Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday after surging more than 5% in the previous session, as conflicting signals from Washington and Tehran over the future of US-Iran negotiations prompted investors to reassess geopolitical risks in the Middle East.

Benchmark yield on Nigerian government bonds eased slightly to 16.31% in the secondary market at the beginning of the week as investors rotated funds away from risky equities.

Ripple’s XRP is down 3.50% to $1.27 in 24h, closely tracking a broader crypto market sell-off primarily driven by institutional risk-off sentiment and leveraged liquidations.

Bitcoin (BTC) price declined by 4.11% to $70,208.55, underperforming a broadly weaker crypto market, primarily driven by sustained institutional selling and heightened geopolitical risk.

Nigeria’s Assets Under Management (AUM) increased from N3.2 trillion to N10 trillion within the last two years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal seeking the dissolution of the merger between Providus Bank Limited and Unity Bank Plc.