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Naira Pops to N770.71 as Demand Pressures Reduce The Nigerian naira popped to N770.71 per United States (US) dollar and other major foreign currencies on Wednesday after two days of losing streaks as a result of reduced FX demand pressures at the official market. A major challenge for naira performance is the fact that foreign investors have maintenance distance from Nigeria as FX backlog estimated at about $10 billion owed to foreign interest has not been released for repatriation. Though FX analysts’ estimate showed the local currency is undervalued, the monetary authority lost a chance to achieve exchange rate convergence…

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Energy Transition: Global Leaders Dump Nigeria’s $10bn Investment Target Global leaders have reneged on their promises to invest $10 billion dollars in Nigeria’s energy transition plan targeted to achieve net zero emission, according to Gabriel Aduda, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Aduda expressed concern over the failure of global leaders to invest approximately 10 billion dollars in Nigeria’s net-zero and energy transition plans by 2060 at the ongoing World Petroleum Congress (WPC) on Wednesday in Calgary, Canada, with the topic ‘What Does The Energy Transition Mean for your Country’. According to him, various global leaders at…

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