Finance & Economy
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Nigeria’s 2% GDP Gap: When Legal Spending Isn’t Legible, Markets Stop Believing
The fight over Nigeria’s fiscal numbers isn’t about theft. It’s about trust, and right now, trust is losing. The Ministry…
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SEC Admits Seven Fintechs Into Regulatory Sandbox to Test Digital Assets Under Watchful Eye
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has granted Approval-in-Principle to seven new fintech and digital asset firms under its Accelerated…
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The N8.8 Trillion Blind Spot: How Off-Budget Spending Is Quietly Unraveling Nigeria’s Monetary Discipline
On June 10, 2026, Governor Olayemi Cardoso stood before London’s financial elite to accept a hard-earned prize: Central Bank of…
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GTCO Q1 2026: Fortress Balance Sheet Delivers Profit Within the Guardrails — But at What Cost to Growth?
Every bank makes the same bet: take money that can vanish tomorrow and lend it for years. It is called…
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Sterling Bank’s Balance Sheet: A Case Study in Asset-Liability Management Under Pressure
Mismatching is, of course, inherent in banking and, in fact, the essence of maturity transformation. Banks borrow short and lend…
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IMF Flags Nigeria’s Off-Budget Spending: Why 2% of GDP Missing from the Books Matters More Than the Numbers Suggest
The International Monetary Fund has put a figure to a problem many analysts in Nigeria’s financial markets have long suspected…
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Faster Settlement, Same Safeguards: Why FTSE Russell Hit Pause on Nigeria’s Frontier Market Return
Nigeria’s push to rejoin the FTSE Russell Frontier Market Index ran into a yellow light on June 30, 2026, not…
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CBN Caps Contract Suspensions at Two Business Days in Failing Bank Resolutions
The Central Bank of Nigeria has clarified how long it can suspend certain contractual obligations when handling troubled banks, setting…
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Nigeria’s Tax Reform at One Year: Oyedele Says Focus Is Widening Net, Not Raising Rates
Finance minister tells CITN that compliance, not higher taxes, will fix revenue shortfalls Abuja – Nigeria’s revenue problem will be…
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CBN Shuts Down 46 Microfinance Banks in Sweeping July 2026 Clean-Up
What the revocations mean for depositors, SMEs, and the credibility of grassroots banking On July 1, 2026, the Central Bank…
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