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EXPLAINER: What Does CBN’s Order to Restrict Banking Services to Loan Defaulters Mean?

By The Insight Team 706
key points: What exactly is a “large-ticket obligor” What services are restricted? Does this affect everyone who has ever defaulted on a loan? What does this mean for businesses and the economy? What about ordinary Nigerians? Why is the CBN doing this?   By Emmanuel Kwada The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a […]Continue Reading
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Showmax to Shut Down: MultiChoice Ends 11-Year Streaming Journey

By The Insight Team 498
By Emmanuel Kwada ‎MultiChoice, the parent company of DStv and GOtv, has officially announced the discontinuation of its video-on-demand streaming service Showmax after more than a decade of operation. ‎Launched in 2015 in South Africa and later expanded across numerous African countries, Showmax aimed to provide affordable, Africa-focused entertainment, Continue Reading
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Anthony Chiejina: Africa’s Quiet Architect of Global Corporate Reputation

By The Insight Team 587
By Abiodun Alade In a year shaped by geopolitical tension, technological disruption and intensifying scrutiny of corporate conduct, Anthony Chiejina has once again secured a place among the world’s most influential communications leaders. In the orchestration of influence, some leaders make themselves heard; others, like Chiejina, make themselves felt. As Group Continue Reading
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EXPLAINER: How 7.5% VAT on Bank Transfers, USSD Transactions Starting January 19 Affects You

By The Insight Team 1099
By Emmanuel Kwada Starting Monday, January 19, 2026, if you send money through your mobile banking app, use USSD codes like *737# or *919#, or rely on fintech platforms such as OPay, Kuda, Moniepoint, or Palmpay for daily transfers, bill payments, or small business transactions, you will start seeing extra charge on the service fees […]Continue Reading
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OPINION: Dangote Deserves Red Carpet Reception, Thunderous Applause

By The Insight Team 531
By Nduka Uzuakpundu It appears eerily quiet, for now, in the petroleum sector of the Nigerian economy. The recent dust raised by the heated disagreement between the Dangote Group, headed by business mogul and Africa’s cousin of Elon Musk, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and the skippers of National Union of Petroleum and National Gas Workers of […]Continue Reading
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AfCFTA Endorses Nigeria-Led C-PACT Initiative to Revolutionize Intra-African Trade

By The Insight Team 451
By Emmanuel Kwada  The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has officially endorsed the Customs-Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade (C-PACT), a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in collaboration with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The announcement, made on Tuesday, marks a pivotal step toward Continue Reading
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Nigeria’s New Tax Reality: What You Need to Know

By The Insight Team 747
By Emmanuel Kwada  From January 1, 2026, four new tax reform laws signed by President Bola Tinubu will introduce 50 exemptions, deductions, and reliefs aimed at easing the burden on low- and middle-income earners, small businesses, and vulnerable sectors. The government presents these changes as a pro-poor overhaul of a fragmented system. Critics, however, argue […]Continue Reading
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‎How Boko Haram’s Threats Forced Jonathan to Back Down on Fuel Subsidy Removal – Sanusi

By The Insight Team 483
By Emmanuel Kwada  ‎The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration abandoned full removal of the fuel subsidy in 2012 primarily due to the threat of Boko Haram exploiting nationwide protests. ‎Speaking at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference under the theme “Better Continue Reading
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