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Findings by YIAGA Africa has shown that despite several reforms in Nigeria’s electoral processes, public confidence in the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a hitch-free election has remained low.

YIAGA: Reforms fail to inspire confidence in INEC 

Bond Investors are seeking means to plug idle funds given the abundance of liquidity, thereby yielding demand in the bond market. Traders at UBA anticipate demand to persist. 

Liquidity drives investors to plug idle funds

Ghana's finance ministry says it is set to resume payments of coupons and principals of old bonds on the 13th of this month following the conclusion of the country’s domestic debt exchange programme.

Ghana to resume coupon, principal payment of old bonds

Cement giants in Nigeria sustained the strong earnings position in 2022 with the likes of Dangote Cement post 16.9 per cent growth in revenue and Lafarge WAPCO net income at 53.6 billion naira. 

 Cement giants post strong FY’22 earnings

The Financial Action Task Force has added Nigeria and South Africa to its “grey list” of countries that need to intensify efforts to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing. 

 Nigeria’s fight against money laundering

The African Union observation mission is calling for calm as Nigeria's Presidential election enters collation stage, urging aggrieved parties to seek legal redress where necessary. 

AU mission calls for calm in Nigeria's presidential election

Investors are pricing in on Nigerian bonds more when compared to other emerging markets in reaction to current trends in Nigeria's presidential race Egie Akpata, the Chairman of Skymark Partners, joins CNBC Africa to discuss the dynamics at play.

Investors react to Nigeria's presidential election

More Presidential election results from states are being announced at the national collation centre in Abuja, the Federal Capital territory with states like Osun, Kwara and Ondo already registered by the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.

More Nigeria presidential election results trickle in

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has identified new oil fields with a capacity to deliver about 681,000 barrels of crude oil per day and 1.5 billion standard cubic feet of gas daily. 

Nigeria moves to increase energy production

As the cash crunch in Nigeria lingers on, the Central Bank of Nigeria says it is in talks with a New York based technology firm, R3 to ensure the efficiency of the e-Naira and its adoption. 

Can e-Naira ease Nigeria’s cash crunch?

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, has raised an alarm over the surge in the use of inflammatory languages during election seasons in Nigeria.

UN: Nigeria's election season sees surge in hate speech

Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics has attributed the slow growth of Nigeria's economy in 2022, to the performance of the agriculture sector which recorded incidences of flood across the country. 

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