Friday, August 21, 2026
Mineral rich Jigawa obtains 11 licenses, calls on investors to capitalise on state’s gold, copper, iron ore endowments
By Onome Amuge The Jigawa State government has announced its procurement of 11 mining licenses from the Federal Ministry...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State to spend N448bn in 2021 in pursuit of inclusive growth
Finance commissioner fails to list sectoral allocations State to spend N2.75bn on LG elections New budget 49.37% higher than revised...
Read moreDetailsSudan’s startups expect boon on country’s removal from US terrorism list
Country’s $40.85bn GDP expects growth post Covid-19, SST era Africa FinTech growth to touch country - say analysts ...
Read moreDetailsAmazon billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, invests $30m in latest African FinTech venture capital deal
Invested through Bezos Expeditions, his personal venture capital fund Chipper Cash, with 3m users provides 80,000 daily cross-border mobile...
Read moreDetailsNigeria faces mixed bag of domestic, global macro trends in 2021 – KPMG
By Phillip Isakpa & Charles Abuede Uncertain FX environment Constrained productivity Cautious private sector investment Socio-political threats Inflation to...
Read moreDetailsNigerian firms paid N416bn in taxes in Q3’20 amid covid-19 business disruptions
By Charles Abuede Tax compliant companies operating in Nigeria paid N416.01 billion in corporate income tax in the third...
Read moreDetailsGlobal consumers scale 2020 holiday shopping preferences due to pandemic
By Zainab Iwayemi Consumers across the world have been seen to scale their 2020 holiday shopping preferences as a...
Read moreDetailsShell loses N17bn oil spill judgment, as Supreme Court dismisses company’s case
describes oil company’s application as “unmeritorious” judgment sum with interest now stands at N182bn – says counsel to community...
Read moreDetailsSupreme Court affirms Rivers’ purchase of Shell’s assets in OML 11, Kidney Island
State weighed in to bid for assets purchase at $150m – says Gov. Wike Would Shell leave Rivers, having...
Read moreDetailsBulls rule Nigeria bourse as price appreciation in top stocks drives market, delivering N17.8bn to investors
By Charles Abuede The local bourse improved marginally on Thursday by 0.10 per cent. Price appreciation was witnessed in Guaranty...
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