Economy
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109Equity Investors Reap N8.7 trillion Profits
As Bellwethers Drive Market Rally, BY BONNY AMADI The Nigerian equities market (NGX) opened the week on bullish note, ushering in the...
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136ECOWAS Bank (EBID), Republic of Guinea Forge Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Economic Transformation
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Republic of Guinea have formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen...
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111Inflation Rises to 15.38% y/y in March
As Headline Inflation Reverses Disinflation Trend Nigeria’s headline inflation rose by 32bps to 15.38 percent % y/y in March from 15.06% y/y...
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125Nigeria’s Public Debt Peaks @ N159trn, up by N14trn in 2025….DMO
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total public debt for federal and state governments hit N159. 27 trillion at the end...
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102Nigeria’s FX reserves to drop to $47bn by year end despite reforms…. Fitch
Fitch Ratings has projected that Nigeria’s ex- ternal reserves will decline to $47 billion by the end of 2026, despite ongoing foreign...
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123FTSE Russell Restores Nigeria’s Frontier Market Status
Reflecting NGX Market Infrastructure Gains Nigeria has been restored to Frontier Market status by FTSE Russell, marking a significant milestone in the...
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122Oil Price Surge Could Worsen Nigeria’s Inflation…World Bank Warns
BY BONNY AMADI The World Bank has warned that rising global oil prices could push Nigeria’s headline inflation up by about 3.1...
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149Beyond Oil: Leveraging Nigeria’s cultural heritage for national development
BY EVANGELINE CHIDI OPARA Undoubtedly, people’s lives, economic values, and outlooks are often shaped by their cultural affinities. Anthropologists hold that negative...
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110Afreximbank commits US$10bn under GCRP to shield CARICOM economies from on-going conflict
To counter the severe economic shocks triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Board of Directors of African Export-Import...
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122Fixing a broken electricity value chain
BY SYLVESTER THOMPSON Nigeria’s electricity crisis has deepened recently, as declining generation, gas supply constraints, and persistent grid instability have worsened outages...
