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Nigeria Banking Sector 2026: Rising Interest Income Offsets

🇳🇬 Nigeria Banking Sector 2026: Rising Interest Income Offsets

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 08/05/2026

Nigeria's banking sector is navigating a paradox in 2026: soaring interest income paired with elevated loan loss provisions. Despite headwinds from st...

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Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, May 8, 2026

🇳🇬 Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, May 8, 2026

Nigeria finance +0.10 · 08/05/2026

Nigeria Exchange Rate --- **HEADLINE:** Nigeria Naira Exchange Rate May 8, 2026: Stability Signals CBN Control **META_DESCRIPTION:** Naira holds st...

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FRC unveils incentives to grow actuarial workforce

🇳🇬 FRC unveils incentives to grow actuarial workforce

Nigeria finance +0.70 · 08/05/2026

Nigeria's financial services sector faces a talent crisis that threatens institutional stability and investor confidence. The Financial Reporting Coun...

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Safaricom is pushing M-PESA deeper into Kenya’s retail

🇰🇪 Safaricom is pushing M-PESA deeper into Kenya’s retail

Kenya finance +0.75 · 08/05/2026

Safaricom is making a decisive move to transform M-PESA from a payments platform into a comprehensive financial services ecosystem. Following a doubli...

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Eterna rakes in N1.6 billion profit in Q1 2026, trims costs

🇳🇬 Eterna rakes in N1.6 billion profit in Q1 2026, trims costs

Nigeria finance +0.70 · 08/05/2026

Eterna Plc, one of Nigeria's integrated downstream petroleum players, has delivered a compelling Q1 2026 performance, posting pretax profit of N1.6 bi...

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C&I Leasing reports N533 million Q1 2026 pretax profit, up

🇳🇬 C&I Leasing reports N533 million Q1 2026 pretax profit, up

Nigeria finance +0.65 · 08/05/2026

Nigeria's downstream and energy leasing sector is signaling resilience in early 2026, as two major listed companies—C&I Leasing Plc and Eterna Plc—del...

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eNCA Business | Market update | 8 May 2026

🇿🇦 eNCA Business | Market update | 8 May 2026

South Africa finance -0.70 · 08/05/2026

South Africa's equity market closed out the week of May 8, 2026, deep in negative territory, with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) painting a wal...

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The House of Representatives and the State Council are

🇱🇾 The House of Representatives and the State Council are

Libya finance +0.60 · 08/05/2026

Libya's fractious political landscape has produced an unexpected moment of consensus: both the House of Representatives and the State Council are acti...

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Farmers accuse banks of diverting agric funds to real estate

🇳🇬 Farmers accuse banks of diverting agric funds to real estate

Nigeria finance -0.75 · 08/05/2026

Nigeria's agricultural finance system is facing a credibility crisis. On Thursday, Prince Wale Oyekoya, former Chairman of the Agriculture and Non-Oil...

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FIH Mauritius Launches Open Offer For 26% Stake In IIFL

🌍 FIH Mauritius Launches Open Offer For 26% Stake In IIFL

Mauritius finance +0.65 · 08/05/2026

FIH Mauritius, the investment arm of a Mauritius-based financial holding company, has initiated an open offer to acquire a 26% stake in IIFL Capital, ...

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Business: Bank of Malawi grants Centenary Bank license

🌍 Business: Bank of Malawi grants Centenary Bank license

Malawi finance +0.70 · 06/05/2026

The Bank of Malawi has granted a banking license to Centenary Bank, marking a significant expansion of the country's financial services landscape and ...

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Inside the R1.1bn SA Steel Mills deal now under scrutiny

🇿🇦 Inside the R1.1bn SA Steel Mills deal now under scrutiny

South Africa finance -0.85 · 07/05/2026

South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation faces mounting pressure over its R1.1 billion funding commitment to SA Steel Mills, as newly surface...

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HIGHER EDUCATION: NSFAS faces another shake-up as Minister

🇿🇦 HIGHER EDUCATION: NSFAS faces another shake-up as Minister

South Africa finance -0.75 · 07/05/2026

South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has entered fresh administrative turmoil after Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela pl...

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NRS announces weekend tax services ahead of peak filing

🇳🇬 NRS announces weekend tax services ahead of peak filing

Nigeria finance +0.60 · 07/05/2026

The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) has shifted its operational calendar to accommodate the surge in tax filings, announcing extended Saturday services ...

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Dangote plans London listing for $13 billion cement company

🇳🇬 Dangote plans London listing for $13 billion cement company

Nigeria finance +0.85 · 07/05/2026

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest entrepreneur, is positioning Dangote Cement Plc for a landmark London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing in 2026, signalling...

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FirstHoldCo profit rockets 72% in Q1

🇳🇬 FirstHoldCo profit rockets 72% in Q1

Nigeria finance +0.85 · 07/05/2026

FirstHoldCo Plc has delivered exceptional financial performance in the first quarter of 2026, recording a 72% year-on-year surge in profit before tax ...

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Nigeria Insurance Recapitalisation 2026: 15 Firms Verified,

🇳🇬 Nigeria Insurance Recapitalisation 2026: 15 Firms Verified,

Nigeria finance +0.60 · 07/05/2026

Nigeria's financial regulatory landscape is tightening significantly as two parallel enforcement waves reshape investor confidence and sector stabilit...

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Why Shareholder Registers Have Become a Strategic

🇰🇪 Why Shareholder Registers Have Become a Strategic

Kenya finance +0.60 · 07/05/2026

Shareholder registers have evolved from administrative backoffice functions into strategic governance assets that directly shape investor confidence a...

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NGX RegCo returns N500 million to investors amid crackdown

🇳🇬 NGX RegCo returns N500 million to investors amid crackdown

Nigeria finance +0.60 · 07/05/2026

Nigeria's stock market regulator is tightening enforcement mechanisms to protect retail and institutional investors. NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo...

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DAARCOMM denies approving shareholding changes after CAC

🇳🇬 DAARCOMM denies approving shareholding changes after CAC

Nigeria finance -0.65 · 07/05/2026

DAAR Communications Plc (DAARCOMM), Nigeria's largest media conglomerate, has issued a formal denial regarding alleged changes to its shareholding str...

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