Average prices of foods, transportation and health care among other needs have been projected to increase for month. Investment bankers have estimated uptick in headline inflation rate for the month of May, projected to spike to 12.43%.

Nigeria’s Oil Supply Quota Caps at 1.41 Million Barrels Per Day. As per efforts to reflate, stabilise global prices of oil, Nigeria is expected to slash daily oil supply to 1.41 million barrels per day (MMbpd) base on quota from the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries.

The bulls tightened their grip on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, pushing it to positive territory on all trading days last week. It was a full week of bullish performance. Then, Unilever stock emerged as the best performing stock, gained 33.86% to close at ₦17.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Union Commission (AUC) on Friday inaugurated the second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019). The index comes with a call to action, for economies on the continent to deepen their integration.

The shareholders of the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc has approved total dividend of ₦4.3 billion declared by the board for 2019. The shareholders gave the approval at the company’s virtual 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) by proxy, held at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday.