The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council, NSDC, Mr. Kamar Bakrin, has said that developing Nigeria’s sugar industry could significantly address unemployment, insecurity and rural community underdevelopment by creating massive jobs and attracting investments to rural communities. Bakrin stated this during a strategic meeting between the NSDC and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, […]

•Sub-Saharan Africa remains  most expensive By  Babajide Komolafe Diaspora remittances into Nigeria stabilised at $21.8 billion in 2025 despite mounting global economic pressures, tighter immigration policies in major economies and rising transfer costs across Sub-Saharan Africa. Vanguard analysis of  data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Quarterly Statistical Bulletin for fourth quarter 2025, Q4’25, showed […]

By Rosemary Iwunze The National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, has said that insurers must deliberately transition from a product-centric approach to a customer-centric model. Commissioner for Insurance, Mr. Olusegun Ayo Omosehin who stated this at the opening ceremony of the Insurance Week 2026, noted that customer-centric model entails actively involving clients in the product development process […]

By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Nigeria’s financial institutions are fighting to meet the deadline of June 10, 2026 set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for onboarding to a new cyber-security baseline. But industry sources told Financial Vanguard that though most of the commercial banks are already on track to the deadline almost all operators […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians against investing in unregistered online investment schemes being aggressively promoted on social media platforms, cautioning that many of them exhibit characteristics of Ponzi schemes. The warning was contained in a public notice dated May 8, 2026, and published on the Commission’s official communication channels. According to the […]

By Yinka Kolawole The contribution of manufactured goods to Nigeria’s export basket has stagnated for four consecutive years despite a sharp rise in the country’s total export value, latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown. The NBS data indicated that though total export value rose by 9.93 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N85.13 […]

By Udeme Akpan President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertiliser investments, declaring that the continent has the capacity to feed itself and become a net exporter of agricultural products. Dangote made this known while addressing journalists in Gode, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, during a […]

By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian stock market extended its bullish run last week, as investors reaped N3.34 trillion gain, with sustained buying interest in banking, consumer goods and selected industrial stocks, which outweighed pockets of profit-taking witnessed across some other sectors of the market.  The positive close on the Nigerian Exchange, NGX, further reinforced investor confidence […]

Nigeria today secured a major boost in global investor confidence as S&P Global Ratings upgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’, citing improvements in macroeconomic stability, foreign exchange reforms and stronger oil sector performance.

The equities market extended its bearish trend on Friday, shedding N1.226 trillion as investors recorded losses in major stocks.