Finally, £4.2m ‘Ibori Loot’ Returns To Nigeria, FG Confirms Receipt
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, confirmed the receipt of the sum of £4,214,017.66 of the loot associated with…
Nigeria’s Buhari Asks Parliament To Approve $6.18 Bln Of New External…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari requested on Tuesday parliamentary approval for new external borrowing of…
Exchange Rate Policy Ambiguities, Forex Scarcity Worsen Business Environment
The recent move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to erase the N379 official exchange rate from its website has raised…
Sterling Rises Above $1.42 After UK Jobs Data
Versus a weaker dollar, the British pound rose to a three-month high on Tuesday, with sentiment also boosted by…
Brent Oil Climbs To $70 A Barrel As Reopenings Boost Demand
Brent crude topped $70 a barrel in London for the first time since mid-March amid signs that recovering consumption…
Dollar Drops As Yield Support Fades Amid Expectations Of Low U.S. Rates
The dollar plumbed a six-year trough against the Canadian dollar and teetered near multi-month lows versus European…
UK Jobless Rate Falls Again, Hiring Up As Lockdown Eases
Britain's unemployment rate fell again to 4.8% between January and March, when the country was under a tight…
Shipping Gathers Together To Fight Piracy Off Nigeria
Around 100 maritime companies have signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy, which was…
China’s Yuan Firms As Dollar Drops On U.S. Rate Outlook
China's yuan strengthened on
Tuesday as investors tempered earlier expectations that the U.S.
central bank could…
Nigerian Stocks Halt Gains As Sell Pressure Weighs On Big-Cap Shares
Nigerian equities were down by 0.44 per cent on Monday, shedding value for the first time in 10 days in a trading…
Analysts Express Cautious Optimism As Inflation Drops To 18.12%
After 20 consecutive months of increase, the Consumer Price Index(CPI), which measures inflation has dropped to…
Family Businesses Key To Realising Nigeria’s 6% Yearly Growth
Based on their significance, it is pertinent that lasting family businesses emerge in Nigeria if the country will…
AfDB, European Bank To Bridge US$2.5trn Financing Gap In Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have…
The Naira Depreciated Against The US Dollar On IEFX Window As Nigeria’s Oil…
The Macroeconomy
Nigeria's oil production improved.
Headline inflation inched up further in March 2021.…
Nigerian Naira Weakens On Official Market
ABUJA: Nigeria's naira inched down against the dollar on Monday, having recently weakened in the official market in…
Banks Consume More Energy Than Bitcoin – Report
A report by Galaxy ‘On Bitcoin’s energy consumption’ has revealed that traditional banks use more energy than…
Exchange Rate: Outlook Of Ghana’s Cedi Against Foreign Currencies
On the interbank board today May 17, 2021, the Ghana Cedi started the 21st trade week of the 2021 fiscal year on a…
Raising Diaspora Remittances With Offshore Networks, Partnerships
Diaspora remittances remain major sources of stable external financing for Nigeria and developing…
Nigeria’s Annual Inflation Rate Dips Slightly In April, Naira In Focus
Nigeria's annual inflation eased marginally to 18.12%, the first dip in the rate in 20 months, the statistics…
Foreign Investors’ Trapped $2bn Dragging Down External Reserves – Rewane, Others
The clearing of foreign portfolio investors’ funds that have been trapped in Nigeria for months on the back of…
Naira Gains 0.04% At I&E, Remains Unchanged At Black Market
The Naira appreciated by 27 kobo or 0.04 per cent on the US Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window …
WorldRemit Backs CBN’s Extension Of Naira-4-Dollar Scheme
WorldRemit, a global cross-border payments company, has expressed support for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s…
Pound-Dollar Steady On UK Lockdown Easing
The Pound US Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate is steady as the latest lockdown easing measures come into force across…
California regulator reviews Tesla’s self-driving claims
A California regulator said on Monday it is reviewing whether Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) violated regulations by falsely…
Berkshire sheds nearly all of Wells Fargo, a holding since 1989
Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) has sold nearly all of its holdings in Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N), as Warren…
Some big U.S. hedge funds loaded up on SPACS, value stocks during first quarter
A number of well-known U.S. hedge funds bought value stocks and blank-check acquisition companies, selling some…
Bitcoin drops to 3-month low in wild trading after Musk tweets
Bitcoin fell to a three-month low on Monday in a volatile session that saw investors selling and buying the digital…
Dollar Essentially Unchanged As Treasury Yields Hold Steady
The dollar on Monday held steady near recent lows as new restrictions in Asia to contain COVID-19 and mixed…
Apple’s App Store chief kicks off iPhone maker’s defense at Epic Games…
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday began its formal defense in an antitrust trial brought by "Fortnite" online game…
Summer Travel Is Returning: Here’s Who’s Booking And Where They’re Going
More than half (56%) of Europeans intend to travel this summer with the vast majority choosing to stay within the…