Finance & Economy
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Providus-Unity Merger: When Legal Certainty Meets Execution Ambiguity
The Supreme Court delivered finality on 1 June 2026. By striking out the interested parties’ appeal and sanctioning the Scheme…
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Adedipe’s Review: Nigeria at the Reform Midpoint — Stabilisation Is Real, Transmission Is the Test
Prof. ‘Biodun Adedipe’s June 2025 presentation to the Business Hallmark Policy Dialogue Series, moderated by Proshare’s Teslim Shitta-Bey, lands at…
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From Stabilisation to Transformation: An Adebayo Adedeji Lens on Nigeria’s Reform Execution Test
The June 2026 CFG Advisory paper by Tilewa Adebajo does more than invoke a name. It returns Professor Adebayo Adedeji…
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FG Draws a Line on New Taxes as IMF Advice Meets Political Reality
The Federal Government’s quick dismissal of fresh fuel and telecom taxes this week shows how far fiscal policy has shifted…
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Nigeria’s Capital Markets Test Depth With N1.54 Trillion on Offer
Nigeria’s financial markets opened the week of June 17, 2026 with a crowded issuance calendar that puts both sovereign borrowing…
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Nigeria’s Debt Record Controversy : 2015-2023 Borrowed$32.6bn; Tinubu Borrowed $9.4bn From 2023 till date
The debt debate in Nigeria has been loud, political, and mostly wrong on the facts. One claim took hold early…
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UBA: The Pan-African Giant That Lives in Zenith and GTCO’s Shadow
UBA is tier-1 by decree, not by dominance. It has the branches, the balance sheet, the 20-country passport, and the…
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GTCO vs Zenith: The Cold War for Nigeria’s Banking Crown
Nigerian banking has only one real rivalry that matters. Not Access vs UBA. Not the tier-2 scrappers. Zenith vs GTCO.…
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Stanbic IBTC: The Tier-2 That Trades Like a Tier-1 Darling
Stanbic IBTC doesn’t just lead tier-2 banks in strategy. It embarrasses them on the NGX. In a market that prices…
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Providus-Unity Merger: Supreme Court Clears the Law, But the Market Will Judge the Balance Sheet
The Supreme Court has declared the Providus-Unity Bank merger legal, final, and irreversible, closing the book on months of courtroom…
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