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Lagos Life maker bags $500k in just 24 hours
Vatar’s quick cash haul rivals the buzz around the Dangote IPO
Peace LongeOct 11, 2026
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Investing
Bamboo users’ portfolio values exposed in US breach
Bamboo confirms a snapshot of user investments reached hackers
Peace LongeOct 9, 2026
Investing
Airtel Money shows its cards ahead of London listing
Airtel Money sets its IPO price below the $9bn forecast
Peace LongeOct 1, 2026
Investing
MTN Nigeria edges higher on thin volume amid NGX rout
MTN Nigeria barely budged while billions vanished from the market
Peace LongeSep 27, 2026
Investing
Fintechs waive every fee on Dangote’s ₦2.15tn IPO
Bamboo and Cowrywise are waiving every fee on the Dangote IPO because the customer is worth more than the transaction.
Peace LongeSep 19, 2026
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NGX CEO stakes bold claim to add 10m new investors
NGX grew its retail investor base 13-fold in three years, and the exchange’s next target makes that number look modest.
Peace LongeSep 12, 2026
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MTN Nigeria surges past a mark no telco had reached
MTN Nigeria’s latest subscriber numbers point to a milestone that changes the competitive math for every rival operator in the country.
Peace LongeSep 10, 2026
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FG wants manufacturers in 15 markets few ever tap
Nigerian factories hold duty-free access to 15 ECOWAS markets worth billions, but most manufacturers have never heard of the scheme that opens the door.
Peace LongeSep 7, 2026
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Bolt responds as Uber’s 12-year Nigeria run ends
Bolt vows to stay in Nigeria after Uber’s sudden exit, but the same cost pressures that pushed its rival out have not gone anywhere.
Peace LongeSep 3, 2026
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Seplat eyes a $410M dividend bonanza for 2026
Seplat’s planned 2026 payout would represent close to half of every dollar the company has ever returned to shareholders.
Peace LongeSep 2, 2026
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Nigeria’s 4.43% GDP tells two very different stories
Nigeria posted its strongest second-quarter GDP growth in five years, but the headline hides a sharp sectoral split that could shape the economy for the rest of 2026.
Peace LongeSep 1, 2026
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Fidelity Bank drops 2.44% as NGX sell-off drags on
Fidelity Bank slid to ₦20.00 a share as the Nigerian Exchange extended a brutal losing streak that has now erased nearly ₦6 trillion in market value.
Peace LongeAug 22, 2026
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TotalEnergies Nigeria drops 10% in one session
TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria hit the NGX daily price floor as the broader market logged its longest losing streak of 2026.
Peace LongeAug 21, 2026
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Skyway Aviation hits a 52-week peak then drops 10%
Skyway Aviation opened at its highest price in a year before a broad NGX selloff dragged it to the daily loss limit, raising fresh questions about the stock’s valuation.
Peace LongeAug 18, 2026
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NGX volume surges 127%, but the market still fell
NGX trading activity more than doubled in a single week as investors swapped 12.15 billion shares, yet the All-Share Index still closed lower.
Peace LongeAug 17, 2026
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Transcorp Power slides to 52-week low in Friday rout
Transcorp Power sat at its 52-week floor of ₦219.60 on August 14 as the broader NGX selloff dragged the stock deeper into yearly-low territory.
Peace LongeAug 15, 2026
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Nestle holds at ₦2,800 while peers crumble around it
Nestle Nigeria barely moved on August 13 as BUA Foods, Guinness, and NASCON each shed roughly 10% in a consumer goods rout that erased N613 billion from the NGX.
Peace LongeAug 14, 2026
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Dangote Sugar draws 73,000 shares and still edges up
Dangote Sugar closed higher on a session that wiped ₦1.76 trillion from the NGX, and the reason goes beyond one good day.
Peace LongeAug 13, 2026
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Guinness Nigeria drops 9% in broad NGX selloff
Guinness Nigeria shed nearly 9% on August 11 as a sweeping selloff erased N1.17 trillion from the Nigerian Exchange in one session.
Peace LongeAug 12, 2026
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Airtel Africa’s buyback blitz hits 17.4 million shares
Airtel Africa has now snapped up more than 17 million of its own shares in under three months, with every single one headed for permanent cancellation.
Peace LongeAug 11, 2026