Joseph Makoju, Former Dangote Cement MD Dies At 73   Former Managing Director, Dangote Cement Company Limited, Mr Joseph Makoju, is dead. Makoju reportedly died at an Abuja Hospital on Monday. He was aged 73. Commenting on the incident, Governor Yahaya Bello of...

Oil Prices Drop Below $100 A Barrel Amid Lockdowns In China   Oil prices, on Monday, plunged 4 per cent amid concerns that the pandemic will cut demand in China. Brent crude futures fell 4 5 per cent to $98.16 a barrel...

Nigeria on the Verge of COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   Two years after the global outbreak of Coronavirus, popularly known as COVID-19, Nigeria’s food and drug regulatory agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)...

E-payments Processed N55trn In Two Months   About N54.98tn was processed through Nigeria’s electronic channels in the first two months of 2022, according to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System portal. This is a 45.49 per cent increase from the...

In One Week, Stock Investors Lose N114bn   Stock Investors lost N114bn at the end of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited last week. The NGX All-Share Index and market capitalisation of equities listed on the NGX depreciated...

Nigeria’s Non-oil Exports Decline By 39%   Nigeria’s non-oil exports have fallen by 39 per cent from N6.914tn to N4.194tn in10 years, according to an analysis of the National Bureau of Statistics’ Foreign Trade Statistics. Specifically, figures show that the N4.194tn non-oil...