SEC goes fully digital with electronic registration for Nigerian capital market operators
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a fully electronic registration platform for capital market operators, enabling all designated post-registration... Read more.
Insurance recapitalisation deadline arrives today as NAICOM holds firm on compliance
Today, 31 July 2026, marks the hard deadline for all Nigerian insurance companies to meet new minimum capital requirements under the Nigerian Insurance Industry... Read more.
Dangote Refinery files formal IPO application with SEC as Africa’s biggest listing draws closer
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has formally submitted its initial public offering application to Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, moving the continent’s... Read more.
8 million Nigerian businesses shut down in 18 months as SME crisis deepens
An estimated eight million micro, small and medium enterprises shut down across Nigeria between January 2023 and June 2024, representing approximately 20 per cent... Read more.
Moniepoint disburses $700m to Nigerian MSMEs as data reveals women repay loans 2.5 times better than men
Moniepoint has released its inaugural 2025 Impact Report, revealing that the fintech disbursed more than $700 million in loans to Nigerian micro, small, and medium-sized... Read more.
SMEDAN says Nigeria lacks investment-ready startups, launches trainer programme to fix the pipeline
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria has made a pointed and unusual admission: Nigeria’s startup funding problem is not primarily... Read more.
LCCI opens ICTEL Expo 2026 as Nigeria’s digital economy conversations move from ambition to architecture
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has opened the 12th edition of its Information, Communication, Technology and Telecommunications Expo today at the Grand... Read more.
Prembly convenes Nigeria’s financial institutions to build a coordinated defence against digital fraud
Prembly, a Nigerian identity verification and compliance infrastructure company, has convened senior figures from across Nigeria’s financial ecosystem at an... Read more.
FCMB posts 99% profit growth in H1 2026 as SME, retail banking drive performance
FCMB Group Plc has released its unaudited financial results for the first half of 2026, reporting a 99 per cent increase in profit before tax to N157.3 billion —... Read more.
FG issues N729bn bond to clear electricity generation debts
The Federal Government has announced the issuance of a second bond worth approximately N729 billion to settle verified legacy debts owed to electricity generation... Read more.
