Market Updates

Reforms position Nigeria as continental trade powerhouse PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has said that the Federal Government’s trade reforms, including the exchange rate unification, fuel subsidy removal, and port modernisation, among others, were designed to create a trade-friendly environment that could compete globally and power Nigeria’s continental ambitions. This is even... Read More →

Pension fund soars to N26tn Nigeria’s pension fund assets recorded 22.03 per cent growth as of the end of the third quarter, as they rose by more than N4.71tn, with Pension Fund Administrators deepening their allocation to Federal Government securities, according to the latest monthly data released by the National... Read More →

IPMC: Zenith, Access Bank, Others Driving ESG in Financial Sector  The 2025 IPMC ESG Ratings Reporthasrevealed that Zenith Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, and Access Holdings Plc led the Nigeria’s financial sector as strongest performer in governance maturity.  IPMC in thereport disclosed that a framework was used to evaluate a company’s... Read More →

Amidst Spiralling OPEX, AMCON, NDIC Rake N839.9bn from Seven Banks Amid rising operating expenses in the financial sector, seven big banks in the country spent an estimated N839.9 billion on Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) expenses in the nine months of 2025. This represents about 38.4 per cent... Read More →

Cardoso: FX Stability, Disinflation, Foreign Reserves Accretion Have Restored Investor Confidence, Reserves Rise to $46.7bn Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, yesterday declared that the Nigerian economy had been transformed in the past two years, driven by bold reforms and decisive actions that had restored... Read More →

Nigeria sees strong FX inflows as investor confidence returns Nigeria’s growing foreign-exchange inflows point to a gradual yet significant improvement in investor sentiment after years of instability. In this analysis, SAMI TUNJI explores how recent CBN reforms have driven the recovery, the risks that could still undermine the progress, and... Read More →