Naira Hits Two-Year High: Parallel Market Drops Below ₦1,350 Following New CBN BDC Directive
- BUSINESS
- February 11, 2026

Four-time champions Italy national football team have failed to qualify for a third consecutive FIFA World Cup after a penalty shootout defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in Zenica. Italy started strongly, with Moise Kean scoring early, but their momentum was disrupted when Alessandro Bastoni received a red card before half-time. Bosnia capitalised
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Former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has launched a new platform, Nidacity, aimed at equipping Nigerian entrepreneurs—especially young and female founders—with practical skills, mentorship, and business intelligence to build sustainable ventures. The platform, which officially went live on Tuesday, is designed as a private-sector educational media hub focused on tackling Nigeria’s high startup failure rate,
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Nigeria’s National Assembly of Nigeria has raised the 2026 Appropriation Bill to ₦68.323 trillion while simultaneously advancing approval for fresh external borrowings totalling $6 billion requested by Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The adjustment comes amid a sharp rise in global oil prices triggered by tensions in the Middle East, with Brent crude climbing to about $115
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A high-stakes meeting of the World Trade Organization in Yaoundé has ended without agreement after deep divisions among member states derailed negotiations on key global trade issues. The deadlock was triggered when Brazil opposed a proposal backed by the United States and other developed nations to extend a long-standing moratorium on customs duties for digital
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