The African Development Bank (AfDB) has disclosed that it will launch phase one of the $538 million Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme in Kaduna on April 8 and in Cross River on April 10, 2025. Special Agro-Industrial Processing...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday supplied a total of $197.71 million to the foreign exchange market through sales to authourised dealers. The apex bank’s Director of Financial Markets Department, Dr Omolara Duke, disclosed this in a...
CBN moves to stabilize forex market with $197.7m
6 days ago 6A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed April 15, 2025, for the hearing of a suit filed by Ecobank Nigeria Plc against Obafemi Otudeko, managing director of Honeywell Group and son of former FBN Holdings chairman, Oba Otudeko,...
Court to hear Ecobank’s suit against Otudeko’s son...
6 days ago 5Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N110 billion during the just-concluded, holiday-shortened trading week at the Nigerian Xchange (NGX). The market opened for three trading days this week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Monday 31st March...
NGX ROUNDUP: investors lose N110bn in holiday-shor...
6 days ago 4Newly appointed Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Bayo Ojulari has officially taken over the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, succeeding Mele Kyari. It would be recalled that on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 President Bola Tinubu...
Ojulari takes over from Kyari, as NNPCL names new ...
6 days ago 3The Nigerian equities market closed the week with a loss of N8 billion for investors at the close of trading on Friday. This followed a dip in the share prices of stocks like LASACO, MANSARD, and MAY & BAKER...
NGX: Equities market ends week with N8.38bn loss
1 week ago 6To address disparities in the current billing system and also encourage investment in the power sector, the Federal Government has confirmed that it is planning to regularise electricity tariffs for Band B and C customers. According to the Nigerian...
FG to review ‘unfair’ electricity tariffs for band...
1 month ago 19The Nigerian equities market recorded another loss on Thursday, February 27, 2025, as investors lost ₦76 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a dip in the share prices of stocks like FIDSON,...
FIDSON, ETI, GUINEAINS drag bourse down as investo...
1 month ago 26In a bold push to deepen Nigeria’s capital market and drive economic expansion, the Federal Government is setting its sights on bringing some of the nation’s biggest state-owned and private enterprises, like the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC)...
Nigeria’s capital market set for boost as FG urges...
1 month ago 27At the heart of Nigeria’s fuel production struggles lies a simple but devastating reality: local refineries, including the high-profile Dangote Petroleum Refinery, just aren’t getting the crude oil they need. And now we know why. The Minister of State...
Why Nigeria’s refineries are starved of oil, Minis...
1 month ago 15The Nigerian equities market recorded the first profit in the trading week on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, as investors gained ₦10 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a surge in the share...
Equities market records first gain of trading week...
1 month ago 16In a move aimed at providing relief to Nigerians ahead of the Ramadan season, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a significant reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol. Effective February...
Dangote Refinery cuts petrol price by N65/Litre ah...
1 month ago 20The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria, the operator of DStv and GOtv, to explain its planned subscription price increase, set to take effect on March 1, 2025. This move comes after MultiChoice announced...
FCCPC summons MultiChoice to explain DStv, GOtv pr...
1 month ago 13The Nigerian equities market continued its bearish note on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, as investors lost ₦215 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a dip in the share prices of stocks like...
Equities market takes further hit as investors los...
1 month ago 23Retail lender, Unity Bank Plc posted gross earnings of N59.3 billion for the full year ended December 31, 2023, representing a growth of 3.84% year-on-year. In its audited financials submitted to the NGX Group Limited, the bank showed improvements...
Unity Bank posts N59.3bn in gross earnings, grows ...
1 month ago 16Pay-tv operator, Multichoice Nigeria has again announced another price increment across its subscription packages on both DStv and GOtv. In a notification sent to its customers on Monday, February 24, 2025, the company said the new price regime is...
Again, Multichoice Nigeria increases DStv, GOtv su...
1 month ago 16Nigerians might experience fuel scarcity if threats by oil marketers in Nigeria under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, are anything to go by. The oil marketers at a briefing on Monday, February 24,...
N100bn debt: Fuel scarcity looms as petrol markete...
1 month ago 12The Nigerian equities market began the week in the red zone on Monday, February 24, 2025, as investors lost ₦230 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a dip in the share prices...
Equities market kicks off week on bearish note wit...
1 month ago 30If you’re thinking of making serious money in Lagos real estate, you must understand one of the most reliable strategies: buy-and-hold. This is when you buy a property, hold it for years, and allow its value to appreciate while...
The buy-and-hold strategy for Lagos real estate in...
1 month ago 15The Nigerian equities market sustained a quiet week as investors gained N196 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Xchange (NGX). Ripples Nigeria reports that investors recorded a gain of N1.8 trillion the previous week. In the current...
NGX WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Equities market enjoys quiet w...
1 month ago 14The Nigerian equities market ended the week in the red zone on Friday, February 21, 2025, as investors lost ₦44 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a dip in the share prices...
Equities market closes week in red as investors lo...
1 month ago 28The Nigerian equities market returned to the recent bearish sentiment on Thursday, February 20, 2025, as investors lost ₦25 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a dip in the share prices of...
Equities market returns to bearish sentiment as in...
1 month ago 14The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the monetary policy rate (MPR), which benchmarks interest rates in the country, at 27.50 per cent. This is even as the MPC held at the...
After 6 consecutive hikes in 2024, CBN holds inter...
1 month ago 14In what is being hailed as a significant milestone for Nigeria’s power sector, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a new peak power generation of 5,543.20 megawatts (MW); the highest in the nation’s history. The record was...
Nigeria hits record-high power generation, but wil...
1 month ago 14The Federal Government revealed on Wednesday that Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption has decreased to 50 million litres, with domestic refineries now meeting half of the demand. The remaining 25 million litres are being imported to bridge the gap, ensuring...
Petrol: Nigeria imports 25m out of 50m litres dail...
1 month ago 16The Nigerian equities market recovered from the recent bearish sentiment on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, as investors gained ₦504 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). This follows a surge in the share prices of...
Equities market recovers from recent slump, invest...
1 month ago 27The Federal Government through the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) has taken legal action against leading cryptocurrency platform, Binance Holdings Limited, filing a lawsuit in the Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding $81.5 billion in compensation and taxes. FIRS...