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Stablecoins in Nigeria: A growing cross-border channel
By Axel Schimmelpfennig
TUE JUNE 16 2026-theGBJournal|Nigerian households and small firms are moving money across borders in a new way: via smartphones, digital wallets, and...
World Bank Group, AfDB Mission 300 connects over 50 million people...
...Mission 300 is now delivering electricity access at nearly double the pace recorded at the initiative's launch — proof that coordinated action can drive...
CPPE sees gradual cooling in Nigeria’s inflation as external shocks fade
TUE JUNE 16 2026-theGBJournal| The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) said Nigeria’s inflation outlook remains cautiously positive, arguing that easing geopolitical...
One month on, Médecins sans frontières warns dangerous gaps persist in...
TUE JUNE 16 2026-theGBJournal| One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns...
United Capital Group deepens expansion drive with strategic 5% stake in...
TUE JUNE 16 2026-theGBJournal| United Capital Group has stepped up its aggressive expansion strategy with the acquisition of a 5% equity stake in Nigerian...
NGX All-Share Index falls 0.6% as energy, banking shares drag...
MON JUNE 15 2026-theGBJournal| Nigeria’s stock market started the week on a weaker footing, with broad-based selling in heavyweight energy and financial stocks pushing...
Funding pressures lift overnight rate as bonds extend losses, T-Bills unchanged...
MON JUNE 15 2026-theGBJournal|Nigeria's money market tightened Monday, with the overnight lending rate rising by 7 basis points to 22.2% amid a lack of...
Nigeria inflation accelerates to 15.93% in May as food, core prices...
MON JUNE 15 2026-theGBJournal| Nigeria’s inflation rate accelerated for a third consecutive month in May, underscoring persistent price pressures in Africa’s largest economy despite...
Africa Finance Corporation backs US$7 billion Dangote Fertiliser expansion
...AFC was Co-Coordinating Bank on a US$3 billion syndicated loan for Dangote Refinery and recently received full repayment of its foundational US$300 million senior...
African Democratic Congress picks Rotimi Amaechi as Atiku’s running mate for...
MON JUNE 15 2026-theGBJournal| The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has picked former Rivers State Governor and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as its...
