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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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