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Author: Julius Alagbe
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.
MTN Nigeria Plc.’s revenue jumped 20.71% year on year to N1.456 trillion from N1.206 trillion
Compare with what happened in 2016, Nigerian banks’ capitalisation would be fairly resilient to further naira depreciation
Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) were top active investors in the Federal Government of Nigeria…
The average yield on Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN, bond instruments jerked up to 14.3%
It was a tough trading outing at the NASD over-the-counter (OTC) securities exchange market…
The Nigerian local currency, the naira, worsened further at Investor’s and Exporters’ foreign exchange
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to EUR 100 million in financing with MTN Nigeria Communications Plc
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it has commenced the deduction of taxes…
The Nigerian government has agreed to securitise more than N20 trillion in tranches of overdraft
Debt Management Office (DMO) fails to achieve N225 billion from sales of Federal Government (FGN) Bonds…
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