Business & Economy

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has delivered its strongest half-year performance on record, with profit before tax hitting N1.09 trillion in the first six months of 2026, a 75.4 percent jump...

The naira closed out the trading week much as it began it, largely unmoved as the local currency held a tight range against the US dollar across Nigeria's dual foreign...

Oil prices retreated more than 1% on Friday, pulling back from a month of dramatic swings as tanker traffic through the world's most contested maritime chokepoints showed tentative signs of...

Nigeria's financial regulators have intensified their crackdown on banking fraud, with new figures showing a significant jump in the number of Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) flagged for suspicious activity across...

Dangote Cement Plc has cemented its status as West Africa's dominant cement supplier, reporting a 62.3 percent surge in exports to 1.1 million tonnes in the first half of 2026,...

Nigeria and Canada appear to be edging closer to a long-awaited breakthrough on direct air travel between the two countries, even as diplomatic wrangling over immigration enforcement threatens to complicate...

The Nigerian naira closed Thursday's session at an official exchange rate of ₦1,358.63 to the United States Dollar on the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), extending a run of relative...

Oil markets extended their rally for a second consecutive session on Thursday, as investors priced in a sharpening confrontation between Washington and Tehran that has thrown two of the world's...

The Federal Reserve concluded its two-day policy meeting Wednesday by voting to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, but the decision was anything but unanimous, exposing a widening split within...

The naira clawed back some ground against the euro in Wednesday's official market session, with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) figures showing the local currency closing at N1,552/€1, an improvement...