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CBN tightens governance grip after bank recapitalisation push – Businessday NG
Frustrations soar among key Trump voting blocs — with no end in sight
Twilight zone: Markets await ‘highly uncertain’ interest rates decision
How Nigeria’s new retail class is turning local production into market power – Businessday NG
Trump hit with 3 crucial ‘reality checks’ needed to fix his global disaster
Rent controls: The left hand doesn’t know what the far-left hand is doing
Nigeria’s import bill: which sectors gain from new tariff changes – Businessday NG
‘A day of reckoning coming’ as Trump’s attempt at damage control backfires: analysis
Labour peer tells Reeves not to use headroom as ‘piggy bank’ for spending
Eurobond rally driven by mid-term bets as investors shun near-term risk – Businessday NG
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CBN tightens governance grip after bank recapitalisation push – Businessday NG Frustrations soar among key Trump voting blocs — with no end in sight Twilight zone: Markets await ‘highly uncertain’ interest rates decision How Nigeria’s new retail class is turning local production into market power – Businessday NG Trump hit with 3 crucial ‘reality checks’ needed to fix his global disaster Rent controls: The left hand doesn’t know what the far-left hand is doing Nigeria’s import bill: which sectors gain from new tariff changes – Businessday NG ‘A day of reckoning coming’ as Trump’s attempt at damage control backfires: analysis Labour peer tells Reeves not to use headroom as ‘piggy bank’ for spending Eurobond rally driven by mid-term bets as investors shun near-term risk – Businessday NG
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CBN tightens governance grip after bank recapitalisation push – Businessday NG

CBN tightens governance grip after bank recapitalisation push – Businessday NG

…Risk, not size, now defines bank strength in Nigeria, Says Cardoso Nigeria’s Central Bank has signalled a tougher regulatory stance on lenders following the completion of a sweeping recapitalisation exercise, as it moves to reinforce corporate governance, restore investor confidence and safeguard financial system stability. Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria’s induction ceremony

Apr
2026
30

Frustrations soar among key Trump voting blocs — with no end in sight

Frustrations soar among key Trump voting blocs — with no end in sight

When Donald Trump enjoyed a narrow victory in the United States’ 2024 election, the economy was cited, in many polls, as a key factor. And many voters, frustrated over inflation, were willing to give Trump a second chance as president. But according to i Paper reporter Kieron Monks, the very thing that propelled Trump to

Apr
2026
30

Twilight zone: Markets await ‘highly uncertain’ interest rates decision

Twilight zone: Markets await ‘highly uncertain’ interest rates decision

Thursday 30 April 2026 5:30 am  |   Updated:  Wednesday 29 April 2026 12:07 pm The Bank’s next interest rates decision could spook markets. City analysts are eagerly anticipating a “highly uncertain” Bank of England decision on interest rates that could swing prices in either direction.  The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is widely expected to hold

Apr
2026
30

How Nigeria’s new retail class is turning local production into market power – Businessday NG

How Nigeria’s new retail class is turning local production into market power – Businessday NG

On a humid Friday evening in Lekki, a young professional stands in the aisle of a neighbourhood store, scanning labels with unusual care. She picks up a jar of peanut butter. Puts it back. Reaches for another – this one locally made, with a simpler label, a slightly lower price. Into the basket it goes.

Apr
2026
29

Trump hit with 3 crucial ‘reality checks’ needed to fix his global disaster

Trump hit with 3 crucial ‘reality checks’ needed to fix his global disaster

President Donald Trump’s Iran war has spiraled into a global economic disaster, and despite his claims, the “myth” that he is acting strategically is fading fast. A new breakdown from MS NOW revealed the three “reality checks” that the president will need to accept to even have the hope of fixing his own mess. Writing

Apr
2026
29

Rent controls: The left hand doesn’t know what the far-left hand is doing

Rent controls: The left hand doesn’t know what the far-left hand is doing

Wednesday 29 April 2026 5:49 am  |   Updated:  Tuesday 28 April 2026 6:09 pm Rachel Reeves has been flirting with rent controls. Carl Court/PA Wire For just under 24 hours the residential landlord sector was seized by panic following reports that first appeared on Monday night that the Chancellor was preparing to impose a ‘temporary’

Apr
2026
29

Nigeria’s import bill: which sectors gain from new tariff changes – Businessday NG

Nigeria’s import bill: which sectors gain from new tariff changes – Businessday NG

Nigeria’s revised 2026 tariff framework is set to reshape the country’s import bill, with industrial, food, and transport-related sectors emerging as the primary beneficiaries of sweeping duty reductions, while manufactured goods face tighter protection under a contrasting increase in tariffs. A report by the Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) shows that the new tariff regime

Apr
2026
28

‘A day of reckoning coming’ as Trump’s attempt at damage control backfires: analysis

‘A day of reckoning coming’ as Trump’s attempt at damage control backfires: analysis

Major economists, from former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to Justin Wolfers at the University of Michigan, are warning that the longer U.S. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran drags on, the harder it will hit American consumers. According to Krugman, higher oil prices will make a wide range of goods more expensive —

Apr
2026
28

Labour peer tells Reeves not to use headroom as ‘piggy bank’ for spending

Labour peer tells Reeves not to use headroom as ‘piggy bank’ for spending

Tuesday 28 April 2026 12:02 am  |   Updated:  Monday 27 April 2026 5:28 pm Reeves left just £9.9bn in headroom after her first Budget. A Labour peer has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to avoid using her larger fiscal headroom as a “piggy bank” to fund extra government spending increases.  A report by senior House of

Apr
2026
28

Eurobond rally driven by mid-term bets as investors shun near-term risk – Businessday NG

Eurobond rally driven by mid-term bets as investors shun near-term risk – Businessday NG

Nigeria’s Eurobond market extended its bullish momentum this week, with average yields declining by 6 basis points to 6.89 percent from 6.96 percent, as renewed investor demand lifted prices across maturities. The drop in yields signals a strengthening appetite for Nigerian sovereign debt in the international market, as investors increased purchases of existing bonds, pushing