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Northern Billionaires split biggest chunk of Jaiz Bank’s N4.91bn dividend
Nigeria’s premier non-interest financial institution, Jaiz Bank Plc recently got shareholders approval for a massive 57 percent increase in its dividend payout to 11 kobo per share following a stellar financial year 2025....
Tax Reform
Growing opposition threatens Tinubu's tax reforms
Opposition voices are beginning to overwhelm President Bola Tinubu’s tax reforms, threatening to derail one of Nigeria’s first ever comprehensive fiscal policies....
Editor | Dec 03, 2024
Economy
Why Nigeria’s service sector is outshining manufacturing
Nigeria's economic landscape presents a paradox: while the service sector flourishes, the real sector stumbles. This divergence underscores a deeper structural imbalance that raises critical questions about the country’s long-term economic stability....
Editor | Dec 02, 2024
Stock Market
Eight routes to NGX’s $100bn market cap
In 2012, Oscar Onyema, former chief executive officer of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), now Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), set a $1 trillion market capitalisation target for the exchange by 2016....
Editor | Dec 02, 2024
Economic week ahead
Nigeria’s PMI in focus as U.S. eyes unemployment data
Stanbic IBTC is expected to release Nigeria’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a metric used to measure business activities on Monday while the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will reveal the unemployment figures...
Editor | Dec 02, 2024
Holiday
Christmas: Nigerians choose Kenya, Morocco over Dubai on visa constraints
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s visa hiccups have forced Nigerians to choose to celebrate their Christmas and New Year in African nations where entry is easy and convenient....
Editor | Nov 29, 2024
Agriculture
Weak naira squeezes cocoa processors, chocolatiers
The steep devaluation of the naira is taking a heavy toll on cocoa processors and chocolate makers who now have to pay more to access their most important input....
Editor | Nov 29, 2024
Stock Market
Fixed-income, equities markets see sell-off after rate hike
The 25 basis points hike by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) monetary policy committee (MPC) resulted in a sell-off across both fixed-income and equity markets, as investors grapple with the implications of tighter monetary conditions....
Editor | Nov 28, 2024
Energy
Is Port Harcourt refinery same as blending plant?
The much-anticipated resumption of the Port Harcourt Refinery’s Old Wing, celebrated as a milestone in Nigeria’s drive for energy self-sufficiency, has been overshadowed by controversy following reports......
Editor | Nov 28, 2024
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