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Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High Above $124,000, Pushes Market Capitalisation To $2.4trn

August 14, (THEWILL) — World's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, on Thursday, hit a new all-time high of $124,126 for the first time before easing slightly to $123,868. The milestone pushed Bitcoin's market capitalisation to $2.4 trillion, making it the fifth-largest asset...

Dangote Slashes Petrol Price To N820 Per Litre

August 13, (THEWILL) — Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from N850 to N820 per litre. Effective August 12, 2025, the company described the move as...

Nestle Nigeria’s Strong Rebound Raises Hopes for Backward Integration

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August 11, (THEWILL) — Predominant consumer goods firm, Nestle Nigeria Plc, experienced a strong rebound in the first half of 2025 after seeing sharp losses in 2023 and 2024 due to currency devaluation, and this is good news for...

FirstBank Champions Inclusive Fintech Innovation At CAFS 2025

August 10, (THEWILL) — FirstBank has reaffirmed its 131-year legacy by championing fintech innovation and inclusion at the Canada-Africa Fintech Summit 2025 (CAFS 2025), which took place from August 5 to 8, at the Sheraton Centre in Downtown Toronto. Convened...

Experts Fault Capital Inflows Euphoria As Investors Shun Productive Sectors

August 10, (THEWILL) — Prominent economists, financial analysts and industry experts have reacted to the recent Q1 2025 Capital Importation report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which showed a significant increase of investment inflow to the Nigerian...

New NDIC Boss Announces N54.6bn Disbursement to Heritage Bank Depositors

August 10, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has disbursed the sum of N54.62 billion to 691,418 depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank and also declared a liquidation dividend of 9.2 kobo per naira to uninsured depositors. This was...

United Capital Records Sterling Performance as Revenue Hits N23.76bn in H1 2025

• Revenue: ₦23.76 billion, up by 57% year-on-year. • Profit After Tax (PAT): ₦11.89 billion, up by 54% year-on-year. • Profit Before Tax (PBT): ₦13.79 billion, up by 52% year-on-year.   • Interim dividend: ₦5.4 billion (₦0.30 per 50kobo ordinary share). • 5-Year Profit...

Transcorp Hotels Plc Defies Headwinds, Grows Revenue By 60% To N47.57bn in H1 2025

August 04, (THEWILL) — Transcorp Hotel Plc (a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc) recorded impressive results in H1 2025 on strong performance ratios that pushed revenue up by 60 percent. This is amid economic headwinds characterized by high inflation, increased...

Ecobank Posts Pre-tax Profit of N352.92bn in Q2 2025 as Stock Soars

August 03, (THEWILL) — Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, a Pan-African bank operating across 33 African countries, has released its unaudited Q2 2025 financial results for the period ended June 30, 2025, posting a pre-tax profit of N352.92 billion. This represents a...

How NIBSS Innovation Drives Services in GDP Expansion

August 03, (THEWILL) — The transformation initiatives at the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) towards revolutionising the country’s payment landscape is central to the expansion of the economy driven by the services sector. Nigeria’s economy expanded by 3.13 percent year-on-year...