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#EndSars

ENDSARS: A look back

Last Saturday, young Nigerian demonstrators mobilised to occupy Lekki Tollgate to preclude its reopening. In the…

‘Arrest us!’ Defiant young Nigerians insist on right to protest

A notable speculative fiction writer from the 1980s once noted in her ‘Diplomatic Immunity’ work: “The dead cannot…

EndSARS protest: My life comes first, says roadside trader

Precious Effiong, 25, is a roadside trader who sells alcohol in sachets beside the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos where…

#EndSARS: Three hours later, Lagos State Police Commissioner yet to address…

It’s been over three hours since the state commissioner of police, Akeem Odumosun promised to address the press…

Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker

Coronavirus Watch

Vaccine apathy poses barrier to Nigeria’s herd immunity target

Churchill Okoro

Covid-19: NCDC commissions molecular laboratory unit in Ebonyi

Nkechinyere Oginiyi

88 official sites you can get COVID-19 vaccination in Lagos

Temitayo Ayetoto

Researchers see booster vaccines as next big stick against COVID-19

Temitayo Ayetoto

The crooked math behind Nigeria’s vaccine allocation

Mercy Ayodele

Over 8,000 Nigerians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 – Agency

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Patricia’s CEO, Fejiro Hanu Agbodje on the #CBN​ crypto ban

"What if there are better ways of using #cryptocurrencies​ to strengthen the naira against the dollar, if the goal…

Evercare: Inside first-of-its-kind healthcare facility in Lekki

ABC 2021- Quotes from Africa business conference

While there are many gatherings and conferences that focus on the different dimensions of Africa – economy,…

AFRICA

John Magufuli, Tanzanian President dies of suspected COVID-19 complications

Isaac Anyaogu
Tanzanian 61-year-old leader once nicknamed "the bulldozer" has died, after weeks of speculation that he was…

Five things to know about Samia Suluhu, Africa’s 3rd female president

Stephen Onyekwelu
Samia Suluhu, Tanzania’s first female vice-president will become Africa’s third female president after Ellen…

South Africans told to expect hefty petrol price hike in April

Our Reporter
Motorists in South Africa must brace themselves for a R1.16/ l rise in the price of petrol and 92c for diesel in…

Burkina Faso gets first green energy project on €29m PPP loan

Stephen Onyekwelu
A sole lender to the project, EAIF is lending Urbasolar SAS, the project’s developer €29 million, representing 80…

PREMIUM

Violence costs Nigeria $1.3trn in 13 years

Bailey Oluwabunmi
Containing violence is costly, and for Nigeria, it has come at a bill of $1.34 trillion within 13 years - from 2007…

Central Bank Digital Currencies: The next big thing in global finance

FAAC manages only a slight rise in February as Nigeria’s states bleed

Buhari sets record as Nigerians grow poorer for sixth straight year

Nigeria sees surprise exit from recession in Q4

Nigeria sees surprise exit from recession in Q4

Micheal Ani
In what came as a surprise yesterday, Nigeria’s economy exited recession, beating analysts’ expectations as well as projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, all of which pointed towards…

How Abia rose to attract third highest foreign investment in 2020

MTN taps Mastercard to upstage Safaricom as Africa’s fintech giant

Nigerians paid less for consumer goods in January, here’s why

How CBN’s targeted financing is reviving Nigeria’s ailing power sector

Start-Up Journal

Oke Oladimeji: Techpreneur Using Digital Marketing For Financial Freedom…

Digital marketing is at the core of the most successful internet-based businesses and has proven to be the most…

Here’s how family-owned businesses can attract funding

Family-owned businesses control a significant portion of Africa’s economy as they form the bulk of Small and Medium…

Balogun Oluwabunmi: Entrepreneur using AI to redefine Africa’s marketing…

Nigeria’s tech start-ups have shown great strength amid the Covid-19 pandemic as they became increasingly…

US Consulate celebrates graduates of Academy for Women Entrepreneurs

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, the United States Consulate General hosted a virtual event to…
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Nigeria's Central Bank on the 5th of February, 2021, released a press statement directing all financial…

Mouka Strengthens Commitment To Fostering Consumers’ Healthy Future…

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Mouka has affirmed that it will continue in its firm resolve to safeguard consumers' healthy future through quality…

Alpha Morgan Capital to hold Wealth and Economic Review webinar

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As the first quarter of 2021 gradually grinds to a close, we need to look back on the economic activities of this…

The future is not digital – Osonuga

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The future is not digital. The present already is. Today’s reality is digital. One is either leveraging it or…

Editorial

Nigeria’s scary security situation

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Until recently, the word ‘insurgence’ was alien to the Nigerian society. But the activities of the jihadist…

Opinion

Designing and Implementing Effective Collaborations

Enveloped in sadness

Investing in Africa’s engineers to solve the world’s climate crisis

Wase: Metaphor for a nation searching for philosopher Kings

Misinformation online is a $78bn annual problem affecting global…

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Women in Business

From Goldman Sachs to Evercare Hospital Lekki, TEMI AWOGBORO knows her…

Kemi Ajumobi
Temi Marcella Awogboro is an investment and operations executive with over 10 years of experience across…

Women in Business: Adedoyin Odunfa

Kemi Ajumobi
Adedoyin has almost 30 years professional experience spanning information/cyber security, IT governance, risk and…

Hansatu Adegbite, Executive Director, WIMBIZ

Kemi Ajumobi
Hansatu is guided by her personal mission statement which is to positively inspire, impact and invest in lives.…

Teju Ajani, Managing Director, Nigeria at Apple

Kemi Ajumobi
Teju is a seasoned global Business leader with over 20 years of technology leadership delivered to Fortune 100…

Interview

In our 40 years of existence, we have become a lead campaigner for quality,…

Teliat Sule
CHI Limited has redefined Nigeria’s FMCG’s market with its innovative products in the past decades. In this…

Edo plans to insure 400,000 residents in 2021– DG, Health Insurance…

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Rock Amegor, director general, Edo State Health Insurance Commission, in this interview with Churchill Okoro,…

‘Nigeria’s data protection policy will make companies more competitive’

Frank Eleanya
Michael Irene, Managing Partner of Mirene Global Consults in this interview with BusinessDay’s Frank Eleanya,…

It is difficult for health workers to achieve potentials in Nigeria –…

Modestus Anaesoronye
CHITO NWANA, a consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and the medical director/CEO of Tabitha Medical Center in…

Companies

LIRS charges Lagos residents to file in returns for 2021 assessment

Micheal Ani
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service ( LIRS) enjoins all taxable person( s) ( including self- employed,…

Gtext Homes leverages GCP to raise 100,000 real estate millionaires

Seyi John Salau
A Nigerian real estate company has disclosed its readiness to leverage the Gtext Homes Consultant Program (GCP) to…

PropVest launches investment offer to provide 500 houses by 2022

Gbemi Faminu
PropVest Nigeria has launched an investment offer for real estate financing across its locations in Lagos, Abuja…

Achieving affordable, quality housing in Nigeria is possible –…

Micheal Ani
The housing shortage in Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people, can be seen in low, middle-income…

Economy

Edo dry inland port to get Domestic Export Warehouse

Churchill Okoro
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Thursday said it is committed to establishing a Domestic Export…

Elumelu advocates strategic long-term investment to tackle poverty in…

Micheal Ani
Disturbed by the increasing rate of poverty in Africa, Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF),…

Nigeria risks Lebanon experience for shying away from reforms

Micheal Ani
In Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, common paracetamol is scarce, prices are out of control and social unrest has…

Agricultural economist sees perilous times as food inflation rises to…

Churchill Okoro
The raging insecurity, an exponential increase in the unemployment rate and the recent rise in food inflation…

Energy

Nigerians rise against $1.5bn Port Harcourt refinery repair bill

Lolade Akinmurele
Nigerians are enraged over government’s plan to spend $1.5 billion (about N570bn) on the repair of one of its…

Tecnimont, Nigeria’s pick to fix Port Harcourt refinery

Isaac Anyaogu
Nigeria has awarded the contract to rehabilitate the Port Harcourt Refineries at the cost of $1.5 billion to…

CrossBoundary Energy commissions its biggest solar plant in Nigeria

Stephen Onyekwelu
CrossBoundary Energy, a renewable energy company with a focus on providing funding for off-grid solutions for…

12 years after, Nigeria’s first wind farm project nears commissioning

Stephen Onyekwelu
Hope is rising in Nigeria over the possibility of commissioning the country’s first wind farm project more than a…

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Politics

2023: Give PDP another chance, Saraki urges Nigerians

Francis Sadhere
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday called on Nigerians to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Ahead of LG election, Makinde appoints Nwosu special assistant on OYSIEC

Remi Feyisipo
Ahead of the local government election slated for May this year, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed…

Security: My meeting with Gov. Makinde fruitful, says Gani Adams

Remi Feyisipo
As part of measures to address the security challenges in the South-West geopolitical zone, Oyo State governor,…

2023: INEC to resume voter registration, expand access to PUs

James Kwen
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it is working hard on…

Markets

Nigeria’s stock investors lost over N130bn in one week

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
In the trading week ended Friday March 19, the benchmark performance indicator of the Nigerian Bourse - All Share…

Dangote Cement proposes dividend of N16 per share

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
The Board of Dangote Cement Plc, Africa's leading cement producer approved the recommendation of a dividend of N16…

Union Bank grows full year pre-tax profit by 2.8% to N25.4bn

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
Union Bank has released its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. The bank’s results…

Fitch affirms Nigeria’s Issuer Default Rating at ‘B’;…

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Nigeria's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B' with a Stable…

Technology

How to buy crypto in Nigeria using peer-to-peer

Frank Eleanya
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have limited the ability of crypto exchanges to provide services, but the…

Crypto use cases growing as new investors take positions

Frank Eleanya
The world’s largest payment company, PayPal recently announced that it has agreed to acquire Curv, an Israeli-…

Kuda raises $25million Series A funding to expand digital banking

Frank Eleanya
Kuda Technologies, a London-based digital bank with a focus on Nigeria and Africa markets, has raised $25 million…

PayPal, Flutterwave partnership to ease cross-border payments in Africa

Frank Eleanya
A partnership deal signed by PayPal and Nigeria’s Flutterwave on Tuesday to enable users on both platforms to…

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Life and Culture

A look at ‘Twice As Tall,’ the Grammy Awarding winning Nigerian album that…

Emelike Obinna
On August 14, 2020, the Nigeria music scene heard a new and unique sound from the stable of one of Africa’s…

Nigeria’s streaming industry booms but data cost slows growth

Frank Eleanya
A 34-year-old member of one of the biggest evangelical churches in Nigeria, Zoe Odunayo, faced a challenge one…

Makeup in COVID times: Women’s beauty taste changes

Bailey Oluwabunmi
At an estimated $3 billion, Nigeria’s makeup industry is large, but over the past year of COVID-19, how women…

Burna Boy stands twice as tall with first Grammy Award win

Emelike Obinna
This year is the ultimate year of wins for Burna Boy, multiple award-winning Afrofusion pioneer, as he bags the…

Top Stories

New USSD charge leaves bank customers with new headache

Frank Eleanya
From March 16, users who carry out transactions through the Unstructured Supplementary System Data (USSD) would…

Nigerians rise against $1.5bn Port Harcourt refinery repair bill

Here’s how family-owned businesses can attract funding

Tecnimont, Nigeria’s pick to fix Port Harcourt refinery

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Union Bank grows full year pre-tax profit by 2.8% to N25.4bn

Five things to know to start your day

Apapa: New measures out to fix e-call up system

GTBank reports full year PBT of N238.1billion

Nigeria’s inflation leaves T-Bills investors with little to cheer

Commentary

Insecurity: When terrorists ‘bare their fangs’ on El Rufai’s…

Zebulon Agomuo

Designing and Implementing Effective Collaborations

Nonny Ugboma

Enveloped in sadness

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How to transition from technical expertise to strategic…

Toye Sobande

Law, unclaimed funds and the Financial Act 2020

Obadiah Mailafia

But you are ‘Rich man pikin’ – Why do you care?

David Hundeyin

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Nigeria’s stock investors lost over N130bn in one week

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
In the trading week ended Friday March 19, the benchmark performance indicator of the Nigerian Bourse - All Share…

2023: Give PDP another chance, Saraki urges Nigerians

Fitch affirms Nigeria’s Issuer Default Rating at…

Edo dry inland port to get Domestic Export Warehouse

Air Peace takes delivery of second Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, drives expansion

Ifeoma Okeke
Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest carrier has taken delivery of the second set of its 13 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft. The…

Naira appreciates marginally amid liquidity drop

Wike sees no end to banditry, blames it on politics

Buhari launches $890m health grant to tackle malaria, HIV, TB

CBN to issue N507.40bn treasury bills in second quarter

Hope Ashike
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will issue a total of N570.40 billion treasury bills in the second quarter of…

Netflix to uplift women in entertainment with $5m from Creative Equity…

CrossBoundary Energy commissions its biggest solar plant in Nigeria

FG, Nasarawa move to avert security threat at mining sites along…

Elumelu advocates strategic long-term investment to tackle poverty in Africa

Micheal Ani
Disturbed by the increasing rate of poverty in Africa, Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF),…

The Rise Fund to invest $200m in Airtel Africa’s mobile money business

Five things to know to start your day

Data, integration missing puzzles in unlocking Nigeria’s informal…

Coronavirus

EU’s drug regulator backs AstraZeneca vaccine after safety Probe

The EU’s drug watchdog said on Thursday it is still convinced the benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine…

Vaccine apathy poses barrier to Nigeria’s herd immunity target

Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief when a lifeline, the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, arrived in the country a…

Covid-19: NCDC commissions molecular laboratory unit in Ebonyi

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Tuesday, commissioned a molecular laboratory unit at the Alex Ekwueme…

88 official sites you can get COVID-19 vaccination in Lagos

The Lagos State government has listed 88 official sites where residents eligible for COVID-19 vaccination across…

COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER

#EndSars

EndSARS protest: My life comes first, says roadside trader

Desmond Okon
Precious Effiong, 25, is a roadside trader who sells alcohol in sachets beside the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos where…

#EndSARS: Three hours later, Lagos State Police Commissioner yet to…

233,000 candidates miss NECO exams due to ENDSARS protest

#EndSARS protest: How best to mitigate the losses at least in the…

Police debunk reported resumption of ENDSARS protests in Abuja

Police ask court for order to disband EndSARS panels of inquiry

Lekki shooting: Army insists carrying live weapon part of rule of…

Buhari pledges to ensure EndSARS protest does not reoccur

Recession

Recession exit: expecting CBN’s further interventions to sustain growth

It has been widely agreed that the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s interventions…

Expert highlights how Nigeria can remain out of recession

David Ogogo (Dr), the Group Chief Executive Officer, Dynamic Governance & IT Solution Limited says that for…

Role of sectoral credit allocation in Nigeria’s exit from recession

Many people are happy that Nigeria has exited the last recession, especially as the country’s economic data shows…

Nigeria limps out of recession in Q4 with 0.11% growth

After contracting for two consecutive quarters, the Nigerian economy managed to limp out of recession in the fourth…

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Six feared dead as Nigerian Air force aircraft crashes in Abuja

Businessday Investigates

Ticketing corruption by railway staff, soldiers, policemen derailing Abuja-Kaduna rail project (2)

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Nigeria Crypto “Ban” Explained – How To Deal With The Situation

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Nigeria's Central Bank on the 5th of February, 2021, released a press statement directing all financial…

Mouka Strengthens Commitment To Fostering Consumers’ Healthy…

Alpha Morgan Capital to hold Wealth and Economic Review webinar

The future is not digital – Osonuga

WordenHCD Unveils List for International Women’s Day Recognition

Africa

John Magufuli, Tanzanian President dies of suspected COVID-19 complications

Isaac Anyaogu
Tanzanian 61-year-old leader once nicknamed "the bulldozer" has died, after weeks of speculation that he was…

Five things to know about Samia Suluhu, Africa’s 3rd female…

South Africans told to expect hefty petrol price hike in April

Burkina Faso gets first green energy project on €29m PPP loan

Premium

Violence costs Nigeria $1.3trn in 13 years

Bailey Oluwabunmi
Containing violence is costly, and for Nigeria, it has come at a bill of $1.34 trillion within 13 years - from 2007…

Central Bank Digital Currencies: The next big thing in global finance

FAAC manages only a slight rise in February as Nigeria’s states bleed

Buhari sets record as Nigerians grow poorer for sixth straight year

Nigeria sees surprise exit from recession in Q4

Start-Up Journal

Oke Oladimeji: Techpreneur Using Digital Marketing For Financial Freedom and…

BusinessDay
Digital marketing is at the core of the most successful internet-based businesses and has proven to be the most…

Here’s how family-owned businesses can attract funding

Balogun Oluwabunmi: Entrepreneur using AI to redefine Africa’s…

US Consulate celebrates graduates of Academy for Women Entrepreneurs

Opinion

Designing and Implementing Effective Collaborations

Nonny Ugboma
In my last article, I wrote about disaster management solutions arising from my speaking session at Ehingbeti:…

Enveloped in sadness

Investing in Africa’s engineers to solve the world’s climate crisis

Wase: Metaphor for a nation searching for philosopher Kings

Podcast

Women In Business

From Goldman Sachs to Evercare Hospital Lekki, TEMI AWOGBORO knows her stuff

Kemi Ajumobi
Temi Marcella Awogboro is an investment and operations executive with over 10 years of experience across…

Women in Business: Adedoyin Odunfa

Hansatu Adegbite, Executive Director, WIMBIZ

Teju Ajani, Managing Director, Nigeria at Apple

Companies & Market

Nigeria’s stock investors lost over N130bn in one week

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
In the trading week ended Friday March 19, the benchmark performance indicator of the Nigerian Bourse - All Share…

Dangote Cement proposes dividend of N16 per share

Union Bank grows full year pre-tax profit by 2.8% to N25.4bn

Fitch affirms Nigeria’s Issuer Default Rating at…

Magazines

Interview

In our 40 years of existence, we have become a lead campaigner for quality,…

Teliat Sule
CHI Limited has redefined Nigeria’s FMCG’s market with its innovative products in the past decades. In this…

Edo plans to insure 400,000 residents in 2021– DG, Health Insurance…

‘Nigeria’s data protection policy will make companies more…

It is difficult for health workers to achieve potentials in Nigeria…

Economy & Politics

2023: Give PDP another chance, Saraki urges Nigerians

Francis Sadhere
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday called on Nigerians to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Edo dry inland port to get Domestic Export Warehouse

Ahead of LG election, Makinde appoints Nwosu special assistant on…

Security: My meeting with Gov. Makinde fruitful, says Gani Adams

Energy & Technology

How to buy crypto in Nigeria using peer-to-peer

Frank Eleanya
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have limited the ability of crypto exchanges to provide services, but the…

Crypto use cases growing as new investors take positions

Nigerians rise against $1.5bn Port Harcourt refinery repair bill

Kuda raises $25million Series A funding to expand digital banking

Life and culture

Nigeria’s streaming industry booms but data cost slows growth

Frank Eleanya
A 34-year-old member of one of the biggest evangelical churches in Nigeria, Zoe Odunayo, faced a challenge one…

Makeup in COVID times: Women’s beauty taste changes

Burna Boy stands twice as tall with first Grammy Award win

Why Nigeria is struggling to attract five-star hotels

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Oke Oladimeji: Techpreneur Using Digital Marketing For Financial Freedom and Business Growth

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Digital marketing is at the core of the most successful internet-based businesses and has proven to be the most…

Writer Chimamanda Adichie loses mother

Modestus Anaesoronye
The first female registrar of the University of Nigeria, Grace Ifeoma Adichie, is dead. The mother of acclaimed…

Union Bank grows full year pre-tax profit by 2.8% to N25.4bn

Iheanyi Nwachukwu
Union Bank has released its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. The bank’s results…

Group partners GWP Initiative to promote menstrual hygiene

Ifeoma Okeke
Kindness Unhindered in conjunction with Girls With Period (GWP) Initiative, recently hosted an event at Federal…

NIWA, NPA, NIMASA move to clamp down on illegal barge, jetty operators in Lagos

Amaka Anagor
The Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigerian Maritime Administration…

Nigeria Crypto “Ban” Explained – How To Deal With The Situation

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