Logged Its Weakest Performance In 74 Years In 2020
The U.S. economy likely contracted at its sharpest pace since World War Two in 2020 as COVID-19 ravaged services…
Nigerians React As Buhari Appoints New Service Chiefs
Nigerians yesterday expressed conflicting views as President Muhammadu Buhari finally replaced the nation’s defence…
Google Workers To Form Global Union
Google employees from across the globe are forming a union alliance, weeks after workers at the search engine giant…
NASDAQ Temporarily Shuts Down Stock Trading After Internet Trolls Destroy Hedge…
The NASDAQ has paused trading after internet “degenerates” spotted Wall Street gearing up to make a killing, beat…
WhatsApp Clears Misinformation, Reassures Of Account Security
Messaging platform, WhatsApp, has assured that no one would have their account suspended or deleted on February 8,…
Banks’ Credit To Economy Hit N25tn In 2020
Banks’ total credit to the economy rose to N25.02tn as of the end of 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said.…
Fiscal, Monetary Reforms Needed To Fasten Economic Recovery – LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called on the federal government to show stronger commitment…
CBN Retains Lending Rate At 11.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5 per…
IMF Revises Nigeria’s 2021 GDP Forecasts To 1.5%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) update released yesterday has projected…
Gas Industrial Revolution As New Normal For Nigeria Beyond Crude Oil Economy
Nigeria’s debilitating energy shortages encumbering its development aspirations may soon be a thing of the past if…