The World Bank Tuesday announced the appointment of Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national, as its new Vice President for Africa. He succeeded Obiageli Oby Ezekwesili who...
Market Cap (N’bn) 6,640.24 Market Cap (US$’bn) 40.74 NSE All-Share Index 21,072.27 Daily Performance % 1.19 1 Week Performance % 0.80 YTD Performance % 1.65 Daily...
British oil firm Afren found oil at one of its wells in offshore south east Nigeria, and said it planned to drill another well in offshore...
India has allowed overseas sale of common rice beyond two million tonnes, officials said on Tuesday, removing a previous cap announced by Food Minister K. V....
The ongoing registration of cooperatives will assist the Federal Government to achieve the set targets under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, says the Federal Department of Cooperatives....
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Monday in Abuja set up an eight-member special committee to ensure the quick passage of the Petroleum...
The federal, state and local governments shared N559.101 billion from the Federation Account for December 2011, the Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama, has...
Following the suspension of the nationwide strike by workers, normal activities have returned in many parts of Nigeria. In Bauchi, businessmen, bankers and petroleum products’ marketers...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives Monday raided the offices of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
Fellow Nigerians, the last few days have changed my understanding of the people of this great nation. I have developed a greater sense of respect for...
The Federal Government took Nigerians by surprise on New Year’s Day, when it announced the formal removal of fuel subsidy with immediate effect. The pronouncement has...
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) said the N10 billion combined statutory injections from the CBN and the Ministry of Finance was sufficient for its...
Senate President David Mark on Monday charged international financial institutions to ensure that their economic policies were tailored to accommodate the realities of each benefiting country....
Market Cap (N’bn) 6,337.33 Market Cap (US$’bn) 39.05 NSE All-Share Index 20,045.31 Daily Performance % 0.10 1 Week Performance % 1.28 YTD Performance % (19.08) Daily...
Nigerians should brace up for tough and unfavourable economic conditions in the year 2012 and beyond, says economists, financial analysts and operators in the Nigerian financial...