In order to meet the new capital base directed by the insurance market regulator, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), AIICO Insurance Plc, is planning to raise funds....
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These are not good times for ride-hailing companies and their patrons in Lagos, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration has started beaming lights on the operations of the car-hailing firms like Uber, Bolt, and Ocar among others.
This has caused an uproar on social media, with some...
Ride-hailing service, Gokada doesn’t look at ditching its brand, even after being banned from operating alongside other commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke Napep) in Lagos State.
While the ban, which took effect from February 1, 2020, continues, Gokada has disclosed plans to...
Nigeria’s total debt stock rose to N26.14 trillion as of the end of September 2019. This is disclosed in the latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The report stated that the nation’s total debt rose from N25.70 trillion in March 2019 to N26.14 trillion by the …...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has reacted to analysts’ projections concerning the devaluation of naira.
According to Emefiele’s recent stance, naira devaluation will not be happening anytime soon. Emefiele reportedly stated that Nigeria’s reserves level...
Three months after Mastercard and Visa pulled out of Libra, a cryptocurrency owned by Facebook, it seems the exit door is still open as another member of the Libra Association takes a bow.
The new member exiting Libra is a telecommunications company, Vodafone....
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Only one thing can prevent Nigeria’s currency (the naira) from being devalued by the second half of 2020, and that is a radical increase in crude prices. This is according to Ike Chioke, the Managing Director of Afrinvest West Africa Limited. Chioke reportedly made the prediction over the...
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In a bid to meet its food sufficiency, food security and nutrition targets, Guinea-Bissau has called on Nigeria to assist in the production of rice.
The call was made by the Guinean Ambassador to Nigeria, Henrique Adriano Da Silva during his visit to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and …...
Shell Petroleum Development Company will stop Bonny Light crude oil exports after announcing a force majeure on the operation. The subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria had made the decision due to circumstances beyond its control.
According to a spokesman, Shell’s decision to declare a...
Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria’s largest bank by market capitalization, has crashed its interest rate for its payday loans from 1.75% to 1.33% per month.
The bank reviewed its rate, which is published on its website, as it becomes one of the lowest in the lending space....
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Smartphone users spent $120 billion on mobile apps, as 204 billion apps were downloaded in 2019, setting a record higher than that of 2018, the annual State of Mobile report has shown.
The annual report, “State of Mobile” by App Annie disclosed that the number of mobile apps downloaded climbed...
Lagos, Nigeria, January 06, 2020: Over 5,000 staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, started the new year with a lot of cheer as the bank yesterday announced its promotion to new grades as well as salary upgrades with immediate effect this January....
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Nigerians will start paying more on electricity supply as the Federal Government plans to boost power supply. The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, said the hike was inevitable due to the rising cost of electricity generation in Nigeria.
According to Mamma, improvement in electricity supply...
The Nigerian Senate has directed its Committees on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Investment to investigate the alleged shutdown of Nigerian businesses in Ghana. The probe was initiated as the operation of about 600 businesses belonging to Nigerians were allegedly shut...
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Africa’s e-commerce giant, Jumia, has continued to shut down its operations across Africa, with the latest being Rwanda. The company recently sent a message to its Rwandan customers saying that “We regret to inform you that Jumia will suspend our....
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2019 has been an interesting year in corporate Nigeria. As expected, a lot of the companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange released quarterly financial statements, some of which were impressive and others not so impressive....
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The World Bank has warned that Nigeria may fall back into recession, highlighting conditions that may drag the nation’s economy into the downturn witnessed in 2016.
The bank stated in its latest Nigeria’s Economic Update, that a decline in oil prices to the levels seen in 2016 would...
Nigeria’s inflationary trend may move higher in the coming months if the nation continues to close its borders to its West African countries.
This is according to the outgoing President of LCCI, Babatunde Ruwase...
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Competition for internet subscribers in Nigeria took a different turn as Nigeria’s largest mobile telecommunication company, MTN, led the way in the month under review. Operators in the industry showed no sign...
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KPMG has listed global pressure points and external shocks, fiscal unsustainability, exchange rate market, credit and reactive policy environment as factors that would determine the success of the Nigerian economy in 2020....
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