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Naira strengthens over CBN intervention, FPI inflow – The naira strengthened at the official window in the past week to 1,547/$ from 1,549/$, supported by intervention from the Central Bank of Nigeria, which injected dollars into the market to ease corporate demand pressures. Analysts also alluded the development to the resilience of the naira to […]

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FG to revoke dormant oil licences with new policy – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has told oil producers that it is set to implement the ‘drill or drop’ policy. The Chief Executive of the NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, disclosed this when he received a delegation from the Independent Petroleum Producers Group at the commission’s […]

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Investors gain N1.9tn on NASD in one week – Investors on the NASD Over-the-Counter Securities Exchange recorded a N1.90tn gain last week as the market capitalization rose by 1.86 per cent. According to the NASD weekly report for the week ended May 30, the NASD OTC market capitalization increased from N1.87tn in the previous week […]

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FX pushed cost of imported raw materials to N6.64trn in 2024 – The cost of imported raw materials surged by 118 per cent to N6.64 trillion in 2024 alone due to the depreciation of the exchange rate, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has disclosed. The Director General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, disclosed this while delivering […]