Finance & Economy
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45% Revenue Growth, 13% Profit Drop: Fidelity’s 2025 Paradox
Fidelity Bank’s 2025 financials tell a familiar Nigerian banking story: the top line roared, but the bottom line got clipped…
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FCMB’s Cheap Stock : A Red Flag, Not a Bargain
When FCMB took the international license during the just-concluded CBN recapitalization, the move looked like a bid to signal a…
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CBN and the Capital Gap: How Weak Oversight of Union, Keystone, Polaris, and Unity Banks Undermines Prudential Credibility
Capital is a bank’s last line of defense between confidence and collapse. In an industry built on leverage and trust,…
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NGX Rebounds Midweek as Investors Add N628.5bn on Broad-Based Buying, But FX Stability Holds the Line
The Nigerian equities market found its footing on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with the NGX All-Share Index climbing 0.41% to…
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ETI Q1 2026: A Structural Engine Running at Scale, Still Trapped by Nigeria’s Credit Overhang
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s Q1 2026 numbers make the case for a structurally superior pan-African bank — and also explain why…
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FTC eyes Pan-African Growth, Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Group Managing Director/Chairman of Financial Trust Company (FTC), Omoniyi Ajayi, has announced the company’s 50th anniversary, describing the milestone…
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Stock Recommendation for the Week of May 4, 2026
This week’s recommendations reveal a clear shift beneath the bullish surface of the NGX All-Share Index. Analyst conviction is no longer…
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Access Holdings: Too Big to Ignore, Too Inefficient to Love
For all its size, Access Holdings’ 2025 results read like a cautionary tale about what happens when a bank grows…
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Reform Is Not a Windfall; Subsidy removal does not generate a stock of cash
By Tanimu Yakubu Introduction: The Illusion of Windfall Nigeria’s contemporary fiscal discourse has been captured by a convenient but fundamentally…
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Signals, Silence, and the Serious Business of Fiscal Credibility
Prof. Anthony Kila’s intervention is a timely reminder that fiscal credibility is not built by appointments alone, but by the…
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