In its quest to expand capacity, the Dangote Refinery located in Lagos has approached the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), seeking a $5 billion loan to fund the project. New president of the bank, George Elombi, revealed this during his inaugural address at Afreximbank’s investiture ceremony in Cairo. Elombi, who stated that Aliko Dangote personally gave him …
The expansion of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per day will lead to a significant increase in polypropylene production from 900,000 metric tonnes to 2.4 million metric tonnes per annum. The capacity expansion will make the refinery the largest refinery in the world upon completion, surpassing India’s …
The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Emomotimi Agama, has lamented that the Nigerian capital market's 10-year vision has failed to achieve half of its objectives. Agama expressed the dissatisfaction in a lead paper titled 'Evaluating the Nigerian Capital Market Masterplan 2015-2025'. He presented the paper at the annual conference of the Chartered …
Peter Obi and others highlight benefits of decentralised ports to the Nigerian economy. The recent approval of a $1 billion investment aimed at modernising the Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos by the Federal Government has reignited calls for decentralisation of seaport infrastructure across Nigeria. Analysts believe that developing seaports in other maritime …
Some minority shareholders of Access Holdings Plc have demanded the removal of the Group Chairman, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede. The demand is based on the breaches of corporate governance and conflicts of interest following the death of the former chairman, Herbert Wigwe. In a note on its 2025 half-year financial statements released on Friday, October 23, Access …
Foreign investors' transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) rose to N387.62 billion, hitting a six-month high in September 2025. Pinnacle Daily's review of the latest monthly NGX Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment Report has shown. Analysis of the report revealed that transactions executed by foreign investors were highest at N699.89 billion in March but …
In a landmark judgement, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), effectively ending its decade-long legal battle to secure a colossal $11 billion in damages from the Nigerian government. In the judgement delivered on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, the UK Supreme Court affirmed that the P&ID must …
Jaiz Bank Plc has received an upgraded credit rating to A- (long-term) and A1 (short-term), both with a stable outlook. Agusto & Co. Limited, Nigeria’s foremost credit rating agency, upgraded Jaiz Bank’s rating, the bank announced in a statement seen by Pinnacle Daily on Friday, October 24. Jaiz Bank, a pioneer non-interest bank, similarly received …
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that under his leadership, the Commission has made unprecedented progress in the fight against economic and financial crimes in the last two years by recovering over N566 billion alongside other foreign currencies and assets. He made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, …
Nigeria’s drive toward full financial inclusion has entered a defining phase, one where digital identity, smart regulation, and data-led innovation will determine who gets left behind in Africa’s largest economy. At the Semafor “Next 3 Billion Tour” held in Abuja this week, Minister of State for Finance, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, announced that the Federal …
