Category: Business
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NIBSS Drags Many Banks To Court Over Alleged N13.66bn Lost To System Glitch
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) has approached a Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking urgent orders to freeze accounts linked to alleged unauthorized transfers amounting to N13.66 billion traced…
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Deficits, Debt and Economic Literacy: A Response to Nigeria’s Fiscal Critics
By Tanimu Yakubu Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as moral outrage. Much of today’s opposition rhetoric…
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Fidelity Bank Chairman, Amaka Onwughalu, Wins “Women On Bank Boards” At AWBFA 2026
Mrs. Amaka Onwughalu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc, has won the “Women on Bank Boards” award at the Africa Women in Banking and Finance Conference…
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Union Bank bags ASBON’s Honours at Nigeria National SME Business Awards
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has bagged the Best SME Growth Banking Initiatives Award for 2025 from the Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria, ASBON. The award by the…
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Otedola tightens FirstHoldCo control with N43bn shares
By Peter Moses, Lagos The Chairman of First HoldCo Plc, Femi Otedola, yesterday acquired additional shares of the company valued at approximately N43.41 billion amidst a string of insider deals…
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Niger River Basin Chief Orchestrates Commotion To Sabotage Financial Probe Against Him -MD
By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin A Union leader and immediate past Area Manager of the Lower Niger River Basin Authority, Ilorin, Mr. Mudi Olayinka Raji, has been accused of causing violence…
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MIKE ADENUGA: The Iroko That Casts No Shadow Twice
By Bode Opeseitan (A national heirloom to commemorate Dr. Mike Adenuga’s 73rd birthday) In the hush of April 29, 2026, as Mike Adenuga turns 73, Nigeria does not merely mark…
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Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s “unyielding” refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions during peace talks…
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The poverty of statistics and statistics of poverty
By Segun Adediran These days, I have been engaged in an animated discourse on the Tinubu administration’s economic reform programme. Most of my interlocutors rightly point to the numbers being…
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Questions N3.3tn power bailout can’t answer
By Abdullateef Aliyu (Lagos), Daniel Adaji & Faruk Shuaibu (Abuja) Nigeria’s power sector is once again under scrutiny following the federal government’s approval of over N3.3 trillion to clear the…
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THE PASSPORT KINGS: HOW TWO LEBANESE BROTHERS OBTAINED NIGERIAN CITIZENSHIP — AND USED IT TO CAPTURE A NATION
By Kio Amachree | Stockholm, Sweden There is a question that Nigeria’s political establishment has never wanted answered. It is a simple question, the kind a schoolchild might ask: How…
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The truth about UK-based Jupiter Lithium Limited and Nigeria’s Basin Mining Limited
By Kehinde Bamigbetan The coming visit of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom is generating high expectations on the back of positive evaluations of his economic management…
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Meet Bella, Mike Adenuga’s daughter
By Emmanuel Eze She owns a quarter of Julius Berger, a chunk of FirstBank, and a jet called ‘Sisi Paris.’ At 39. If you’re counting, she’s not just rich; she’s…
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Kwara Customs Command Impounds 222 Units of Explosives Component; generates N478.2m DPV in two months
By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara area command said it has intercepted 222 units of used compressors used to produce explosive devices. Giving reports on the achievements…
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Fidelity Bank Signs MoU with Partners, Launch ‘Give Her Power’ Initiative to Empower Nigerian Women
By DELE ALABI Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing women’s economic empowerment with the signing of strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with partner organisations at the launch…
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NNPC Secures Approval for $20 Billion Final Investment Decision on Bonga Deepwater Project
President Bola Tinubu has approved a targeted fiscal incentive designed to unlock the long-awaited Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Bonga Southwest Aparo (BSWA) deepwater project. The approval marked a…
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Alleged $4.5bn Fraud: Witness Tells Court EFCC Forced Him to Write Statement to Indict Emefiele
A defence witness, Henry Omoile, on Friday told the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly forced him to write…
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Tinubu resolves 15-year-old OPL 245 dispute with ENI
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced the successful conclusion of a settlement agreement between the Federal Government, Eni and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited over Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. Tinubu…
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N9.05bn Debt: Court orders interim forfeiture of Petrocam, Patrick Ilo’s Accounts
…highlights Pre-Loan Conditions and Systemic Enforcement. By Ogunsakin Mustapha A Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the freezing of accounts linked to Petrocam Trading Nigeria Limited and its principal, Patrick…
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Cabinet Shake-Up: Tinubu appoints Taxman, Oyedele as Minister of State, Finance
By Mohammed Shosanya President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance in Nigeria. He’s replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, who has been moved…