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Nigeria Real Estate at Crossroads Amid Economic Hardship

An estate surveying and valuation firm, Ubosi Eleh and Company, highlights that while households and businesses struggled under harsh microeconomic realities, the real estate sector found itself at a critical crossroads, grappling with weakened demand, rising costs, and uncertain investor confidence. It noted this in its annual publication, titled ‘The Nigeria Real Estate Report 2025’....
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Marketsquare Ranks Among Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Sundry Markets Limited, the operator of the popular Marketsquare supermarket chain, has been recognised by the Financial Times as one of Africa’s fastest-growing companies for the second consecutive year. In its 2025 edition, which is the fourth in the series, FT, in collaboration with Statista, ranked SML 47th out of 130 fastest-growing companies across the...
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McPherson VC Charges Cooperative Leaders on Integrity

The Vice Chancellor of McPherson University, Alapako, Ogun State, Prof Francis Igbasan, has charged the new executive members of the university’s cooperative society to embrace financial integrity and fairness in their dealings. Igbasan disclosed this during the Annual General Meeting of the association held at the university’s multipurpose hall on Friday. The association had earlier...
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3 Million Jobs at Risk as BDCs Face CBN Deadline

The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria has warned that about three million Nigerians were at risk of losing their source of livelihood if BDCs closed shop due to their inability to meet the new capital threshold. This was disclosed by the ABCON president, Aminu Gwadebe, in a chat with The PUNCH over...
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Inflation, others may undermine CBN gains – Moody’s

The global credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings has warned that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s ability to maintain a stable naira without draining reserves may be impacted by declining oil prices and stubborn inflation. This was disclosed in the rating action update shared on its website on Friday, where it upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign currency...
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FG to mandate employees’ compensation scheme for workers

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund is commencing a service-wide sensitisation of civil servants in furtherance of the implementation of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme in the federal civil service. The Managing Director of NSITF, Oluwaseun Faleye, led his team to the office of the Federal Head of Service to kickstart the sensitisation campaign, according to...
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Market cap gain N1.7tn in one week

The Nigerian Exchange closed the trading week on a bullish note, as investor sentiment turned positive, resulting in a surge of N1.71tn in market capitalisation. According to the weekly trading report released by the NGX, the All-Share Index appreciated by 2.49 per cent to close at 111,742.01 points, while the market capitalisation rose to N70.463...
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CIPM inducts 1,097 new members

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria has inducted 1,097 new members into the human resource profession, reiterating that HR practice in the country is a regulated profession that requires legal certification. Speaking at the Institute’s 64th Induction Ceremony held in Lagos recently, the President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Ahmed Gobir, stressed...
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