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S&P lifts 7 Nigerian banks after sovereign upgrade
If you hold money in a Nigerian bank or follow African markets, a significant shift just landed on global investors’ radar.
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Tin Can port rakes in ₦401bn in just one quarter
A single customs command at one Lagos seaport just pulled in more revenue in three months than many federal agencies collect in a full year.
Damilola EsebameMay 25, 20261 min read
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Dangote Refinery IPO draws $2bn before September launch
Aliko Dangote spent over a decade building the largest single-train oil refinery on Earth, and it has not gone public yet.
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Cardoso holds firm on 26.5% rate as fuel costs surge
For eleven straight months, Nigeria’s inflation rate had been falling, rewarding one of the most aggressive monetary tightening campaigns on the continent.
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CBN faces tough call as MPC meets amid rising inflation
For eleven straight months, Nigeria’s inflation moved in the direction borrowers and business owners wanted: downward.
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Dangote, BUA Foods, MTN stun NGX with 2026 surge
If you have been watching the Nigerian Exchange in 2026, you have probably noticed something the consensus models did not see coming this fast.
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BUA Cement finance income explodes 638% in just one quarter
Something unusual showed up in BUA Cement’s first-quarter filing for 2026, buried several pages past the profit headlines that grabbed most of the coverage.
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DMO rolls out N600 billion offer with 22.60% coupon
If you have watched Nigerian fixed-income markets at all this year, the level of government yields is no longer a surprise to you.
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S&P lifts Nigeria’s rating after 14 long years of waiting
For 14 years Nigeria sat in the same corner of the global credit map, slipping further into territory investors call speculative.
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OPay’s IPO quietly lists 40 million Nigerians, too
OPay’s planned US stock market listing has been reported by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the deal, as a $4 billion fintech milestone, with three Wall Street banks running the offering.
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AfDB channels $200 million into Nigeria’s industrial future
If you run a small business in Nigeria, finding affordable, long-dated capital can feel difficult given the cost of credit nationally.
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FMDA projects inflation creeping back to 16.42%
For eleven consecutive months, Nigeria’s inflation rate moved in one direction: down, from a peak of 27.4% to a five-year low.