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Nigeria’s Power Generation Stagnant at 5,500MW

It appears Nigeria’s power grid is defying efforts to ramp up electricity supply to 6,000 megawatts, as electricity on the grid has been hovering around 5,500 MW for months. This came as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission transferred the regulatory market in Bayelsa State to the Bayelsa Electricity Regulatory Agency. Our correspondent reports that while...
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FCMB Seeks Equity Capital for Expansion in Africa

FCMB Group Plc has announced plans to raise equity capital to strengthen its financial base and support its regional and international expansion strategy. The development was filed recently with the Nigerian Exchange and communicated to stakeholders, including the investing public. According to the company, the Board of Directors, acting on approval granted by shareholders at...
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Bitget Launches World’s First RWA Index Perpetual Contract

Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has introduced the world’s first Real-World Asset Index Perpetual Contract, allowing traders to gain exposure to tokenised traditional assets such as Tesla, Nvidia, and Circle. In a statement on Sunday, the new product, which went live recently, marks a step in bridging traditional finance and decentralised finance....
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Governance Key for Nigerian Insu

The Executive Director (Technical), Continental Reinsurance Plc, Chukwuemeka Akwiwu, has urged insurance companies to adopt good governance practices to enable judicious use of the fresh capital that industry players are raising. Akwiwu made this call at the annual retreat of the Risk, Audit, and Compliance Committee, a technical body under the Nigerian Insurers Association, held...
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Capital Formation Crucial for Nigeria’s $1 Trillion Economy

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers has called on the Federal Government to implement urgent economic reforms to reposition Nigeria’s capital market as a key driver for achieving the country’s $1 tn economic target. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers said the call follows a one-day workshop...
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Trump Fires Fed Official, Asia Stocks Tumble on Tariff Threa

Asian stocks retreated Tuesday after US President Donald Trump’s series of market-rattling announcements, including an unusual move to fire a central bank official and threats to impose export controls on microchips. Traders had been riding a wave of confidence since Friday’s speech by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, which suggested coming interest rate cuts...
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Nestlé Empowers 2,600 Food Vendors Across 11 States

Nestlé Professional, the Out-of-Home business arm of Nestlé Nigeria, has empowered over 2,600 food vendors across 11 states since the launch of its Business of Food workshop series. The latest edition of the initiative took place in Bauchi State, where 250 food vendors, canteen operators, and caterers received hands-on training to improve their culinary and...
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