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Nigerian corporates crowd Commercial Paper as IPO market freezes
With the primary equities market experiencing a prolonged chill, Nigerian corporate issuers are aggressively shifting their gaze toward the short-term debt capital market....
Economic Week Ahead
Economic Week Ahead: Nigeria publishes GDP data as MPC meets for likely rate hike 
Nigeria is expected to publish its gross domestic product (GDP) report for the third quarter of 2024 this week while the Central Bank of Nigeria's monetary committee convenes for the last time this year......
Editor | Nov 25, 2024
Economy
Investors park cash in T-bills over real economy
Investors are plowing into treasury bills (T-bills) due to their attractive returns that are driven by an elevated interest rate environment....
Editor | Nov 25, 2024
Stock Market
Five takeaways from MRS Oil's nine-month 2024 results
MRS Oil, a downstream oil and gas firm in Nigeria, began the year with a share price of N105.00 and traded at a share price of N132.00 as of November 22, 2024....
Editor | Nov 25, 2024
Economy
T-bills yields hit record high of 30.7% as investors price in rate cut
The real returns on one-year T-bills narrowed as yield hit record high of 30.7 percent. This is as CBN and investors price in rate hike. The real return on the one-year bill stands at 3.18 percent adjusted for inflation....
Editor | Nov 22, 2024
Tax Reform
Tax reforms leave no escape route for evaders
These reforms will ensure equity and protect poor and vulnerable citizens, according to Taiwo Oyedele, chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee....
Editor | Nov 21, 2024
Naira
Weaker naira drags FG's budget to six-year low 
Nigeria is aiming to spend a record N47.9 trillion in the 2025 fiscal year in a move to strengthen economic resilience but with a devalued currency, the budget is the lowest since 2020 in dollar terms...
Editor | Nov 21, 2024
Stock Market
Investors strike gold as Nigerian stocks up 264% in 5 years
Nigeria’s equities market has risen by 264 percent in the past five years driven by a combination of new listings and earnings growth which lured investors....
Editor | Nov 20, 2024
Health
Nigeria’s life expectancy stagnates on decade-long underinvestment
A decade of underinvestment in healthcare and public services has left Nigeria’s life expectancy stagnating at 63 years. BusinessDay’s World Health Organisation (WHO) data analysis shows...
Editor | Nov 20, 2024
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