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Dangote accepts to appear on Bae U’s Curiosity Made Me Ask

Billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has agreed to appear on the YouTube show Curiosity Made Me Ask, hosted by Nigerian content creator Adebayo Ridwan, popularly known as Bae U Barbie. Dangote…

Finance

Naira steady near ₦1,330/$ as parallel market premium persists

Otedola reveals he shared bunk bed with Hamzat 49 years ago

Musk plans $10.5bn SpaceX share giveaway to US children

Business

Blackouts as power generation crashes from 3,840MW to 476MW

Manufacturing activity slumps 10% as cement subsector contracts

Banks’ CBN deposits rise 57.65% to N6.08tn after OMO repayment

Dangote refinery IPO draws investors from over 90 countries

NIA urges insurers to improve claims settlement after recapitalisation

FG renews push to deploy one million CNG-powered vehicles

Niger bans petrol, diesel exports to protect domestic supply

Modular refineries critical to Nigeria’s fuel security – Rainoil MD

Marketers seek inclusion in FG’s gas initiative

Economy

Nigeria’s inflation eases to 14.63% in September, fourth straight decline

IMF backs CBN rate cut amid inflation decline

Bank of Uganda raises interest rate to 12% amid currency depreciation

Nigeria records world’s largest rise in multidimensional poverty — UNDP

ADC accuses Tinubu administration of worsening economic hardship

Fitch revises Nigeria’s outlook to positive, affirms ‘B’ rating

FG launches poverty reduction plan to lift five million Nigerians

World Bank raises Nigeria’s 2026 growth forecast to 4.3%

Corruption is Nigeria’s major obstacle to economic advancement — Tinubu

Banking

Fidelity Bank re-elects Onwughalu as chairman, approves board changes

OPay gets approval for secondary NGX listing after NYSE debut

Zenith Bank posts ₦637.6bn H1 profit before tax, pays ₦1.50 dividend

CBN makes ₦17.51trn through September OMO auctions

Actor Yemi Solade calls out GTBank over ₦18,912 service charge deduction

Access Holdings appoints ex-AfDB risk officer as executive director

Banks close 476 branches in three years

Keystone Bank seeks approval to sell 66.54% KBL Insurance stake

Tech

Apple strengthens rules to crack down on AI nudification apps

Meta apologises for suspending No Kings Instagram account during protests

Microsoft disrupts cybercrime networks behind attacks on 75,000 organisations

AI agents access personal data, confidential records in India

Meta launches new open-weight AI model for Mac computers

Eight US states sue OpenAI over alleged harm to children

Netflix lays off 1,000 workers amid slowing growth

Saudi man charged over hidden device at OpenAI office

NIBSS adopts Transactility technology to power new national payment stack

Crypto

Why govt is trying to regulate crypto in Nigeria — KoinKoin CEO

Hackers hit Bitcoin safest hiding place, steal $86m

Tinubu signs executive order to harmonise cryptocurrency regulation

Trump’s crypto empire generated more than $1bn in annual earnings

Coinbase to cut 700 jobs in AI-driven restructuring

Bitcoin hits multi-month high on Iran deal optimism

Oil and Gas

More Oil and Gas

Marketers urge FG to extend petrol discount to 60 days

NNPC seeks equity partners to revive Port Harcourt, Warri refineries

Nigeria keeps to OPEC quota for fifth straight month as output rises

Obasanjo backs higher derivation for oil-producing states

Brent crude nears $107/barrel as Houthi attacks hit Saudi Arabia

LCCI proposes 15-20% petrol price cut within six months

Don’t hurry to build Lamu refinery, Kenyan presidential candidate tells Dangote

Oil discovery triggers land dispute in Okpe-Isoko community, Delta

Diesel depot price hit ₦1,900/litre in P’Harcourt, Warri, Calabar

Finance

FG disputes World Bank’s 124% debt servicing-to-revenue claim in H1

Investors lose ₦535bn as NGX extends decline to third week

FG turns to bond market to pay ₦6trn power debt

SERAP sues INEC over alleged failure to account for ₦126.46bn

Nigeria spends ₦5.28tn servicing domestic debt in six months

NGX adds ₦21.74bn as all-share index extends rally

Nigeria’s FX utilisation hits $18.34bn, highest quarterly level since 2011

Naira holds steady at ₦1,331.09/$ in official FX market

Aviation

Why airlines may not get cheaper jet fuel soon — CITA

NSIB begins probe after aircraft door opens mid-air near Abuja

Panic as jet loses door mid-air in Abuja

Air India flight diverted over bomb threat, hijacking rumour

Global air passenger traffic falls 0.8% – IATA

Over 180 passengers escape unhurt as power bank fire diverts IndiGo flight

FAAN to close Owerri airport runway for 25 days

Etihad Airways, Ibom Air sign deal linking five Nigerian cities

Electricity

More Electricity

Ikeja Electric blames reduced supply hours on grid allocation shortfall

Power supply stagnates despite DisCos’ revenue soaring 450% in eight years

FG begins 17.7MW Oyo mini-grids, rules out tariff hike

FG approves new East-West grid to end power collapses

FG plans 24-hour power zones in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu

FG commissions 581kWp solar mini-grid in Kwara community

Power minister announces new electricity generation peak of 5,330MW

FG denies plan to raise electricity tariff

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News

Sanwo-Olu asks LAWMA boss to resign over refuse crisis

World

Nigeria joins global measurement standards club

Energy

Manufacturers demand 30% green tax credit to cut energy costs

FG targets $7.1bn sugar investment to create 110,000 jobs

Tech

Uber wins bid to dismiss UK black cab drivers’ lawsuit

Tech

Anthropic to commit 5% stake to public benefit fund

Policy and Regulations

Oyebanji vows industrialisation, small business support in second term

News

Borno lost billions to scavengers, Zulum defends scrap metal ban

News

NDLEA intercepts Saudi-bound woman with drugs in palm oil keg

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