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NCAA to revoke erring local airlines license over non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols
By Yunus Yusuf
Ikeja, Sept. 21, 2020 The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to...
NSCDC prevents thieves from diverting 1,100 litres of PMS across border
By Bukola Adetoye
Lagos, Sept.21, 2020 The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has taken...
At 75, UN remains true to aspirations of founders -Buhari
By Ismaila Chafe
Abuja, Sept. 21, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the United Nations...
LCCI wants urgent gazetting of CAMA 2020 CAMA 2020
By Rukayat Moisemhe
Lagos, Sept. 21, 2020 The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has...
COVID-19: Organisation to empower 500,000 vulnerable Nigerians
By Fortune Abang
Abuja, Sept. 21, 2020 Community Excellence and Development Initiative (CEDI), a non-governmental...
THIS IS MONEY
Financial planner: Here’s when you should temporarily stop saving for retirement during the pandemic
As the coronavirus spreads across Global economy and the United States, American life has come...
Personal Finance tips to help you survive coronavirus spiked global recession
If you’ve been following the latest financial news, it might look like the U.S.’s longest...
Teaching your kids about personal finance
life can and should be inculcated from a young age.
Mandy Porter
Talking about money...
8 Easy Ways To Teach Your Kids About Money
It is not easy to teach children and teens about life, let alone money. Most...
The No. 1 job billionaires and multimillionaires held before they got stickinly rich
By Catey Hill
And why it’s important for all of us to do that job,...
The Big Read
The World Trade Organization needs to be at the forefront of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in order to help restore its battered reputation, one of the favourites to be its next leader has said.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s choice to replace Roberto Azevêdo as WTO director general, said trade rules should ensure that medical breakthroughs save lives everywhere and...
Agusto & Co. assigns a fund credit quality rating of “A+(f)” and fund volatility...
Agusto & Co assigns A+(f) credit quality and FV5 volatility ratings to the Coronation Fixed Income Fund (“CFIF” or “the Fund”). The rating reflects...
NAICOM approves Elumelu’s Heirs Life Assurance Limited, Heirs Insurance Limited
The National Insurance commission (NAICOM) Has approved Heirs Life Assurance Limited and Heirs Insurance Limited, respectively, owned by Nigerian billionaire banker, Anthony Elumelu, Naija247news...
Access Bank’s Outlook for Gross Earnings Remains Positive
Access Bank Plc’s gross earnings growth moderated to 22.31% YoY in H1:2020 (from 31.02% in Q1:2020) due to a relatively weak second quarter outing....
Insider Dealing: Dr. Raymond Purchase 204,541 Shares in Honeywell Flour Mill
The management of Honeywell Flour Mill Plc has disclosed that Dr. Raymond Zoukpo, a non-executive director of the company, purchased 204,541 shares in Honeywell...
COMMODITY
Olam Cocoa hits 100% traceability target across its direct global supply chain
Olam Cocoa, a leading supplier of cocoa beans and ingredients, today announces it has achieved...
Gold rises as dollar weakens, eyes second weekly gain
Gold prices rose on Friday, en route to a second straight weekly gain, as the...
Gold falls after U.S. Fed dampens hopes for more stimulus
Gold prices fell on Thursday to the lowest in more than a week, after the...
Gold steady as dollar softens, investors eye Fed meeting
Spot gold was flat at $1,956.17 per ounce by 0024 GMT after gaining 1% on...
Gold slips from one-week peak as dollar recovers
Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,947.41 per ounce by 0058 GMT, after hitting its...
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Nigeria’s debt profiling: Drawing a nexus between Jonathan and Buhari Administrations
The Debt Management Office on Wednesday, 9th September, announced that Nigeria’s public debt has risen...
Buying Lafarge’s Recovery Story as Profit Jumps by 158.96%…
Lafarge Africa Plc recorded strong operating performance in H1 2020 as its Profit After Tax...
CBN BDC Sales: Speculative Supply Hit The Streets Bringing Parallel Market Exchange Rates Down
By Zedcrest Capital/
FGN Bonds
It was an unremarkable trading session for FGN bonds to start off...
Pandemic hammers NEM Insurance’s Performance in H1 2020
Topline Growth Slows
NEM Insurance Plc. (NEM) bucked the trend of double-digit growth in gross premium...
Berger Paints Plc – Soaring Interest Expense Underscores Pessimism
Topline Growth in Q1:2020 Masks Underperformance in Q2
In H1:2020, Berger Paints Plc reported revenue growth...
NAIJA TECH START-UPs
Maiduguri-based female entrepreneur brings affordable hygiene to women in need
When Zainab Lawan Dalorima asked displaced people in Dalori camp what help they need, they...
Why I relocated to northern Nigeria to start tomato jos, Mira Mehta
When Mira Mehta made the decision to relocate to Nigeria in 2014, her father questioned...
Tomato Jos secures Series A round funding of €3.9m
Tomato Jos, an agro-processing company focused on the local production of high-quality tomato paste for...
Covid-19 reporting: Nigerian Analytics Start-up launch free Analytics App to help journalists with data and insight.
Journalists in Nigeria have a reason to smile, as a major weight of in-availability...
Nigerian based electronic health startup closes $10 million funding round from Japanese investors
LAGOS, May 7 - Helium Health, West Africa’s largest electronic medical records provider, on...
BUSINESS NEWS
NERC working on ways to monitor quality of service -Commissioner
By Constance Imasuen
Abuja, Sept 22, 2020 The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) says it...
FirstBank’s Awosika, Dare, others to speak at NBC Youth Summit
By Okuanwan Offiong
Lagos, Sept. 21, 2020 Youth and Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, Chairman of...
COVID-19: CA-COVID launches next phase of Grassroots Awareness Campaign
…harps on the importance of personal safety protocols
The Coalition Against Covid19 (CA-COVID), the...
“Embrace concrete roads for durability” Dangote urges FG
Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development and Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. Devakumar Edwin...
Schneider Electric develops equipment for DISCOS to fix grid faults, restore power in minutes
By Olanrewaju Akojede
Lagos, Sept. 20, 2020 Schneider Electric has developed intelligent equipment that will...
CURRENCIES
FGN Bond Yields Move in Mixed Directions across Maturities Tracked…
In the just concluded week, the values of FGN bonds traded at the over-the-counter (OTC)...
Stop Rates Moderate Further for Most Macturites amid Sustained Flight to Safety…
In line with our expectation, CBN refinanced N158.71 billion T-bills which matured via the primary...
Naira Further Depreciates against the USD at the BDC, Parallel Markets…
In the just concluded week, Naira weakened
further against the USD at the Bureau De Change...
FGN Bond Yields Fall Further for All Maturities Tracked on Sustained Bullish Activity…
In the just concluded week, the values of FGN bonds traded at the over-the-counter (OTC)...
Stop Rates Moderate for all Macturites amid Demand Pressure…
In line with our expectation, CBN refinanced N128.10 billion T-bills which matured via the primary...
Enugu State cases surge as NCDC announces 195 new COVID-19 cases, death toll hits 1,100
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja, Sept . 22, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has...
Health Minister says 10% of COVID-19 victims are below ages 19
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja, Sept 21, 2020 The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says records...
COVID-19: NCDC says Nigeria not testing adequately
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja, Sept. 21, 2020 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned...
NCDC, NIMR, partners to conduct COVID-19 antibody tests in 4 states
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja, Sept. 21, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the Nigeria Institute...
Lessons of COVID-19 by FCT residents
By Perpetua Onuegbu
Abuja, Sept. 21, 2020 A cross section of FCT residents on Monday said...
WORLD
Don highlights what national development requires
By Ibukun Emiola
Ibadan, Sept. 14, 2020 A Petroleum and Environmental Geologist, Prof. Olugbenga Ehinola, has said that the gap between the university curricula...
2023: State Of The Igbo Nation – By Ughalaa Collins
What is good for Babangida, Atiku, Marwa and the two northern governors and their South-South counterpart ought to be good for any Igbo aspirant...
Edo, Ondo, The Frozen Daddy And Petrol Tales By Reuben Abati
“So this is how we will just adjust to the new fuel price at the petrol stations, and government will get away with the...
GLOBAL ENTREPRENUERS
By Paul Lienert, Norihiko Shirouzu, Edward Taylor
(Reuters) - Elon Musk is hailed as an innovator and disruptor who went from knowing next to nothing about building cars to running the world’s most valuable automaker in the space of 16 years.
But his record shows he is more of a fast learner who forged alliances with firms that had technology Tesla...
