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Crude prices fell by more than one dollar on Monday, 24 August 2026, as traders locked in profits ahead of fresh American trade sanctions on Tehran. Brent crude futures slid $1.16, or 1.23 per cent, to $93.23 a barrel during mid-day European trade, while West Texas Intermediate dropped $1.55 to $85.51. The retreat followed two…
The United States opened a broad financial offensive against Iran on Monday, 24 August 2026, promising an economic campaign designed to sever the country from global commerce. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced what he termed an economic offensive to choke off every foreign financial channel sustaining the Islamic Republic. The White House ordered…
Weekly equities turnover on the Nigerian Exchange dropped 10 per cent to N157.76 billion across 186,496 deals in the week ended Friday, 21 August 2026. The dip in weekly liquidity accompanied a 1.35 per cent decline in the benchmark All-Share Index, which closed at 239,351.16 points. Total equity market capitalisation contracted by N2.09 trillion across…
Thirteen companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange paid out 861.6 billion naira in interim dividends for the first half of 2026. The substantial cash return reveals surprising resilience among top corporate earners despite severe operating headwinds across the country. Large commercial banks, agro-industrial producers, and select consumer goods makers drove the bulk of these half-year…
A week of aggressive profit-taking and political unease wiped five trillion naira off the Nigerian Exchange. The sharp downturn snapped a historic rally that recently took total market capitalisation past the 160 trillion naira mark. Institutional desks and retail speculators dumped banking and industrial counters to lock in swift capital gains. The seven-day retreat exposed…
Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. The five-time Grammy winner becomes the first African musician and the first Black African to earn a place on the Los Angeles pavement. Her plaque sits at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard as the 2,854th star in the recording category. The honour…
Nigeria’s headline inflation slowed to 15.43 percent in July, extending a steady disinflationary run into its third month. Fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows a 0.48 percentage point drop from the 15.91 percent recorded in June. The sharp deceleration beat private forecasts, which had placed the expected figure closer to 15.51 percent….
Nigeria will miss the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in 36 years after losing 2-1 to South Africa in Casablanca. The Super Falcons surrendered their proud unbroken streak of attending every global final since the tournament began in China in 1991. Second-half strikes from Thembi Kgatlana and Refiloe Jane put Banyana Banyana…
United States President Donald Trump claimed American forces have established total control over the Strait of Hormuz. His declaration follows a sharp escalation in maritime enforcement across the Persian Gulf trade passage. US Central Command reported firing Hellfire missiles to disable a cargo vessel attempting to dock at an Iranian port in breach of the…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has warned that outdated software on electoral devices threatens future vote integrity across Nigeria. The former presidential candidate accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of failing to upgrade software on its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System hardware. He argues that running obsolete code on critical voting systems leaves the process open to…