Nigeria Ratifies Its Membership Of AfCFTA
Nigeria on Wednesday ratified its membership of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) less than a month…
The Chinese Renminbi And The Japanese Yen Are Likely To Appreciate Sharply
In the recent period, the Chinese renminbi and the Japanese yen have appreciated against the euro and the dollar.…
Buhari To Sign AfCFTA Ratification Soon
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari…
Dollar Holds Gains As Investors Adjust Vaccine Expectations
The dollar held broad gains on Thursday as investors adjusted some of their expectations about a COVID-19 vaccine,…
Nigerian Billionaire Benedict Peters Eyes Platinum Mine In Zimbabwe
Harare — Bravura Holdings, owned by Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters, has $1bn available for the development of…
Nigerian Stocks Climb To 2-Year High
ABUJA: Nigerian stocks climbed to a more than two-year high on Wednesday as domestic funds bought shares across…
UK ‘Sleep-Walking’ Into Personal Debt Crisis, Warns Charity
Britain is ‘sleep-walking’ into a personal debt crisis with the number of people in severe problem debt topping a…
US Immigration Policy Changes Expected Under Biden
The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden could swiftly reverse an array of President Donald Trump’s…
Africa’s Largest Economy Ratifies Continent Trade Deal
ABUJA: The Nigerian government said Wednesday it had ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) — a…
YouTube Back Up After Worldwide Outage
YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's Google GOOGL.O, said late on Wednesday it had fixed a glitch that led to a…
OPEC+ Focuses On Delay To Oil-Output Hike Of Three To Six Months
Talks between OPEC and its allies are zeroing in on a delay to next year’s planned oil-output increase of three to…
Analysis: Fear On The Wild Frontier As Riskier Stock Markets Left Trailing
Frontier stocks have trailed bigger emerging markets in recovering from the coronavirus-induced crash as liquidity…
Nigerian Protests: A Once-In-A-Generation Moment For Change
Last month, the protests that gripped Nigeria for weeks reached a bloody peak. On October 20, security forces…
CBN Accuses #EndSARS ‘Promoters’ Of Terrorism Financing
The newspaper quotes a written address in support of a motion ex parte filed by the CBN saying the funds in the…
U.S. Prepares For Worst Four Months Of The Pandemic As It Stares Down The…
Ohio has had an “unprecedented spike” in Covid-19 hospital admissions. ICU beds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are full. North…
What You Need To Know About BioNTech — The European Company Behind Pfizer’s…
LONDON — Before 2020, Germany’s BioNTech was a relatively little-known biotechnology company. That all changed when…
Georgia Will Recount Presidential Election Ballots By Hand As Biden’s Lead Over…
Georgia will conduct a statewide recount of ballots cast in the election between President Donald Trump and…
Bernard Arnault Is World’s Second Richest Person, Adding Billions As Market…
Luxury king Bernard Arnault has retaken the title of world’s second richest person, with a net worth of more than…
Pound Hits Two-Month Highs Versus Euro As Vaccine Seen As UK Lifeline
Sterling hit its highest level in more than two months versus the euro on Wednesday as investors were optimistic…
Dollar Gains Back Strength As Vaccine Optimism Wanes
The U.S. dollar rose on Wednesday as optimism about a potential coronavirus vaccine was offset by worries about…
Benefits Of CBN’s Rice Intervention
The thrust of the agricultural policy of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele,…
Fed’s Rosengren Says Next 6 Months Will Be ‘Pretty Choppy’ Despite Vaccine News
LONDON — The next six months will remain turbulent as the global economy keeps grappling with the effects of the…
Russia Says Its Coronavirus Vaccine Is 92% Effective, As Battle To Beat Western…
Russia said Wednesday its coronavirus vaccine is 92% effective at preventing people from getting Covid-19, based on…
China’s Tech Giants Have Lost More Than $280 Billion In Market Value As Regulatory…
SINGAPORE — Shares of China’s top technology giants were battered on Wednesday as regulatory concerns continue to…
Coronavirus Live Updates: EU Agrees To Buy 300 Million Pfizer-BioNTech Doses;…
The Covid vaccine-powered stock market rally looks to be entering its third day, with the Dow Jones Industrial…
Chipotle To Open Its First Digital-Only Restaurant As Online Orders Soar
Chipotle Mexican Grill will open the doors to its first digital-only restaurant on Saturday.
Unlike a…
Stocks Making The Biggest Moves Premarket: Alibaba, Lyft, Aurora Cannabis, FuboTV,…
Alibaba (BABA) – Alibaba shares are under pressure, amid concerns about tighter regulation of big tech firms by the…
Covid Vaccine Won’t Be An ‘Instant Stimulus’ To The U.S. Economy, Warns Economist
A Covid-19 vaccine will not result in an “instant stimulus” to the U.S. economy, which still needs greater fiscal…
Naira Trades Flat Despite 173.1% Jump In Dollar Demand
There was a sharp rise in the demand for the United States Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) segment…
‘Loan Defaults Worsened In Third Quarter’
Defaults in unsecured loans to household and small businesses during the third quarter worsened and this is…