Business

July 20, (THEWILL) — Shares of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) recorded a 66.8 percent gain, year-to-date, as of Friday, July 18, 2025, closing at N95.05 per share against N57 it opened at the beginning of the year. In...

July 20, (THEWILL) — At the NOG Energy Week in Abuja, industry leaders robustly defended Nigeria’s local content policy, rejecting claims that it inflates business costs in the oil and gas sector.   They cautioned that such criticisms jeopardize the nation’s...

July 20, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Green Bond Market Development Programme (NGBMDP), a strategic partnership of FMDQ Group PLC and Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa), has announced the launch of the Sustainable Finance Bootcamp. This is a tailored programme designed to empower Nigerian businesses by providing them with the essential tools,...

July 18, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has dismissed reports linking it or the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to the recent acquisition of shares in FBN Holdings (First HoldCo). The rebuttal follows widespread reports that...

July 18, (THEWILL) — FirstBank, one of West Africa’s leading financial institutions, has announced that it has crossed the ₦1 trillion mark in cumulative instant digital loan disbursements. The milestone, confirmed in a statement on Friday by Olayinka Ijabiyi,...

July 18, (THEWILL) — Zenith Bank has been named Best Bank in Nigeria at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, clinching the biggest and most coveted country award in this category. Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence are one of the most...

July 17, (THEWILL) — Coca-Cola is set to replace high-fructose corn syrup with real cane sugar in its United States drinks. US president, Donald Trump, who announced this on Wednesday, said the move will make the drinks “just better.”...

July 16, (THEWILL) — The annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom rose to 3.6% in June 2025, marking an increase of 0.2% from the 3.4% recorded in the previous month of May, the UK Office for National Statistics...

July 14, (THEWILL) — Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), a leading integrated market infrastructure provider in Africa, has signed a funding agreement with DEG Impulse gGmbH, a subsidiary of the German Development Finance Institution, DEG - Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft...

July 13, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will hold its 301st Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Monday, July 21, and Tuesday, July 22, 2025. The apex bank disclosed this in a statement titled "Notice...