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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Uche Usim

    GTCO posts N603bn H1 profit, declares N1 interim dividend (opens the original)

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    Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) recorded a profit before tax (PBT) of N603.03 billion in the first half of 2026, representing a marginal 0.4 per cent increase over the corresponding period of 2025. The group also declared an interim dividend of N1 per share to shareholders. GTCO disclosed this in its audited consolidated and separate financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2026, released to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE) yesterday. The

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Uche Usim

    IMF: War, debt, ageing workforce threatening global economy (opens the original)

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    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the global economy is facing fresh pressures from war, rising public debt, disruptions to trade and rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), despite showing resilience entering 2026. The warning is contained in the IMF’s 2026 Annual Report, titled “Navigating a Precarious World,” which examines the major forces shaping the world economy and the Fund’s work during its 2026 financial year. The Fund’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgie

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Uche Usim

    How pipeline security is putting more dollars into government coffers – The Sun Nigeria (opens the original)

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    For several years, players in the Nigerian petroleum sector wondered why the country had the crude, the reserves, the pipelines, terminals and export infrastructure, yet little to sell to earn foreign exchange to buoy the economy. The answer was perennial oil theft, pipeline vandalism, production disruptions and insecurity that repeatedly robbed the economy of the full value of its most important export. In March 2022, Heirs Holdings Chairman, Tony Elumelu, raised the alarm on social media that

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Uche Usim

    We battle smugglers daily to protect legitimate trade – (opens the original)

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    Olukayode Afeni, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, is the Acting Controller in charge of the Ogun I Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Idiroko, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. He said his command is strongly determined to protect legitimate businesses and government revenue while ensuring that smugglers find it increasingly difficult to operate across the state’s borders. Afeni speaks about the everyday challenges of combating smuggling, casualty-free seizure

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Uche Usim

    FG targets cheap loans with digital invoices (opens the original)

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    The federal government is working on a new financing framework that will enable businesses to use verified digital invoices as a basis for accessing affordable working capital. The initiative, being developed under the National Digital Invoicing and Financial Optimisation Strategy (NDIFS), is designed to address one of the major challenges confronting businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): the long wait for payment after goods and services have been delivered. Minist

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