Economy
US Hurricane Fears Trigger 1% Rise in Oil Prices
By Adedapo Adesanya Oil prices rose about 1 per cent on Monday on concerns that a hurricane could disrupt production...
Read moreNigeria’s Stock Exchange Crumbles 0.24% Despite Strong Investor Sentiment
By Dipo Olowookere A 0.24 per cent loss was suffered by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Monday on the...
Read more40,000 Investors Subscribe FCMB’s N110.9bn Public Offer
By Aduragbemi Omiyale About 40,000 investors, through various digital channels, subscribed to the N110.94 billion public offer of FCMB Group...
Read moreNASD OTC Exchange Extends Bullish Rise With 13.7% Growth in Week 36
By Adedapo Adesanya For yet another week, the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange extended its bullish performance as it gained...
Read moreNigerian Breweries Offers 11 New Shares for Every 5 in N599bn Rights Issue
By Dipo Olowookere Shareholders of Nigerian Breweries Plc have been an opportunity to increase their equities in the company through...
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EFCC Arraigns Fake NNPC Director Over N100m Fraud
By Adedapo Adesanya The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned one Mr Ibrahim...
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The Needless Politicization of NATCOM: A Threat to Nigeria’s Security
By James Ezema The establishment of the National Commission Against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons, and Ammunition (NATCOM) in...
Read moreWe are in an Environment of Opportunity
By Kingsley Omose Fate is dealing President Tinubu the privilege to complete the deregulation process in the downstream petroleum sector....
Read moreContent Piracy is a Real Threat to Africa’s Creative Economy
The adverse effect of intellectual property theft was on the front burner at the 2024 edition of MIP Africa, held...
Read moreDangote Refinery: A Timely Win for Industrialisation
By Abiodun Alade Nigeria, rich in resources and with a burgeoning young population, remains paradoxically stagnant due to its over-reliance...
Read moreSave Yourself from this Body of Death, Nigeria!
By Kingsley Omose Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Romans...
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Sterling Bank Customers Lament Trapped Funds Amid Migration to New Platform
By Adedapo Adesanya Some customers of Sterling Bank Limited still find it difficult to access their trapped funds as the...
Read moreExplainer: Why OPay, PalmPay Others Now Charge N50 on N10,000 Deposits
By Adedapo Adesanya Over the weekend, payment service bank users including OPay and PalmPay among others told their customers that...
Read moreOPay to Charge Customers N50 for Electronic Transfer
By Adedapo Adesanya Payment service bank, OPay, has announced a new charge on electronic transfers into personal and business accounts...
Read moreEuromoney Names GTBank Nigeria’s Best Bank for Corporate Social Responsibility
By Aduragbemi Omiyale The banking subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), has emerged as...
Read moreNigeria’s Letter of Credit Payments Drop 57% to $391.9m in Seven Months
By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria’s Letter of Credit payments dropped by 57 per cent to $391.9 million in the first seven...
Read moreZenith Bank Offers Shareholders Highest Half year Dividend Pay-out of N1
By Dipo Olowookere Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc will receive the highest half-year dividend pay-out of N1 per share in...
Read moreAccess Holdings Donates Buses to Bethesda Child Support Agency
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Two coaster buses have been handed over to the Bethesda Child Support Agency by Access Holdings Plc...
Read moreEcobank Nigeria Introduces Oja Oge Pop-up Marketplace for SMEs
By Modupe Gbadeyanka A pop-up marketplace designed for entrepreneurs in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) known as Oja Oge...
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Oduntan Pledges Renewed Focus on Industry Challenges as FIPAN President
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Mr Ayoola Oduntan has been elected as the president of the Feed Industry Practitioners Association of Nigeria...
Read moreAjuri Ngelale Quits Role as Tinubu’s Media Aide
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Mr Ajuri Ngelale has exited his role as the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media...
Read moreTinubu Appoints Muhtar as Bank of Industry Chairman, Olusi as CEO
By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Mansur Muhtar as the Chairman of the Bank...
Read moreAXA Mansard Appoints Adebola Surakat as Chief Marketing Officer
By Aduragbemi Omiyale Ms Adebola Sukurat has been appointed as the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of AXA Mansard Plc,...
Read moreCBN Removes NIRSAL CEO, Executive Directors
By Adedapo Adesanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked some of the top management of the Nigeria Incentive-Based...
Read moreFG Installs Former Airtel Africa CEO Segun Ogunsanya as NSIA Board Chair
By Aduragbemi Omiyale The erstwhile chief executive of Airtel Africa Plc, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, has been inaugurated as the new...
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Russia’s African Trade Growing But Largely Military Equipment
By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh After two symbolic African leaders' summits, Russia's trading is steadily increasing but significantly in exports of...
Read moreAdesina Lauds Saudi Arabia’s Billion Dollars Investment in Africa
By Adedapo Adesanya The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Mr Akinwumi Adesina, has praised Saudi Arabia for...
Read moreECOWAS May Suspend Single Currency Plan Indefinitely
By Adedapo Adesanya The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning to halt its single currency initiative -...
Read moreOlam Agri to Build New Pasta Production Facility in Ghana
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Plans are underway for a new state-of-the-art pasta production facility in Ghana by Olam Agri, a global...
Read moreEconomic Dialogue Forms Core of BRICS Municipal Conference
By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh In anticipation for raising economic questions and the possibility of forging further cooperation, Moscow on August...
Read moreTechnology
How to Use WhatsApp Privacy Settings for Maximum Control Over Your Information
Privacy-related concerns are among the serious issues in this digital age, necessarily in the use of WhatsApp or other instant...
Read moreInterswitch Wins 2024 Fintech of the Year Award
By Modupe Gbadeyanka An integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch, has added another feather to its highly colourful cap...
Read moreInsecurity Threatening Telecoms Industry in Nigeria—Cruz
By Aduragbemi Omiyale The chief executive of Airtel Nigeria, Mr Carl Cruz, has emphasised that insecurity in the country is...
Read moreInterswitch Takes Gold Sponsorship of 2024 Africa Fintech Summit
By Aduragbemi Omiyale A Nigerian financial technology company (fintech), Interswitch Group, is a gold sponsor of the foremost Africa Fintech...
Read moreFortifying Digital Frontiers: Lessons and Strategies from the Ronin Network Hack
By Junaid Ijaya and Femi Babatunde In the ever-evolving space of digital finance, where the currency of choice fluctuates as...
Read moreTelecom Operators Call for Price Hike to Avert Crisis
By Adedapo Adesanya Stakeholders in the Nigerian telecommunication sector are collectively calling for a price hike amid challenges faced by...
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