AFG Holding SA has acquired a controlling stake in Access Microfinance Holding AG (AccessHolding) and indirectly its African subsidiaries. The former investor group behind AccessHolding included...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to reintroduce cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions. The apex bank disclosed this in its Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade, and Exchange...
Federal Government and environmental stakeholders have taken steps to address the growing challenges of plastic waste pollution in the country. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on...
The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared ₦1.2 trillion in revenue to the Federal Government, states and Local Governments for August. This represents a short...
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, Wednesday, assured that the Federal Government would use Nigeria’s mineral wealth to propel economic transformation. Alake who was...
Ghana’s economy grew by 6.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, the fastest rate in five years, boosted by expansion in several key sectors, the...
The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), is pleased to announce a strategic investment in...
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said in its latest Quarterly Report that the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N3.473 trillion to the three...
Federal government said that the $550 million upstream gas project between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd and TotalEnergies on the development of the Ubeta field...
The former Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has called for a policy review to minimise the current economic hardship in the country, pointing...
Trading at the Nigerian Exchange NGX, extended its bullish momentum as gains in GEREGU, FBNH, and GTCO pushed the benchmark index up 23bps to print at...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has has tightened its grip on the Nigerian oil gas sector as it increased the price of petrol by 11 per...
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate slowed to 32.15 per cent in August 2024 down from the 33.40 per cent recorded in July 2024, reflecting a decrease...
World Bank Group has said in a report that More than 400 million students are affected by climate-related school closures globally. The report titled,”Choosing Our Future:...
The Pervasive and Mobile Computing Research Group (PMCRG) at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to release the findings of a...