US trade officials said on Wednesday they were increasing tariffs on certain European Union products, including aircraft-related parts and wines from France and Germany, amid an ongoing civil aircraft dispute

Brent crude prices held above $51 a barrel on Wednesday, after API data showed stocks of crude oil in the US declined by 4.8 million barrels in the week ended December

Bitcoin topped $28,500 for the first time ever on December 30th of 2020 and is up around 47% so far in December, on track for its biggest monthly gain since

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to give any money for food importation, noting that the country has depended on petrol for so long at the

China hopes lengthy negotiations for an investment deal with the European Union can wrap up at an “early date”, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Talks have been stuck

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Nigeria maintained its lead as the biggest economy in Africa, in terms of the size of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Share prices in Germany rose to a record high on Monday morning, eclipsing the previous record set before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The Dax index reached more than

Chinese regulators have ordered Ant Group, the world’s largest financial technology company, to rectify its businesses and comply with regulatory requirements amid increased scrutiny of anti-monopoly practices in the country’s

Dupe Olusola is the Managing Director/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc, where she oversees the company’s strategic objectives at its properties, Transcorp Hilton Abuja and Transcorp Hotels Calabar. She has over

Domestic airlines in Nigeria have increased their airfares owing to high volume of passenger traffic compared to airline seats in recent days. Compared to previous years, passenger traffic in this

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licences of seven payment service providers and one payment switching firm. The affected firms are Easifuel Limited, Transaction Processing System

The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Nigerian  (NSE), which is the total value of all listed equities, hit a historic peak of N20.281 trillion (about $51bn) on Wednesday, as

China has launched an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group and will summon the technology giant’s Ant Group affiliate to meet in the coming days, regulators said on Thursday, in the

Nigeria-headquartered BUA Cement Plc has signed an agreement with Sinoma CBMI of China for the construction of three new cement plants of three million tonnes each per annum in Edo,

Stock futures wobbled and commodities fell on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump threw a last-minute spanner into pandemic relief plans, although Asian equities rose as traders looked through fears

The total amount of foreign exchange inflow into the Nigerian economy in the third quarter of 2020 stood at $21.46 billion, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria

Dangote Cement Plc has announced the commencement of its share buy-back programme. The company explained in a statement made available to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday that the

Oil prices dropped further on Tuesday, adding to steep losses from the previous session, as a new strain of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom triggered concerns over fuel

 Shares of Tesla Inc rose to a record high on Friday in a frantic day of trading as investors geared up for the electric carmaker’s much anticipated entrance into the