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After a lengthy silence, the Securities and Exchnage Commission (SEC) has finally given an update on the on going Oando vs Volpi vs Mangal saga. The regulator has distanced itself from recent media reports that had hinted at a clean bill of health for Oando and maintains it continues to uphold shareholders interest. The attention […]

Nigeria’s economic recovery stalled in the second quarter in spite of an improvement in oil production. A sharp decline in telecoms output explains a large part of the weakness in service-sector growth. This should ease in 2H while higher oil revenue may help the construction and real estate sectors to recover. As a result, Bloomberg […]

Stamp Duties are taxes paid to the Federal or State Government on documents such as Conveyances on sale, Bills of Exchange, Promissory notes, Agreements, Contracts, or even documents such as Letters and certificates of admission, Instruments of Apprenticeship, Insurance Policies etc. Any written document that is not stamped is not allowed to be received in […]

One thing most startups normally don’t realize is the magnitude of competition that they are up against. The greatest challenge that you could face while starting up a business is to underestimate the competition. You need all the tools at your disposal to stay ahead of the competition. If you’re thinking it’s too early to […]Read More

Africa’s richest, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote’s name has been making the rounds with the claims that he will be in the running for 2019 presidency. Think-tank program, created by former President Goodluck Jonathan, ‘supposedly’ contacted Dangote to be PDP’s presidential torch bearer come 2019. Without mincing words, Aliko Dangote made it crystal clear that he has […]Read More

The week drawing to an end has been an eventful one in the political and economic spheres with several talking points. In the middle of all these, it could be easy to miss out on some. Once again, Nairametrics brings you the top ten news items. Former VP and Minister of Women Affairs warned off […]

In today’s world, being able to secure  job online has become so overwhelming that most people now regard it as a chore. The truth is that most of those people find it hard to secure job online because they are going about it all the wrong way. How can you find something when you have […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), perhaps in response to recent fraudulent activities using mobile USSD banking platforms, has issued a draft policy revising the guidelines for their operation. This applies to commercial banks in the country. Here are key points from the draft policy Mobile money operators are eligible for short codes upon meeting […]

Here is Nairametrics’ weekly roundup of the most popular job vacancies in the financial sector for this past week along with links for application. Several Graduate Vacancies at the African Development Bank (ADB) The African Development Bank (ADB) announced its September 2017 recruitment drive with several positions available to cndidates wishing to apply to the […]

Ranked amongst Forbe’s most influential women in the world with a $1.7billion net worth, Nigerian business mogul and Vice chairman of Famfa Oil Ltd., Mrs. Folorunso Alakija, recently launched a non-profit organization called ‘Flourish Africa’. This organization is aimed at creating a global community that implores women to thrive in every aspect of their lives. […]Read More

Investor: Can you share your idea? Entrepreneur: I want to revolutionize the transport system in Lagos. I want to “disrupt” all these danfos Investor: So how are you going to achieve this disruption? Entrepreneur: I am building an App, to be downloaded from Google Play Store. People will then be able to order mass transport […]

Top Nigerian lender, Fidelity Bank recorded a very strong financial performance in the first half of 2017, posting impressive growth in profits, gross earnings and other indices for the six months period ended June 30, 2017. Details of the audited results, released at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) shows that gross earnings rose by 22.1 […]