ECONOMY

Rising cost of food pushes inflation to a 2-year high of 13.7pp – Inflation rate, the average rate on change in the prices of goods and […]

Stripe acquires Paystack in a deal rumoured to be around $200m – When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million […]

Breaking: Nigeria inflation shoots up again – The consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 13.71 percent (year-on-year) in September 2020. This is 0.49 […]

Equities open with N40b loss amid profit-taking – Nigerian equities reopened yesterday on a negative note as investors opened up market orders to take profit on […]

Least developed countries’ debts hit $744b – World Bank: The least developed countries’ debts rose  to $744 billion in 2019, the World Bank said yesterday. According […]

Nigerian Naira gains N8 as equities make N778b – THE naira appreciated by N8 in the last one week at the parallel market and the equities […]

FG targets N8.433tr revenue in 2021 – The Federal Government yesterday said its total federally distributable revenue for the 2021 Budget has been estimated at N8.433 […]

Nigeria stock market drops further by N68bn – The bears maintained dominance on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday with the market capitalisation declining further by […]

Profit Taking Halts 12-day Price Rally at Stock Market – The rally at the stock market was halted yesterday after 12 days as investors moved in […]

Households record 67% decline in income — Report: The instability in the country’s job market continued in August even as 67 percent of households recorded decline […]