Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has called on member states and other stakeholders to evolve a comprehensive Action Plan to advance the development of...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), on Thursday said lower international prices and freight rates, together with lower cereal purchases, could push down the world...
Nigeria has sold N129.83 billion in treasury bills with maturity ranging from three months to six months at lower yields, the central bank said. The central...
Nigeria Stock Market Statistics (Thursday,8th November, 2012) Market Cap (N’bn) 8,567.05 Market Cap (US$’bn) 54.43 NSE All-Share Index 26,883.76 Daily Performance % 0.34 1 Week Performance...
Two International Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor’s upgraded Nigeria’s credit rating on Wednesday because of improved financial stability and optimism over reforms to the banking and...
China’s Sinopec is close to buying stakes in Nigerian onshore oil blocks from French oil major Total worth about $2.4 billion. Asia’s largest refiner has signed...
Nigeria’s Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has asked the National Assembly to expand its 2012-2014 external borrowing plan by $1.3 billion to take the total debt...
Market Cap (N’bn) 8,537.90 Market Cap (US$’bn) 54.31 NSE All-Share Index 26,792.27 Daily Performance % 0.26 1 Week Performance % 1.37 YTD Performance % 29.24 Daily...
It is a known fact that cities across the world are confronted with diverse and complex problems which have socio-economic and physical implications for city dwellers....
A total of 218.96 million shares valued at N1.54 billion were traded in 3,995 deals on the Nigerian Stock exchange on Friday. This was against the...
Nigerian inter-bank lending rates were flat at an average of 12 percent this week as a slow down in foreign exchange demand and the repayment of...
Oil trader Vitol has won a tender to supply Indian Oil Corporation with at least three million barrels of West African crude oil, trade sources said....
A Russian firm has dragged the Federal Government to the International Court of Arbitration, London, over the ownership of the Aluminum Smelting Company of Nigeria (ALSCON)...
BY OMOH GABRIEL THE International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday, cautioned Nigeria against expansionary fiscal policies, given the uncertainty that still pervades the global economic scene just...
Nigeria’s First Bank will pursue an “aggressive” expansion strategy into next year as it seeks to tap into the growing consumer market in Africa’s most populous...