Zenith Bank 9M 2025: Analyzing N917.4B Profit, Interest Income Surge, and PAT Decline. Join our WhatsApp group Zenith Bank Plc has delivered a powerful yet complex set of financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. While the…
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Fuel Price Surge: New 15% Import Duty and NNPCL’s Last-Ditch Refinery Review Nigeria is facing another potential hike in fuel prices following the recent approval of a 15% ad-valorem import duty on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, and diesel.…
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NNPCL Refineries: Why Nigeria Is Reassessing Viability After Billions Spent. Join our WhatsApp Community The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced a critical shift in its long-troubled refinery strategy, initiating a detailed technical and commercial review of…
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President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $2.35 billion to cover a portion of the 2025 budget deficit has been approved by the House of Representatives. Tinubu’s request to issue a $500 million debut sovereign sukuk in the international capital market…
CAP Plc Lifts Q3 2025 Profit to N1.17 Billion on Strong Paint Sales: Driving Growth in Nigeria’s Coatings Market. Join our WhatsApp Community Chemical and Allied Products Plc (CAP Plc), Nigeria’s leading paints and coatings manufacturer, has delivered an exceptional…
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Nigerian banks have taken over and placed Nestoil Limited under receivership over alleged debt amounting to $1 billion. On October 22, 2025, a federal high court in Lagos issued a Mareva ruling allowing First Trustees and its subsidiary, FBNQuest Merchant…
Dangote Cement Posts Record $743bn Profit Despite Flat Volumes in 9M 2025 Dangote Cement Plc (DANGCEM) has reported a phenomenal nine-month result for the period ending September 30, 2025, with Profit After Tax (PAT) surging by $166.3\%$ to a record…
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Harmony Gold Completes $1.01 Billion MAC Copper Acquisition: Patrice Motsepe’s Strategic Copper Play South Africa’s largest gold producer, Harmony Gold, has finalized the acquisition of MAC Copper Limited, the owner of the high-grade CSA Copper Mine in New South Wales,…
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Debating Nigeria’s Trajectory: A Macro-Economic Analysis of the “Turn Towards Prosperity” Wale Edun’s narrative, “Nigeria turning towards prosperity,” presents a compellingly optimistic case for the country’s economic direction, anchored in the bold, foundational reforms initiated by the Tinubu administration. From…
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$1.3 Billion Chinese Lithium Flood: Nigeria’s Solid Minerals Sector Booms from ‘Mine to Market’ Policy. Join our WhatsApp community The Investment Surge: $1.3 Billion in Lithium Processing Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has disclosed that Chinese firms…
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Nigeria’s financial services landscape is undergoing a quiet revolution. With over 1.5 million agents now active across the country and mobile money transactions climbing by more than 1,500 % between 2021 and 2025, the digital payments wave is reshaping how…
‘Massive Win’: Nigeria Kicks FATF Grey List! Fintech CEOs Cheer Cheaper, Faster Cross-Border Payments. Join our WhatsApp community The Great Escape: Nigeria Sheds the ‘High-Risk’ Label Nigeria has officially exited the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, ending nearly…
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The Dangote Surge: How Africa’s Richest Man Hit $30.2 Billion—And Built a Fortune on Cement, Oil, and Fertilizer The Billionaire Benchmark: Dangote’s Net Worth Hits a New High Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has cemented his position as a global…
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