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Economy
Nigerian Eurobonds feel heat of global trade tensions
Nigeria's Eurobond market has felt the sting of rising geopolitical tensions and fluctuating oil prices, which have triggered an increase in yield.
Eniola Olatunji | Mar 12, 2025
Economy
Nigeria’s economic prosperity faces regional marginalisation hurdle  
While some have attributed Nigeria’s 2024 GDP growth of 3.4 percent to the painful reforms initiated by this administration in 2023, its long-term sustainability remains uncertain if regional marginalisation is not addressed.
Oluwole Crowther | Mar 12, 2025
Stock Market
Power business propels Transcorp’s two-fold earnings jump 
Transnational Corporation Plc, a Nigerian conglomerate, sustained its growth trajectory in 2024, with earnings soaring over two-fold, primarily driven by a robust performance in its power business. 
Ifeoluwa Adebayo | Mar 11, 2025
Economy
Nigeria sees higher oil production doubling GDP growth in 2025
Nigeria aims to double its economy in 2025 buoyed by increased oil production and more involvement of the private sector after years of tepid growth.
Wasiu Alli | Mar 11, 2025
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Companies and Market
Inside Nestle Milo's rise from bit player to market leader
“In 1985, Milo, the food drink from the Nestle Nigeria stable, had only five per cent of the market. Bournvita, older and dominant, had 80%”, so recounts Prof Chris Ogbechie, who just retired as Dean of the Lagos Business School...
Chido Nwakanma | Mar 13, 2025
Eurobond
Nigerian Eurobonds rally in February on sustained foreign interest
Nigeria's Eurobond market closed the month of February in positive territory, signaling sustained foreign investor confidence. According to data from the Debt Management Office (DMO), the average yield on Nigeria’s Eurobonds closed at 8.80 percent...
Eniola Olatunji | Mar 04, 2025
Stock Market
United Capital, TotalEnergies, and other stocks to watch this week
As of February 21, the Nigerian Exchange had advanced by 5.41 percent year-to-date, with the All-Share Index closing at 108,497.40. Within the same period in 2024, the market had advanced by 35.39 percent....
David Olujinmi | Feb 26, 2025
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RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS
Why naira stability is the cornerstone of Nigeria’s economic future
In the heart of every thriving nation lies a stable currency—a symbol of trust, resilience, and economic vitality, mirroring the strength of the nation’s economy...
Fashola Olanrewaju & Muhammed Akanji | Mar 07, 2025
Nigeria’s Inflation Changes After Rebasing – But Are Prices Really Falling?
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently adjusted how inflation is measured by rebasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to better reflect current spending habits....
Prisca Ezeyinwa | Feb 20, 2025
Unraveling the price puzzle in Africa’s cement industry
Cement is the backbone of Africa’s infrastructure and economic development, yet its price varies dramatically across the continent.
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INSIGHTS
Insights
CardinalStone, Meristem top best-performing money market funds in January 2025
Fashola Olanrewaju | Feb 18, 2025
Insights
Imo, Kebbi, Abia among states that received more than triple their VAT contributions in 2024
Fashola Olanrewaju | Feb 18, 2025
Insights
Nigeria secures over $7.8bn in U.S. aid over a decade
Fashola Olanrewaju | Feb 18, 2025
Market
Nigeria’s Leading Banks by Market Capitalization as of January 21, 2025 ( N’ Trillions)
BDI | Jan 23, 2025
NEWS
Agriculture
Expert says concerns over GMOs are politically-motivated
Nigeria is gradually warming up to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) to enhance agricultural productivity and food security but public concerns over health and environmental risks are holding back full adoption.
Faith Donatus | Feb 07, 2025
Aviation
How Ibom Air is redefining domestic travel in Nigeria
Ibom Air’s meteoric rise is putting paid to the popular assertion that the government has no business in business.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha | Jan 27, 2025
Economy
Upbeat CEOs say shock over as reforms kick in
Chief executives of top firms in Nigeria have re-echoed their optimism for 2025, affirming that the reforms of the government are beginning to stabilise the economy that's almost at the brink of collapse some 18 months ago.
Wasiu Alli | Jan 24, 2025
Energy
Inside details of the $6bn Mambilla Power dispute
In a saga that has left Nigeria’s energy sector grappling with uncertainty, the long-running legal dispute surrounding the $6 billion Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project continues to threaten
Oladehinde Oladipo | Jan 20, 2025
OPINION
Tax hikes: Tinubu’s aggressive revenue extraction will stifle growth
Olu Fasan
EFCC’s failure: Olukoyede is shadow-boxing with blame-shifting
Olu Fasan
IMF/WTO: Nigeria’s economy suffers from corruption, disregard for rule of law
Olu Fasan
Trumpian World: What Nigeria can expect from Trump’s second presidency
Olu Fasan
SOCIAL LISTENING
Social Listening Friday 8 November 2024
Rivers of violence in Port Harcourt
Happy Independence 2024?
Banditry and oaths in the Zamfara debacle
Humour and paradox are responses to the latest fuel price hike
Distrust, cynicism, anger, and frustration over the management of fuel supply and price
INTERVIEWS

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Nigeria has an ambitious target of becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2030, a target President Bola Tinubu is unrelentingly pursuing. But pensions’ long-term savings and staying the course of the series of reforms embarked on in 2023... Eniola Olatunji and Wasiu Alli

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