Stay ahead with curated market intelligence

South African pop star Tyla has claimed another major milestone in her fast-rising career, winning the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance at this year’s ceremony in Los Angeles.

Ukraine reports overnight Russian drone strikes on Kyiv that injured four people and damaged homes, public buildings and power lines across several districts.

Ukraine faced renewed Russian air strikes overnight, ending a brief pause. Kyiv residents took shelter in metro stations as attacks continued for hours, injuring three.

Palestinian families were waiting in Khan Younis on Monday for their relatives expected to arrive from Egypt now that the Rafah crossing with Gaza has reopened.

By Peter Egwuatu  Nigeria’s economic outlook for 2026 shows encouraging signs of stability and renewed business confidence, but  experts at PricewaterhouseCooper, PwC, warned that the gains remain fragile and highly exposed to oil market volatility, foreign exchange pressures and policy-induced shocks.  This was the consensus at the PwC and Businessday Executive Roundtable, on Nigeria’s 2026 Budget […] The post Nigeria’s 2026 outlook brightens, but oil, FX and policy shocks still pose risks —PwC appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Babajide Komolafe The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that payment system downtime and service interruptions increased significantly during the December festive season, popularly known in Lagos as “Detty December,” exposing coordination gaps across Nigeria’s digital payments ecosystem. According to the CBN Fintech Report, insights drawn from surveys of fintech executives, stakeholder workshops and […] The post Payment downtime spikes during ‘Detty December’, CBN reveals appeared first on Vanguard News.

The NBS said this in its Cooking Gas Price Watch for Decèmber released on Monday in Abuja. The post Price of 5kg cooking gas dropped to N5,360 in December appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has clarified that the Nigeria’s local content policy was not designed to restrict scope of operation of foreign oil companies in the country’s oil and gas sector. Lokpobiri spoke at the pre-conference opening of the 2026 Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in […] The post Nigerian content policy not targeted at foreign oil companies — FG appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Cynthia Alo The National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC) has continued its stakeholder engagement programme, convening a high-level consultative session with leading tax advisory firms, professional bodies and institutional representatives to support the effective implementation of Nigeria’s newly enacted tax laws. The institutions were represented by their national presidents, while the advisory firms were represented […] The post New tax law: NTPIC emphasises need for clear communication, public trust appeared first on Vanguard News.

•Urges domestic funding to sustain fintech growth •Says over 60% of fintechs eye regional expansion By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem remained Africa’s leading innovation hub in 2024, raising over $520 million in equity funding despite rising global interest rates and tightening financial conditions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed. According to […] The post Nigeria’s fintechs raise $520m, lead Africa amidst interest rate pressure — CBN appeared first on Vanguard News.