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Friday, August 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For decades, Nigeria’s credit system posed significant challenges for small businesses and low-income earners, who often struggled to qualify for loans. Traditional banks demanded collaterals, guarantors, and endless paperwork, effectively shutting out a large portion of the population working in the informal economy. FirstBank’s digital lending model flipped the script. With the […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following some bilateral agreements signed by Nigeria and Brazil on Monday, one of Nigeria’s airline, Air Peace would soon begin operating direct flight from Lagos to Brazilian city of São Paulo The direct flight was one of the agreements reached between President Bola Tinubu and Brazilian leader, President Luiz Inácio Lula da […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 9th Mile Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines And Agriculture (9CCIMA), Enugu state, has been formally inaugurated in a colourful event that also featured the investiture of its founding president, Surveyor Ozo Leonard Ugwu, and the Executive Committee Members. Our correspondent writes that the event held in Enugu was graced by the […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, August 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), has presented an Award of Excellence to the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Ronald Adams, even as it commended Shell for supporting Nigerian content development in the energy industry. The award which was handed over by PETAN Chairman, Wole […]
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Friday, August 15th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has slammed the federal government concerning the sharp drop in Nigeria’s foreign direct investment (FDI). Obi, in a post on X on Friday, stated that no amount of overseas trips will bring investors if there is no good governance […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Thursday, August 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has nominated Louis Odion as Executive Commissioner, Operations, and Ummasalma Isiyaku Rabiu as Executive Commissioner (Corporate Services) of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). This was contained in a press release issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, August 14th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday applauded President Bola Tinubu for his effort to stabilise Nigeria’s economy as she stated that the reforms under his administration are yielding positive results. Okonjo-Iweala stated this while speaking to State House correspondents after a courtesy visit to the President […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) last Tuesday hosted young professionals from Nigeria and other African countries at its offices in Lagos, as it continues to support the growth of future leaders in the energy industry on the continent. The 25 engineers and geologists from Nigeria, Cameroun, Chad, Ghana, Tanzania, […]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WhatsApp says it has banned over 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centres and introduced new safety features to protect users and prevent fraud on the platform. The Vice President of Public Policy for Africa, Middle East and Türkiye at Meta, Mr Kojo Boakye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. […]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, has opened up about his experience in the business world revealing that banks became hostile to him after his fortune decreased in 2009. It is worth recalling that Otedola came into the Nigerian mega business scene with Zenon Petroleum, which increased from selling diesel in drums to acquiring […]
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Monday, July 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oil prices rose on Monday after the U.S. reached a trade deal with the European Union (EU) and may extend a tariff pause with China, reducing concerns that potentially higher levies would limit economic activity and impact fuel demand. Brent crude futures inched up 22 cents, or 0.32 per cent to 68.66 […]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) traded a total of 3.691 billion shares, valued at N112.261 billion, in 138,250 deals this week. This performance shows a significant drop compared to the previous week’s trading of 17.498 billion shares worth N500.762 billion across 142,082 transactions on the Exchange. The decline […]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Google on Thursday announced a $37 million cumulative funding including previously committed but unannounced funding for Artificial Intelligence (AI) support, research, talent development and infrastructure across Africa. Mr James Manyika, Senior Vice-President for Research, Labs, and Technology and Society, Google, said in a statement that Africa was home to some of the […]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says West African countries will sign harmonised refinery regulatory agreements in the fourth quarter of 2025, to realise its refinery hub goals. Prof. Zainab Gobir, Executive Director in charge of Economic Regulations and Strategic Planning, NMDPRA, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, while […]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira closed the trading week bullish on Friday, trading at N1,532.34 to the U.S. dollar at the official market. According to data released on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official website, Naira gained 77 kobo against the dollar. This represents a 0.05 per cent gain when compared to the trading figure […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), has stated that Africa is now a dumping ground for substandard petroleum products because of overreliance on imports. Dangote stated this when he spoke in a recent interview with journalists. According to him, his decision to build the Dangote refinery was because he has […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, on Monday, inaugurated Enugu Air, a state-owned commercial airline established by the Governor Peter Mbah led Administration with three Embraer airplanes for a start. Inaugurating the aircrafts Tuesday at the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, July 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s premier gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has identified development of infrastructure and regulatory and fiscal stability as key drivers for the development of Nigeria’s gas resources. “Major investments are required to develop large scale infrastructure along the gas value chain (pipelines, gas processing plants, gas distribution networks) as well […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Bank Plc has reaffirmed its leadership in sustainable finance by participating in the launch of the Climate Governance Initiative Nigeria (CGIN) Chapter at Lagos Business School. This is contained in a statement issued by the bank on Tuesday. The CGIN launch, hosted by Lagos Business School, is part of the World […]
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced the pilot take-off of its new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered registration portal. The Registrar-General of the CAC, Malam Hussaini Magaji, in a statement, made the announcement during the 2025 Stakeholders Forum held in Port Harcourt. Magaji described the initiative as a major milestone in Nigeria’s business facilitation […]
