Economy & Market
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618Nigeria’s Capital Market Leads with Transition to T+1 Settlement Cycle
The Nigerian capital market on Monday achieved a historic milestone with the successful transition to a T+1 settlement cycle, becoming the first...
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586FDI Drops 80% as Investors Favour Bonds
Foreign direct investment into Nigeria plunged by 80 per cent in January 2026 as foreign investors increasingly channelled funds into bonds and...
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606Banks: Bad Loans Rise After CBN Ends Forbearance
Bad loans in Nigeria’s banking sector rose to 8.03 per cent in January 2026, seven months after the Central Bank of Nigeria...
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564SEC, Operators Complete Preparations for Faster Trade Settlement
Capital market operators have intensified extensive software and technological modifications across internal workflows, securing operational readiness ahead of the Nigerian capital market’s...
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412Nigeria’s Economic Growth May Weaken in 2027, AfDB Projects
The African Development Bank Group has projected that Nigeria’s economic growth will slow to 3.7 per cent in 2027 as easing global...
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379Inflation Fight, FX Stability Non-Negotiable –Cardoso
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has declared that the fight against inflation and the push for foreign exchange...
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371Nigeria’s IDA Debt Falls $200m Q1, Rises 6.9% Year‑on‑Year –World Bank
The World Bank said Nigeria’s exposure to its concessional lending arm, the International Development Association (IDA), fell by $200 million in the...
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574CBN Gives Banks More Time as Legal Hurdles Stall Recapitalisation
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that deposit money banks (DMBs) yet to meet the ongoing recapitalisation requirements will continue operations...
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395Nigerian Stock Market Rebounds as ASI Up 0.1%
EQUITIES The Nigerian Equities market reversed yesterday’s loss as the gains in UNILEVER (+9.8%), UACN (+3.8%), and INTBREW (+3.7%) drove a 0.1%...
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409World Bank Targets $23b Private Funding for Africa through Stronger Guarantees
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is ramping up efforts to unlock private capital for Africa, with plans to more than double...
