ECONOMY

World’s largest free trade agreement signed in coup for China - Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries on Sunday signed the world’s largest free trade agreement, seen as a huge coup for China in...

Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: CBN counts success as policy clocks one year - There are indications that the current Loan-to-Deposit Ratio, LDR, policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is turning positive...

Top 5 investment opportunities in Nigeria 2020 - This post identifies top five sectors to invest in Nigeria, it is intended to guide people who are looking at doing business...

Rising cost of food pushes inflation to a 2-year high of 13.7pp - Inflation rate, the average rate on change in the prices of goods and services has risen for the...

Why Nigeria opposed debt relief from World Bank - Days after kicking against it, Nigeria has told the World Bank and the G20 that debt relief will not sustain the...

Experts agree Nigeria’s palm oil price highest in world market - Price of Nigeria’s palm oil is over 200 % highest above the global market, The Nation authoritatively reported. Confirming this...

Guinness Nigeria recorded N17.2b loss in yearend - The economic headwinds impacted the profit of Guinness Nigeria Plc during the current operating year of the company, The Nation has learnt. Making...

Equities cross N16tr mark with N133b gain - Nigerian equities crossed the N16 trillion mark to market capitalisation of N16.064 trillion yesterday after a major rally by Dangote Cement roused the...

VAT collections increased in Q3 by N52.08b year-on-year - The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS ) has said the Value Added Tax (VAT) which the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) generated...

Dollar inflow to domiciliary accounts falls 69% in Q2 - Foreign exchange (forex) inflow to domiciliary accounts fell by 69 percent, quarter-on-quarter (q/q) in the second quarter of the year (Q2’2020)...