Category: Business

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s Global Bank has launched a simplified instant account opening digital platform designed to make banking faster, more accessible, and truly borderless for customers…

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advised the Nigerian government to deliberately target global investors and supply chain relocations to reduce import dependence, deepen manufacturing,…

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has admitted an additional 3.16 billion ordinary shares of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, to its Daily Official List, signalling a major enhancement of…

There is a certain tone governments adopt when they believe they have won an argument by force of length. Nigeria’s presidential tax committee has produced such a document in response…

Shareholders commit to future injection of more capital to the Groups’ other subsidiaries First HoldCo Plc (“FirstHoldCo” or “the Group”) has announced that its commercial banking subsidiary, First Bank of…

When Heirs Energies announced its acquisition of Maurel & Prom’s 20.07% stake in Seplat Energy, valued at roughly $500m and financed with a hefty $750m loan from Afreximbank; it was…

FirstBank, West Africa’s premier financial institution and financial inclusion service provider is pleased to announce the Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026 scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 6 January 2025. The theme…

For the first time in history, the United States military carried out direct airstrikes on Nigerian soil, late Thursday night – an unprecedented intervention President Donald Trump referred to as…

In an era when Africa is too often described by its deficits, Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has chosen to define the continent by its possibilities. Few private citizens…