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Foreign investors free to repatriate funds, says CBN
Foreign investors wishing to repatriate their funds from Nigeria can safely do so, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has assured. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele at the…
Rising Oil Prices Will Have Significant Political Cost for Nigeria – Report
•Zero petrol subsidy to save country $2bn yearly As Nigeria anxiously expects oil prices to rise to a comfortable position and boost the country’s confidence to recover from the…
Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla out of California
Tesla chief Elon Musk on Saturday threatened to pull his electric car headquarters and plant out of California. He made the threat after local authorities kept him…
NSE Commences Recruitment Process for Onyema’s Successor
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has started the recruitment process for the role of its Chief Executive Officer currently held by Mr. Oscar Onyema. This followed the appointment…
Europe’s wealthiest man has lost $30 billion during Coronavirus crisis
The richest man in Europe and third-richest billionaire worldwide, has lost a whooping $30 billion due to the coronavirus pandemic, this is more than any other person worldwide. The coronavirus is an ongoing pandemic which has led to the…
Despite lockdown, stock market investors gain N897bn
Notwithstanding the lockdown the Nigerian economy witnessed in April over the ravaging CODIV-19 pandemic, the stock market, boosted by the remote trading via fintech, recorded a gain of N897bn during the month. The Federal…
Uber cuts 3,700 jobs amid COVID-19 slump
Uber said Wednesday it was cutting 3,700 jobs amid a huge slump in its ride-hailing operations during the pandemic. The cuts amount to around 14 percent of Uber’s global workforce, which does not include its contract drivers. The…
Pressure mounts on Nigeria to sell cash-guzzling state-owned enterprises
South Africa’s sudden resolve to sell its cash-burning state-owned firms provides key learning for Nigeria as it desperately seeks to ease pressure on government finances in the wake of the COVID-19…
Oil surges above $30 amid cautious easing of lockdowns
Oil prices rose for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, with the international crude benchmark Brent trading for $30.31 its best level since April 13. Equities also soared on hopes for…
Virgin Atlantic shuts Gatwick operations, cuts 3,000 jobs
Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to lay off 3,150 staff and move its operations from Gatwick Airport to Heathrow Airport. The layoff represents almost one-third of the airline’s total…
Nigerian billionaires lose billions amid COVID-19 pandemic
The year 2020 began with lots of predictions and promises, but the volatility in the stock market (which was occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic) was not top on…
US Treasury seeks to borrow a record $3 trillion this quarter
Massive stimulus to support the U.S. economy through the coronavirus crisis will cause the Treasury to borrow a record $3 trillion this quarter. The department on Monday announced the total Monday. “The increase in privately-held net…
Fidelity Bank Reports N6.6bn Q1 Profit, Reassures Stakeholders
Fidelity Bank has reported N6.6bn Q1 profit, and has reassured its stakeholders that it will continue to take measures to ensure the safety of customers, staff, and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is just…
84 million barrels of Nigerian crude stranded at sea – Report
An estimated 84 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil is currently stranded at sea, a report by Wall Street Journal has said. In an April 27 report, the newspaper said cargo ships filled with Nigerian crude had nowhere to go and…
U.S.-China trade tension drags down oil prices
Oil prices fell in early trade on Monday, paring last week’s gains, on worries the global oil glut may persist as U.S.-China trade tension could hold back an economic recovery. The…
Access Bank denies closing its branches
Access Bank Plc has urged its customers and the general public to disregard social media report of its shutting 340 branches nationwide. Responding to enquiry,…
‘Eggs, chicken for sale’ — Poultry farmers turn to social media amid glut
lockdown imposed by federal and state governments to control the spread of the coronavirus has created a supply glut in the poultry products market. This is similar to the happenings in the global crude oil market where movement…
Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway makes $50b loss in Q1
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a record $49.75 billion first-quarter net loss on Saturday at the annual general meeting. The loss reflected huge unrealised losses on…
COVID-19: CBN told to withdraw old naira notes from circulation
The Association of Progressive Nigerians has appealed to the Central Bank to withdraw old and tattered naira notes from circulation as the country is battling COVID- 19 pandemics. The group…
Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla’s value
Tesla's founder Elon Musk wiped $14bn off the carmaker's value after tweeting that its share price was too high. The tweet also knocked $3bn off Mr Musk's own stake in Tesla as investors promptly bailed out of the company.…
Apple reports 58.3bn dollar revenue beating analysts’ expectations
Technology giant Apple reported 58.3 billion dollars in revenue for its second fiscal quarter on Thursday, indicating a 1-per-cent increase in revenue compared with last year, thus beating wide-spread analyst projections. “Despite…
FIRS Gives Deadline on Tax Interests, Penalties Waiver
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is to waive interests accruable to debts as well as the related penalties for defaulting taxpayers if they fully settle their indebtedness on or before May 31.…
MTN revenue rises to N329.2bn
MTN Nigeria reported revenue growth of 16.7 per cent to N329.2bn in the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 compared with N282.1bn in the same period in 2019. The growth, according to the…
CBN resumes dollar sales for SMEs, school fees as naira falls to 450/$ at parallel market
With gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria and elsewhere, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has resumed provision of foreign exchange to all commercial banks for onward sales to parents wishing to pay schools fees…