BUSINESS
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Nigeria’s 90,000km Fibre Bet: Can Project BRIDGE Turn Connectivity into Innovation?
Nigeria is preparing a 90,000-kilometre open-access fibre network that could transform connectivity across all 774 local government areas. Its success,…
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FG Backs PSML $1.3bn Delta Steel Company Deal, Targets 25,000 Jobs and Lower Import Dependence
Nigeria has backed a $1.3 billion plan to restore Delta Steel’s one-million-tonne capacity. But sustainable ore, dependable power, functioning rail…
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CBN’s Vision 2028 Puts Digital Payments at the Centre of Nigeria’s Inclusion Drive
The CBN wants Nigerians to embrace agent banking, POS, mobile money, USSD, digital wallets and QR payments. But genuine inclusion…
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TAJBank Grows Assets 41%, Profit 74% as Ethical Banking Gains Ground
TAJBank’s profit before tax increased by 74 per cent to ₦31.56 billion as assets reached ₦1.34 trillion and equity rose…
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Nigeria’s High-Cost Capital Trap Is Keeping the Power Sector in the Dark
Nigeria’s high interest rates make commercial loans unsuitable for long-life electricity infrastructure. Patient capital could unlock investment, but only if…
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As NPERA Takes Effect, Can Nigeria Build Africa’s Preferred Trade Gateway?
President Tinubu’s assent to the NPERA Act gives Nigeria’s port economic regulator long-awaited legal authority. The defining test is whether…
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SEC Orders Asset Freeze on Six Individuals, Three BDCs Over Alleged Terrorism Financing Links
SEC has ordered capital-market operators to freeze assets connected to six individuals and three BDCs on Nigeria’s sanctions list, widening…
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Data: Globacom Made Every Second Count, Can it Lead Nigeria’s Second Telecom Revolution?
Twenty-three years after it made every second count, Globacom’s sharp rise in data subscriptions has revived an audacious possibility: that…
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Where Is the $300m? EFCC Asked to Probe River Park Investment Claim
A Nigerian-led JonahCapital faction wants the EFCC to trace an alleged $300 million investment in River Park Estate as the…
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SEC Fixes 5PM Deadline for T+1 Settlement of Equities, Commodities
SEC’s new 5:00 p.m. T+1 funding deadline promises faster, safer settlement—but puts brokers, custodians and investors under tighter operational discipline.
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