African banking group Ecobank is set to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), a move aimed at ...

Airtel Money shares fell to £1.93 after its $7bn London IPO, despite strong demand. The secondary offering raised about $703m ...

Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices fell on Friday, October 9, 2026, as traders took profits following the previous session’s rally, while improving oil supply prospects in the Middle ...

Nigerian startup Vatar Inc., the developer of the viral browser game Lagos Life, has raised $500,000 in an angel funding ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria will adopt lessons from Ethiopia’s mechanised farming model to boost food security ...

Nigeria’s 36 states recorded a 93% increase in real revenue between 2023 and 2025, but education’s share of total expenditure ...

The naira strengthened against the US dollar at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), closing at N1,322.75/$ on 7 October 2026, compared with N1,331.50/$ recorded on 6 October. The ...

Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Ilídio Vieira Té has stated the country will postpone its presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 6 without announcing a new date for the vote. Té ...

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raided a suspected scam compound in Ghana, arresting or detaining ...

Moove has announced plans to conclude its operations in Nigeria six years after launching in the country just few weeks after ...

The US has proposed a $70,000 initial OPT fee for F-1 international students, with subsequent OPT authorisations ...

Nigeria’s net foreign reserves have risen to $46 billion, while gross foreign reserves now stand at an all-time high $55 billion following increased stability in the foreign exchange market. Central ...