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Julius Alagbe is a senior financial journalist and Editor at MarketForces Africa with nearly two decades of experience in finance, accounting, and economics reporting.He is one of Nigeria's most prolific financial market reporters, covering capital markets, monetary policy, corporate earnings, banking, telecoms, and macroeconomic developments across Africa.Julius has built a strong footprint reporting on Nigeria's leading corporates and financial services sector, including coverage of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Central Bank of Nigeria monetary operations, MTN Nigeria, GTCO, and major investment banking transactions.He regularly monitors the CBN’s open market operations, interbank FX markets, and equity market movements, providing readers with real-time intelligence on Nigeria’s financial landscape.His reporting draws on direct access to institutional research from firms including Moody’s Ratings, CardinalStone Securities, Fitch, and other leading African investment houses.Julius brings analytical depth and editorial rigour to every story, making complex financial data accessible to professionals, investors, and policymakers across Africa.Julius Alagbe is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The average yield on Nigerian Treasury bills steadied on Thursday at 5.7% as trading activities ended flattish
Nigerian Naira loses weight across the foreign exchange (FX) markets as the monetary policy committee (MPC)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $30 million Trade & SME
In a bid to continue to fight the rising headline inflation rate, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the CBN
The dollar slid on Monday as investors reacted to UBS’ takeover deal with rival Credit Suisse.
NGX Falls as Investors Dump Financial, Industrial Stocks The equities segment of the Nigerian Exchange, NGX, sheds weight on Monday as investors continue profit-taking activities in the local bourse – after about N479 billion loss sustained last week. Investors weak buying sentiment knocked off N16 billion from the equities market amidst election uncertainties. Stockbrokers told MarketForces Africa that bank crisis in the United States sent negative signals to global markets and investors appear to be in a cautious mood. Then, local investors have started to rebalance their portfolios as the earnings season temperature begins to cool down. Market data shows…
Indications have emerged that the Nigerian naira could be heading for a devaluation as the nation battles FX
Amidst the ongoing foreign currency crisis in Nigeria, demand for the United States (US) dollar negatively
FCMB Group Plc. has successfully completed the issuance of a N20,686,000,000 perpetual 16% fixed
In compliance with the supreme court order, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a decision to extend …