By Tosin Ajayi Firstmonie Agent Credit Scheme is a FirstBank’s digital lending solution designed to empower a wide range of low-income individuals who face barriers in...
Managing Director Bank of Industry Dr. Olasupo Olusi has said that presence of the bank in states across the country is aimed at enabling MSMEs, cooperatives,...
Nigerian Government through the Attorney-General of the Federation has been urged to launch investigations into the activities of a global shipping giant, the Mediterranean Shipping Company...
Spurred by weak investors’ sentiment, negative price movements in banking stocks like Access Holdings, First Holdco, GTCO, and Fidelity Bank are dragging the equities market capitalisation...
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Nigeria-based Bank of Industry Limited’s (BOI) credit or Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’ and its National Long-Term Rating at ‘AAA(nga)...
Governor Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, was named Central Bank Governor of the Year at the 2025 African Banker Awards Gala in Abidjan, Côte...
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order introducing a performance-driven framework for oil sector operators, designed to link tax incentives directly to verifiable cost...
A Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson on Thursday urged the United States to completely abandon its erroneous practice of unilaterally imposing additional tariffs. At a regular news...
Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to Africa’s economic development with a fresh $500 million contribution to the Nigeria Trust Fund. Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and...
By Chinedu Moghalu The election of Dr. Sidi Ould Tah as the 9th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today at the Annual General Meeting...
The federal government has removed Value Added Tax (VAT) on essential goods and services. President Bola Tinubu said this on Thursday in a statement to mark...
Crude oil prices fell on Thursday, retreating from earlier gains, after the International Energy Agency’s director warned of weaker demand in China, while the market also...
African Development Bank will launch a carbon markets support facility for the continent, senior bank officials said on Thursday, to unlock finance for a region increasingly...
Amid the huge debt burden on Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has claimed that his administration’s bold policies have significantly improved the country’s debt position. “Our debt...
Financial Times of London has said that millions of Nigerians are currently suffering from the worst form of cost-of-living crisis in a generation, the urging President Bola...