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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....
Logistics
Logistics, energy costs stall Nigeria’s ‘Go Local’ ambition
Nigeria’s goal of achieving the ‘Go Local’ vision, which prioritises locally-made products over imported ones, is hard hit by high logistics and energy costs....
Editor | Nov 19, 2025
Economy
Inflation slowdown beats forecasts, boosts hope for bumper rate cut
Nigeria’s inflation rate fell for the seventh consecutive month to 16.1 percent, coming in well below economists’ projections and strengthening expectations of a significant cut in the benchmark interest rate....
Editor | Nov 18, 2025
Pensions
Four states’ pension arrears exceed revenue
The pension liabilities of Kaduna, Benue, Adamawa and Taraba surpassed their Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs) in 2024, highlighting the fiscal distress facing these subnational governments....
Editor | Nov 18, 2025
markets
Here's why retail investors deal almost doubles to N2.61trn
Nigeria’s retail stock investors transactions almost doubled in nine months to September. Transactions by this class of investors reach a recorded high of N2.61trillion in nine months, an increase by 53 percent from N1.7trillion as at same period in 2024....
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
economy
Internet banking overtakes ATM, PoS as transaction values surge to ₦542.98trn
Banking transactions conducted through Web Pay, also known as internet banking, surged to ₦542.98 trillion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, reflecting customers’ growing preference for digital channels over Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and Point of ...
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
Economy
S&P upgrade signals Nigeria’s best economic outlook in a decade
For only the second time in history, S&P Global Ratings has upgraded Nigeria’s outlook to ‘positive’ from ‘stable,’ while affirming the country’s sovereign credit ratings at ‘B-/B.’...
Editor | Nov 17, 2025
markets
Big banks’ customer lending jumps to N42trn on rate cut
Nigeria’s biggest banks are seeing a fresh resurgence in customer lending, with combined loans nearing N42 trillion in the first nine months of 2025,...
Editor | Nov 15, 2025
Life and Arts
Why filmmakers ditch cinema for YouTube gold rush
Top Nollywood producers have shed light on why many established actors-turned-filmmakers are abandoning theatrical releases for YouTube, where a single viral hit can recover production costs within weeks...
Editor | Nov 14, 2025
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