Oil firms to stake $30 billion on exploration this year
Globally, about $25 billion to $30 billion will be spent on oil exploration activities although cost-efficiency…
China stocks slide 3%, leading sharp losses for Asia as coronavirus spreads
Stocks in China were hit hard in Thursday with Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges off 2% to 3% as the spread of the…
Africa is resurging, AfDB encourages global investors
The African Development Bank (AfDB), yesterday, told global investors that the continent is resurging with huge…
NSE: Market indicators sustain downtrend by 0.02%
The Nigerian equities market sustained a negative trend on Wednesday with the market indices dropping marginally by…
Currency issues least of ECOWAS integration process, says LCCI
Citing the need to address key fundamental issues and non-tariff barriers affecting regional trade among Economic…
Farmers to kick off N9 billion moringa plantation
Moringa farmers in partnership with a Nigerian firm has disclosed plans to flag off an N9billion Moringa oleifera…
Uganda Set To Produce First Oil Barrel
The General Electric Co.-led group picked to build a $3.5 billion refinery in Uganda is close to making a final…
Law Union, Lafarge, Unity Bank lead gainers’ chart on Tuesday
The Nigerian Stock Exchange traded negatively on Tuesday as the all-share index dipped 0.83% to close at 29,462.76…
Tesla crosses $100 billion stock market valuation in extended trading
Tesla Inc became the first $100 billion publicly listed U.S. carmaker in extended trading on Tuesday, in a sign of…
Afreximbank announces $1-billion Adjustment Facility, Other AfCFTA Support…
Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday in Niamey, addressed…
9 Tips for Advertising Your Business to Hit Your 2020 Goals
Figuring out where you should spend your advertising dollars is never an easy task. There are times when you seem…
Network hitches linger as slow Internet impacts banking, businesses
It appears there is no respite yet for consumers, especially those who make use of the Internet facility, as the…
Ecobank partners USAID, NIRSAL, DBN on agric funding
Ecobank Nigeria is opening up multiple partnerships with the United States Agency for International Development…
FAAC Distribution Short of States’ Needs
The gross monthly payout by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the three tiers of government…
Experts outline what SMEs must do to attract fund, investors in 2020
One of the challenges Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have continued to face is access to funding. This has…
Nigeria risks US travel restrictions as Trump set to expand blacklist
Nigeria might be included in a controversial list of seven countries that would face US travel restrictions when…
Economy: IMF & World Bank disagree on Nigeria’s growth outlook
On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its Global Economic Outlook where the fund announced it…
Flutterwave raises $35 million to expand operations
Nigerian payment firm, Flutterwave has disclosed its expansion plans to Francophone and northern Africa as it…
Nigeria among top gainers as UK-Africa summit yields £6.5bn deals, £1.5bn aid
The UK-Africa investment summit which was held in London has yielded business deals of about £6.5 billion with…
Asian stocks recover from losses sparked by the coronavirus outbreak
Stocks in Asia recovered a little ground Wednesday after a new virus originating in China drove markets into the…
Two African fintech firms operating in Nigeria get $3.2 million grant
Again, two financial technology companies in Africa, MFS Africa, and Frontclear, have secured $3.2 million worth of…
FG excludes tuition fees, basic food items, others from 7.5% VAT
The Federal Government (FG) has exempted about 20 basic food items and some other transactions/items from the new…
Paul Tudor Jones says this ‘crazy’ stock market run reminds him a lot…
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones said the stock market today is reminiscent of the latter stages of the bull…
Dow pulls back from record highs as U.S. stocks follow Asian shares lower
U.S. stocks fell modestly at the start of trade Tuesday, as investors returned from a holiday and found few reasons…
Should Value Investors Buy MetLife (MET) Stock?
Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate…
Hong Kong leads Asian markets lower on credit downgrade and coronavirus fears
Hong Kong stocks recorded their worst day in more than five months after renewed concerns about how the city is…
UBS cuts mid-term guidance after missing 2019 targets
UBS Group AG has cut its mid-term guidance after missing its key targets for 2019.
The results come as the Swiss…
EasyJet 1Q 2020 revenue per seat rose 8.8%
Budget airline easyJet PLC on Tuesday said revenue per seat for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 rose, and that…
UK employment hits new record high as Bank weighs rate cut
The employment rate in the UK hit a new record high at the end of last year despite the political turmoil over…
Hugo Boss sales, profit rose on European growth
Hugo Boss AG said Tuesday that sales and operating profit rose in the fourth quarter, buoyed by growing momentum in…