Sam Diala, THEWILL

Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.

TotalEnergies Announces Oil, Gas Discovery Offshore Nigeria

June 14, (THEWILL) - TotalEnergies announced Tuesday the discovery of Ntokon oil and gas on OML102 offshore Nigeria. The company, in a statement published on its website, said the well is located in shallow waters, 60 km off the southeast...

Access Bank Sets the Pace, Launches First Issuance of American Express Cards in Nigeria

June 14, (THEWILL) - In maintaining its leadership status as Nigeria’s most innovative bank, Access Bank (https://www.AccessBankPlc.com/) has unveiled two new consumer credit cards: the Access Bank American Express Gold Card and the Metal Platinum Card. These are the...

Nigeria Rakes in N709bn From VAT in Q1 2023 – NBS

June 14, (THEWILL) - The federal government generated N709.59 billion as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first quarter of 2023, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. The bureau disclosed this in its “Sectoral Distribution of Value Added Tax”...

Agric Commodities Raised Non-Oil Exports in Q1 2023

The increased volume of agricultural goods helped to achieve a relatively high value of non-oil exports in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, compared to the corresponding period of 2022, data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have...

Emefiele: Travails of The Passionate Central Banker

President Bola Tinubu on June 9, suspended Mr Godwin Emefiele from office as Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is coming one year ahead of the end of Emefiele’s second term in June 2024. A release from the...

Olisa Agbakoba Speaks on Emefiele’s Detention by DSS

June 11, (THEWILL) – A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has expressed shock about the detention of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of...

Equities Market: NGX ASI Declines Further on Dangote Cement, Stanbic IBTC Major Selloffs

June 08, (THEWILL) – The bears continued to dominate the domestic bourse as the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) extended losses for a second consecutive session, falling by 0.12% to settle at 55,956.59 points. The market's weak performance was...

Equities Market Halts Bullish Trend as ASI Drops by 0.02%

June 07, (THEWILL) – The bullish trend that drove the market in the previous tradings lost steam today with investors losing N8 billion at the end of the day’s trading. Today, the bears dominated the domestic bourse as the...

Improving Access To Childcare Could Boost Nigeria’s Private Sector Productivity – IFC/NGX Report

June 07, (THEWILL) – Improving family-friendly workplace policies in Nigeria, including access to quality childcare for parents, could boost private sector productivity and benefit employees, children, and businesses in the country, according to a report published today by...

Zenith Bank Fetes Customers With Massive Giveaways in the “Zenith Beta Life Season 3” Promo

June 07, (THEWILL) - Zenith Bank Plc has launched the third season of its hugely successful “Zenith Beta Life Promo” to reward its customers with gifts from 1 June, 2023, to 31 May, 2024. Within this period, twenty bank...