🇳🇬 NCC, CBN launch portal to track fraudulent phone lines
--- **HEADLINE:** Nigeria Fraud Portal 2025: NCC-CBN Launch Tracking System for Financial Crime **META_DESCRIPTION:** Nigeria's NCC and CBN launched...
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🇳🇬 FirstBank backs announces sponsorship of Global Trade
FirstBank has secured headline sponsorship of the Global Trade Review (GTR) West Africa 2026 conference, underscoring Nigeria's renewed positioning as...
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🇳🇬 BOI, RMRDC sign MoU to foster agric value-chain growth
**HEADLINE:** Nigeria Agricultural Value Chain: BOI-RMRDC Partnership Eyes GDP Growth **META_DESCRIPTION:** Bank of Industry partners RMRDC to unlock...
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🇳🇬 Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 21, 2026
Nigeria's foreign exchange market entered a critical phase in late April 2026 as the naira navigated competing pressures from global dollar movements ...
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🇳🇬 Naira weakens to N1,349/$ as US dollar falls on Iran talks
Nigeria's naira depreciated to N1,349 per US dollar on Monday, marking a 0.55% decline from Friday's close of N1,342.50/$ according to Central Bank of...
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🇳🇬 DisCos remit N77.99 billion in Q4 2025, collection rate
Nigeria's electricity distribution companies (DisCos) remitted N77.99 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, achieving a 91.19% collection rate agains...
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🇳🇬 109 years, still building, still Nigerian
**HEADLINE:** First Bank Nigeria 109 Years: How Africa's Oldest Bank Shapes Modern Finance **META_DESCRIPTION:** First Bank Nigeria marks 109 years o...
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🇳🇬 Naira appreciates to N1,387/$ in parallel market
Nigeria's naira has posted a modest but significant appreciation in the parallel market, trading at N1,387 per US dollar compared to N1,389 the previo...
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🇳🇬 FG ban on drug imports hailed as boost for local pharma
Nigeria's Federal Government has updated its schedule of prohibited trade items to include pharmaceuticals already manufactured domestically—a landmar...
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🇳🇬 Import duty reduction kills our local industry, rice
Nigeria's rice milling sector faces an existential threat following the Tinubu administration's decision to slash import duties on rice and competing ...
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🇳🇬 State of the nation: A country in dire straits
Nigeria faces a deepening currency and macroeconomic crisis that contradicts government claims of economic mastery. Since President Bola Tinubu took o...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s oil strategy and the logic of enlightened
Nigeria's oil strategy debate reveals a fundamental leadership paradox: despite commanding Africa's largest proven oil reserves (37 billion barrels), ...
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🇳🇬 UPDATED: Flutterwave yet to confirm reports of $75m
Flutterwave, Africa's most valuable fintech unicorn, has yet to publicly confirm reports of a substantial $75 million investment from the Nigerian gov...
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🇳🇬 NCC, CBN sign MoU to tackle payment fraud, protect consumers
Nigeria's financial and telecommunications regulators have moved decisively to address a mounting vulnerability in the nation's digital economy. The N...
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🇳🇬 IMF/World Bank Meetings: Dangote champions infrastructure,
Africa's largest industrial conglomerate made a high-profile case for infrastructure-led development at the recent IMF and World Bank annual meetings,...
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🇳🇬 Court vacates order restraining EFCC from freezing Amaranta
Nigeria's energy sector has received a significant regulatory signal this week as the Federal High Court in Abuja reversed course on asset freezes aff...
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🇳🇬 CBN to raise N750 billion in second Treasury Bills auction
Nigeria's Central Bank has signalled continued reliance on short-term debt instruments to manage government liquidity needs. The planned N750 billion ...
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🇳🇬 AXIAN’s Benjamin Toulouze says CVCs can move faster than VCs
Corporate venture capital (CVC) units are reshaping Africa's startup funding landscape. AXIAN, the Mauritian diversified conglomerate, has deployed it...
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🇳🇬 Nigerian equities market hits N140 trillion as ASI breaks
Nigeria's equity market has crossed a historic threshold. On April 20, 2026, the All-Share Index (ASI) closed at 218,113.84 points—a 0.44% gain—pushin...
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🇳🇬 Tinubu approves $75m investment in Flutterwave ahead of IPO
President Bola Tinubu's approval of a $75 million investment into Flutterwave represents a watershed moment for Africa's fintech ecosystem and carries...
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