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United Bank for Africa Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel N. Nnorom as its next Group Chairman, effective 21 August 2026, following the scheduled retirement of Mr. Tony O. Elumelu from...
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The 2026 Fiscal Policy Measures take full effect on 1 July. Lower tariffs on cars and rice. A green tax on big engines. Higher duties on beer, spirits and cigarettes. Import prohibitions on 17 product...
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Effective today, the Central Bank of Nigeria revoked the operating licences of 46 microfinance banks under Sections 12 and 13 of BOFIA 2020, approved by Governor Cardoso. The stated grounds:...
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A federal court has thrown out the most extreme element of Trump's skilled-worker visa crackdown. Here is what changed, what did not, and why it matters for professionals outside the US.
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Nigeria enters the July 2026 MPC meeting with an economy that is expanding but still constrained, and a stabilisation effort that is incomplete rather than finished. Real GDP grew by 3.89 percent in...
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Nigeria launched a data lab to track poverty programmes – 30 years after those programmes began. With 140 million Nigerians now below the poverty line, the question is not whether the data exists. It...
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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the pan-African banking group, has approved a dividend distribution of $40 million to shareholders following its 38th Annual General Meeting held in Lomé, Togo on...
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For years, Nigeria’s financial conglomerates have operated in ways that blur the lines between their constituent parts. A bank holds deposits. Its fintech subsidiary processes payments. Its...
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Phil Foden did not travel to the 2026 World Cup. One of the most talented English footballers of his generation – a player central to England reaching the Euro 2024 final – is watching this tournament...
Analysis · Inflation
The Central Bank of Nigeria's Monetary Policy Committee holds its 306th meeting on 20 – 21 July 2026, the third of five scheduled sessions this year. The decision it faces is more constrained than the...
Analysis · Credit
When Nigeria's Central Bank raises its interest rate, commercial banks raise the rates they charge borrowers quickly and by a large amount. When the Central Bank cuts its rate, commercial banks reduce...
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Nigeria launched a data lab to track poverty programmes – 30 years after those programmes began. With 140 million Nigerians now below the poverty line, the question is not whether the data exists. It...
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TikTok removed 4.02 million videos and terminated 86,000 live sessions in Nigeria during the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the platform's Community Guidelines Enforcement Report released this...
Analysis · Regulation
In plural societies, mechanisms for managing diversity often emerge outside formal constitutional frameworks. In Nigeria, one such mechanism is the informal rotation or “recycling” of leadership...
News · Corporate Deals
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the pan-African banking group, has approved a dividend distribution of $40 million to shareholders following its 38th Annual General Meeting held in Lomé, Togo on...
POLICYSTREET Analysis
For years, Nigeria’s financial conglomerates have operated in ways that blur the lines between their constituent parts. A bank holds deposits. Its fintech subsidiary processes payments. Its...
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Phil Foden did not travel to the 2026 World Cup. One of the most talented English footballers of his generation – a player central to England reaching the Euro 2024 final – is watching this tournament...
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Nigeria’s Presidency has approved plans to review the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, backing the Nigerian Communications Commission’s push to modernise the country’s telecom law for today’s...
Nigeria's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 26.5% at the 305th Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 19–20 May 2026; a pause that reflects growing caution rather than confidence. After...
Nigeria’s federal government has announced that, from 2026, it will no longer carry electricity subsidy costs alone. Under a new burden‑sharing framework, any federal, state or local government that...
Phil Foden did not travel to the 2026 World Cup. One of the most talented English footballers of his generation – a player central to England reaching the Euro 2024 final – is watching this tournament...
Latest coverage →In nearly a century of World Cup history, only eight countries have ever lifted the trophy. Yet three nations – Brazil, Germany, and Italy – account for 13 of the 22 titles, roughly 60% of all World...
Latest coverage →TikTok removed 4.02 million videos and terminated 86,000 live sessions in Nigeria during the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the platform's Community Guidelines Enforcement Report released this...
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She grew up in South London, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, studied accounting and finance, and started her career in an investment bank and a Big Four firm. She then built one of the UK’s most...
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