Forex scarcity: Naira tumbles to 486 against dollar
The Nigerian currency fell against the dollar on Tuesday at both the parallel market as well as the investors and
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Unity Bank’s annual profit drops by 38.17%
Unity Bank Plc has reported a profit after tax of N2.09 billion for the financial year 2020, compared to N3.38
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Access Bank to snap up majority stake in Botswana’s fifth-biggest lender
Access Bank Plc said on Monday that it had entered into a definitive and binding agreement with ABC Holdings Limited,
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UBA’s Q1 profit rises 27% to N38.16bn
The United Bank for Africa Plc has reported a profit of N38.16 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2021,
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Insurance giant AXA now accepts bitcoin payments from customers
AXA Switzerland announced on Thursday that customers could now pay their premiums in Bitcoin. The insurance giant disclosed in an
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What you need to know about 14 Africans on Forbes World’s Billionaires List
The Forbes’ 2021 World’s Billionaires List, which was released on Tuesday, features 14 African billionaires: three Nigerians, five Egyptians, five
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The 12 crypto billionaires who made Forbes’ 2021 Billionaires list
The founder and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is the world’s richest for the fourth year running, worth
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Zenith, UBA, Access lose N141.35bn in market value — GTB, Stanbic, FBN gain
Three of Nigeria’s biggest banks posted stock losses in the first three months of this year as N141.35 billion was
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Two months after CBN ban, global crypto market cap hits $2tn
Two months after the Central Bank of Nigeria prohibited cryptocurrency transactions by regulated institutions in the country, the global cryptocurrency
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Customer deposits in five Nigerian banks hit N25trn amid COVID-19
The total customer deposits in five Nigerian commercial banks rose by 32.33 percent in 2020 despite the impact of the
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