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Ahead of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies meeting
Fitch Ratings has cut its forecast for China’s 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 4.3%, from 4.8%.
GCR Ratings has affirmed the national scale long term and short term Issuer ratings of AA+(NG)
Demand pressures impacted the value of the Nigerian naira in the foreign exchange markets
Foreign portfolio investors have left more portion of the Nigerian stock market to locals
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc sees double digit earnings jump in the first quarter of 2022
The Nigerian Treasury bills yield closed flattish on Thursday at the time when the naira appreciated
Amazon delivered a disappointing quarter and outlook on Thursday as the eCommerce giant
The average yield on fixed income instruments has seen a moderate increase and today, the Federal Government of Nigeria’s (FGN) bonds and Treasury bills yields spike while open market operation (OMO Bills) remained steady at 4.1%.
Twitter has a deal to sell itself to Elon Musk for $54.20 per share, valuing the social media giant at around $44 billion. If successful, Musk’s Twitter takeover would be the largest take-private deal since Dell bought data storage company EMC for $67 billion in 2016, according to PitchBook data.