Business

Twitter’s largest shareholders after Elon Musk

Twitter has a new line-up of top investors following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform. As of November 2022,...

Elon Musk, world richest man, finally acquires $44bn Twitter

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has finally take over the ownership of social media service, Twitter, by closing a $44 billion (£38.1bn)...

Germany agrees to controversial sale of Hamburg port terminal

Germany has struck a compromise over a controversial move to allow a Chinese shipping group to buy a stake in a terminal at...

Dangote’s 650,000bpd Refinery, Africa’s Biggest, Is 97% Completed, Says NMDPRA

...to provide 100,000 direct and indirect jobs for the youths

Foreign Investment Network (FIN) hosts International Banking on Emerging Markets Forum in Washington DC, U.S. Oct. 14

In a bid to chart a path for emerging economies in Africa, Foreign Investment Network (FIN) is organizing FIN International Banking on Emerging...

Strong, formidable insurance sector key to strong Nigeria, says Elumelu

Tony Elumelu, CON, Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), has canvassed a vibrant, well capitalised and deep insurance sector...

Elumelu to NCRIB: It’s time to flush out bad eggs from insurance industry

Mr Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, has called for the flushing out of non-registered and non-compliant members...

Again, CBN raises monetary policy rate to 15.5%

  Following the rising rate of inflation, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee unanimously voted to raise the benchmark interest...

Revealed! How ExxonMobil, partners overspent $138bn in decades-long energy projects

Oil and natural gas projects that ExxonMobil invested in between 1998 and 2017 ended up costing $138 billion more than early estimates, possibly...

Dangote Sugar upscales its CSR schemes in Adamawa, Nasarawa

Living up to its billing, a member of Dangote Group — the Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) — has scaled up its Corporate...

Heritage Bank, Gail Sickle Initiative collaborate to rescue sickle cell patients

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS), Heritage Bank Plc has increased the level of its support and intervention for the public...

Despite geo-political environmental challenges, UBA delivers N85.7bn profit-before-tax, declares N0.20k interim dividend Jan.-June 2022

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited financial results for the half-year ended on June 30, 2022,...

Energy Security: FG floats National Oil Reserve Company on Build, Operate and Transfer arrangement —  GCEO, NNPC, Kyari

A National Oil Reserve Company is floated to ensure energy security for Nigeria, the GCEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC...

National Economic Council approves NSIA’s 2021 financial performance report

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority’s (NSIA) 2021 financial performance report has been approved by the National Economic Council (NEC). The NEC also lauded...

With its $85m trapped in Nigeria, Emirates Airline suspends flights to Nigeria

Following the non-repatriation of its $85 million funds from Nigeria, Emirates Airline says it will suspend flight operations in and out of the...

Fake news! BEDC MD Osibodu’s arrest as Ajagbawa’s illegal, forceful takeover busted

Contrary to reports via videos trending on social media, the Managing Director of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Mrs Funke Osibodu has not...