President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his administration would release the sum of N600 billion for Capital Expenditure between October and December 2019.
The President, who revealed this during his 59th Independence Day speech earlier on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja, explained...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a fresh circular mandating commercial banks operating in the country to lend out up to 65% of their customer deposits.
In a new circular addressed to all banks obtained by Nairametrics, the CBN disclosed that the minimum Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR)...
With a view to enhance financial inclusion across the country, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its drive to get up to 500,000 operators on board its agent banking platform.
This was disclosed at the opening ceremony of the 12th Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of...
67 years until Nigeria exhausts proven gas reserves As at the end of 2018, Nigeria’s total proven gas reserves were 202Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF), 37.26% of the total African deposits.
With these reserves, Nigeria is second to none in Africa, and 9th in the world. The potential is even …...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed an agreement with Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and Oando for the transfer of its stake in four oil wells to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), its upstream arm.
The four oil blocks divested to NPDC are Oil...
President Muhammed Buhari has revealed that Nigeria lost 157.5 billion dollars to illicit financial flows between 2003 and 2012.
He made this declaration during a side event organised by the African Union Development Agency and New Partnership for Africa’s Development at the 74th United...
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Reports on social media on Wednesday evening indicates Cab-hailing platform Bolt (formerly Taxify) may have been hacked. However, the company has quickly come out to deny the story claiming that it had not been hacked.
Everyone UNLINK your CARD FROM TAXIFY NOW! They’ve been hacked and several...
Some Nigerian and Ghanian startups and students have been shortlisted to participate in Season 2 of the annual Facebook Accelerator Nigeria.
The eight startups and four students were selected from the applications that were received from innovators across Nigeria and Ghana....
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Nairametrics Economic Roundup (ER Podcast) is a podcast that dissects major economic and corporate events that made the news during the week.
On this episode of the Nairametrics Economic Round-Up hosted by Alfred, Samuel and Emmanuel looked at the impact of the CBN’s new cashless policy, the...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Walt Disney Co, Bob Iger has resigned from Apple Inc’s Board. The resignation came at a time when the two companies are competing in the.....
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Donald Duke, the former Governor of Cross River State, has denied the claim of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) that he owed N537,334,360.77.
In a statement made available to the public, Duke made known that he was only owing N350 million, which he had repaid. …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he assigned women in strategic positions of his government, such as the financial sector, to ensure effective management of limited resources available and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness.
The President said this when he received a...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved an increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) to 7.2% from 5%.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of the cabinet meeting on Wednesday...
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If there is one thing that equity investors love to hear the most, it is the word “dividend”. For them, dividend connotes the fruit of their labour and payment for their investments. The most interesting thing about dividends is that the more the number of the shares …
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Nigerian Companies spent about N11.3 billion as charitable donations for the year ended December 2018 compared to about N10 billion a year earlier. This is based on publicly available information from about 17 of the most capitalized companies on the Nigerian …
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MTN Nigeria was badly hit by the recent reprisal attacks on South African businesses in Nigeria.
While some of its offices were attacked, the company’s stock has also been struggling to make gainers list since the attack on Tuesday. Now, the Chairman of MTN Nigeria, Ernest Ndukwe, …
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The Canadian Government has again invited 3,600 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian Permanent Residence (PR) in a new draw held on 4th of September 2019. This is contained in Canada’s latest Immigration Newsletter.
The latest draw brings the total number of Invitations to Apply...
As part of its continued intervention in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected a cumulative sum of $2.63 billion to further sustain relative stability in the Foreign Exchange (FX) market.
According to the latest CBN’s monthly economic report covering the...
Since the introduction of financial technology (fintech) firms to the Nigerian financial services ecosystem, the story has never been the same.
These companies came with a special kind of innovation that has broken down many barriers and made a lot of things possible...
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For young people in some of the world’s most advanced countries, the career growth trajectory is always in the following order: graduate from school, move to your favourite city, land a dream job, and work towards your promotion.
For young Nigerians, however, the reality is completely...
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