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Fidson founder’s paper loss highlights rights issue digestion
Rights issues have a way of humbling even the most celebrated founders. Fidelis Ayebae's Fidson Healthcare closed its N21 billion rights issue 117 percent oversubscribed in early 2026, pulling in N24.65 billion in valid applications against N21 billion on...
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Nova Bank’s IPO signal: Lighting the path for tier-1 challenge
NOVA Commercial Bank’s quiet flirtation with a 2028 initial public offering (IPO) on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) is not just a capital-markets footnote; it is a strategic story...
Editor | Apr 17, 2026
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Nigeria’s Crisis of Broken Translation: Systems That Exist, But Do Not Deliver
…Thought-provoking voices on solutions to Nigeria's developmental challenges! Yaba School of Thought Weekly Digest (Monday - Friday; April 06 – 10, 2026)...
Editor | Apr 10, 2026
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Dangote refinery: Afreximbank’s vote of confidence reshapes future
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has underwritten about 63 per cent of a US$4 billion senior syndicated term loan for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. Afrexim will furnish $2.5 billion in the syndication deal that will st...
Editor | Apr 08, 2026
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NSIA: Sovereign resilience in Nigeria’s storm
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has delivered another year of solid growth. For the 12 months to December 2025 the sovereign wealth fund reported core operating income of N525.3 billion, a growth of 5.5 per cent from ₦498 billion of 2024...
Editor | Apr 08, 2026
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Flutterwave’s Llcence: A watershed moment for Nigeria’s banking
Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable fintech unicorn, announced on April 2, 2026, that it had secured a banking licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Banking analysts say that the licence technically allows Flutterwave to establish national micro...
Editor | Apr 08, 2026
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Nigeria’s oil windfall rerun: Grab it or waste it again
A geopolitical shock handed Nigeria a fiscal bonanza two and half decades ago. With Saddam Hussein’s tanks rolling into Kuwait, Nigeria amassed an approximate $12.4 billion from the ensuing Gulf war oil jump....
Editor | Mar 25, 2026
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UK Steel for Nigerian ports upgrade exposes Ajaokuta’s lost decades
The £746 million ($997 million) funding pact sealed on March 19 during President Bola Tinubu’s London visit on 19 March 2026 between UK Export Finance (UKEF) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is epochal for West African maritime infrastructure. It se...
Editor | Mar 25, 2026
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Zenith’s London ambition: Capital, credibility, and a global reach
As Nigeria’s Zenith Bank plans a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange by 2027, the market has read ecdysis into the move, postulating that the tier-1 bank is shedding its skin of domestic champion to emerge a bona fide pan-African financial force....
Editor | Mar 25, 2026
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