Goddy Ikeh
Equity trading in Nigeria has seen growth over the last three years, with total transactions reaching N10.82tn as of December 31, 2024. This was fuelled by local investor participation, with domestic investors playing a role.
The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Emomotimi Agama, has pledged that the Commission will intensify its oversight of capital market operators to ensure strict adherence to regulations and enhance investor confidence in Nigeria’s financial system.
The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at $80.45 a barrel on Friday, January 24, 2024 compared with $80.77 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Across Africa, nearly 600 million people live in energy poverty, deprived of reliable access to electricity—a fundamental prerequisite for modern life. This staggering statistic represents more than just a lack of power.
African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit where they will commit to ambitious reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030.
Ghana’s total public debt dropped to GH¢24.1 bil¬lion month-on-month from GH¢761.0 billion in November 2024, the Bank of Ghana’s Janu¬ary 2025 Summary of Financial and Economic Data has revealed.
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has assured the chiefs and people of the Volta Region that it would receive its fair share of the national cake.
Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has announced plans by the ministry to conduct a nationwide census of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in 2025, as part of its economic growth and industrial transformation strategy.
The Nigerian equity market recorded a surge last week, as the All-Share Index and market capitalisation appreciated by 1.22 per cent and 1.26 per cent, respectively.
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has confirmed the death of 22 soldiers and over 70 insurgents during an ongoing military operation in the Timbuktu Triangle, a notorious terrorist stronghold in Borno State in northern Nigeria.