2020: Zenith Bank defies pandemic to post good numbers Despite the pandemic and economic distruption that characterized the year, Zenith Bank Plc posted good numbers....
South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 1.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 32.5 percent, the highest since 2008, said Statistics South Africa...
Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), is considering launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to CoinDesk. A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the digital form of a...
Proposes 70k dividend United Capital Plc (United Capital), Nigeria’s leading investment bank and a foremost Pan-African financial and investment services group, has reported impressive numbers...
FMDQ Exchange admits Parthian Partners’ N20bn commercial paper FMDQ Securities Exchange has registered the Parthian Partners Limited N20 billion Commercial Paper (CP) Programme to...
Court nullifies SEC’s suspension of Oando’s AGM A high court at the Federal Capital Territory yesterday nullified Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) indefinite suspension...
Dead cat bounce as equities gain N6bn to halt downtrend There was a brief respite in the stock market on Tuesday as trading in the local...
AfCFTA to push Nigeria, other economies to $29trn The elimination of tariff following the introduction of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) is...
Nigeria to import N319.8bn raw sugar from Brazil There are indications that Brazil would supply 80 per cent or 1.44million tonnes of raw sugar valued...
Bitcoin faces price turbulence as market liquidity falls With liquidity falling in the bitcoin market, smaller trades can have a relatively large price impact,...
25,000MW deal: FG, Siemens sign pre-engineering contract The Federal Government and Siemens have signed a contract for the pre-engineering phase of the Presidential Power Initiative...
Nigeria lifts ban on Boeing 747 Max aircraft with conditions The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lifted the ban placed on the Boeing...
Nigeria’s public debt to hit $37.8bn soon – DMO Public debt profile in Nigeria is about to soar to $37.8 billion soon as the country plans...
ASHON advocates level playing ground for commodities exchanges’ in Nigeria The Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has urged the Federal Government to...
Trade volume slides by 42.6%; value contracts 22.9% Investors lose N130bn Experts expects dividend news to temper sell-offs For the third week in a row,...
‘Despites recession exit, further recovery tough for Nigerian economy’ Despite the recent thrilling news that the Nigerian economy has pulled out of recession, analysts...
7 die as NAF aircraft crashes near Abuja airport A Nigerian military aircraft has crashed near Abuja airport, killing all seven people on board,...
We did not exit recession by accident – Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria did not exit...
By Analysts at Financial Derivative Company The just released GDP growth numbers affirm the fact that the Nigerian economy is on its recovery path. Contrary to...
Nigeria exits recession amidst weak economic recovery As real GDP Grew by 0.11% in Q4 Slid -1.92% in Full Year 2020 Trudging along a...