Author: Julius Alagbe
Julius Alagbe has about 2 decades of experience in finance, accounting and economics. A fantastic financial analyst with experience in the media, research and consulting industry.With an education background from top global institutes like Imo State University, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Institute of Administration/Nigerian College of Administration, and Julius has focused on anything that trends, figures, and projections can explain.Apart from his reportage skills, Julius has cut his teeth in Due Diligence, Advisory Service, Research, and Training.
Access Holdings Plc lost about 14% of its market capitalisation over the last four trading sessions on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) due to deteriorated investor sentiment.
The Ministry of Petroleum Resources says Nigeria remains committed to the principles and objectives of the Declaration of Cooperation between the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies under OPEC+.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ireland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘AA’ with a stable outlook.
Dangote Group has dismissed as false and malicious a publication alleging that its President, Aliko Dangote, distanced himself from Tony Elumelu, describing the report as entirely baseless.
Equity Investors Gain N10.7trn, YTD Return Nears 56% Pushing year-to-date return (YTD) near 56%, equity investors gained about N10.7 trillion, trading at highs and lows on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) over the last five trading sessions, amid first quarter 2026 earnings announcements. Last week, the local bourse ended activities on a strong note, extending its bullish momentum as gains in key stocks drove overall performance. The benchmark NGX All-Share Index (ASI) rose by 7.33% week-on-week to settle at 242,277.81 points, while market capitalisation increased by the same margin to ₦155.99 trillion, representing a gain of approximately ₦10.66 trillion. Bargain hunting…
The Nigerian naira gained about N11.80 kobo per US dollar (USD) at the official window in April, closing at N1374.9431, according to daily FX publications released by the Apex Bank.
PayPal’s (PYSUD) stablecoin is gaining momentum through corporate restructuring, market growth, and deeper financial integrations.
Solana (SOLUSD) price has been hovering around $84 over the past 24 hours, underperforming a slightly positive Bitcoin, primarily due to sector rotation out of altcoins and into Bitcoin.
The UK manufacturing sector made a positive start to the second quarter of the year, with the trends in output, new orders and employment all showing signs of improvement, according to the purchasing manager index (PMI) report released by S&P Global.
Solana (SOLUSD) has gained about 2% to $84.18, modestly outperforming a flat altcoin market on optimism over Western Union’s move to launch a stablecoin on the network.