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SEC warns crypto currency players to stay off Nigeria
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has restated its averseness to crypto currency exchange operations in the country, warning online platforms that prospect such investments to stay away from Nigeria. In reiterating its directive to the global crypto play, SEC pointed…
CBN’s forex mishap leaves the Naira rolling downhill __EIU
Sopuruchi Onwuka The hasty moves by the current administration of the federal government to dismantle all support instruments installed by the ousted Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has pushed the Naira into a helpless…
IFC Partners with South African Banks to Boost Climate Finance
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has declared partnership with the Banking Association South Africa (BASA) to help increase climate finance in the country and pave the way for a transition to a low carbon economy. Under the new agreement, IFC will…
FG tightens the screw against borrowers
The Central Bank of Nigeria will likely continue raising its key interest rate in the coming days and months to support a devalued naira, according to a report by Reuters and reviewed by The Oracle Today. The report stated that…
Analysts hiss as FG celebrates N5.6 trn H1 tax income
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government recorded slight increment in tax revenues in the first half of the year despite the palpable depression in the economy associated with depreciation in the value of the Naira and jumps in inflation. The N5.6 trillion…
Morgan Stanley bursts excitement on Nigerian bonds
Morgan Stanley has dropped its bullish call on Nigeria’s bonds, just as investors were cheering the newly elected president’s overhaul of Africa’s biggest economy, according to Bloomberg. In a note titled “No Longer Pumped,” strategist Neville Mandimika said the bonds…
Goldman Sachs banker accidentally sends sex tape to female colleague
[Agency report] A Goldman Sachs banker left the Wall Street giant after a working-from-home blunder saw him accidentally send a sex tape to a junior female colleague, according to reports. Adam Dell, who has a child with Salmon Rushdie’s ex-wife…
Wabote sells funding, partnership strategy to NDDC
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has advised the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to enthrone internal management system that would dismantle impediments to private sector funding. Executive Secretary, Engr Simbi Wabote, declared at the NDDC…
Credit Suisse to write down $17 bn debt
Credit Suisse said 16 billion Swiss francs ($17.24 billion) of its Additional Tier 1 debt will be written down to zero on the orders of the Swiss regulator as part of its rescue merger with UBS, Reuters reported. FINMA, the…
Business in Lagos take risk measures against election violence
Following threats of violence on non indigenes in some areas of Lagos Island over their preferred candidates in tomorrow’s polls, businesses in the areas have started taking precautions to prevent attacks from people believed to be behind the viral voice…
