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Coverage of the Nigerian financial sector and the markets in more depth than other news publications and with more breadth than trade publications, distilling what’s on the agenda for key sectors incl... more
FAQs about News Express:How many episodes does News Express have?The podcast currently has 186 episodes available.
October 28, 2020Nigerian Economy Faces Uncertainty In Aftermath Of #ENDSARS And The IMF Says Africa’s Road To Recovery DifficultThe International Monetary Fund says policymakers within the sub-Saharan Africa region are now faced with more difficulties of rekindling their economies with fewer resources and more difficult...Cloud hangs over investment environment and the Economy faces possible downgrades by rating agenciesInsurers continue stock-taking of disaster losses while the Economy lost over N58bn daily to protest and Economist Says Crisis may roll back progress already made....more14minPlay
October 20, 2020Nigeria's Inflation Rate And The Feed Africa Initiative ProgramStory on the cover page points to the inflation numbers which were up in September and some analysts pointing to a number of factors one of which is the devalued domestic currency, and also the IMFs revised outlook for Nigeria from a decline of 5.3% to 4.3%.Does this revised outlook make the inflation situation any less severe? World Food Day.What more can you tell us about this Feed Africa Initiative and is Nigeria tapping into this programme?...more12minPlay
October 20, 2020Nigeria's Inflation Rate And The Feed Africa Initiative ProgramStory on the cover page points to the inflation numbers which were up in September and some analysts pointing to a number of factors one of which is the devalued domestic currency, and also the IMFs revised outlook for Nigeria from a decline of 5.3% to 4.3%.Does this revised outlook make the inflation situation any less severe? World Food Day.What more can you tell us about this Feed Africa Initiative and is Nigeria tapping into this programme?...more12minPlay
October 12, 2020President Buhari Presents Proposed 2021 Appropriation Bills To National AssemblyThe ministry of finance in August had planned to spend 12.65 trillion as budgetary expenditure in 2021, but now theirs a much higher figure.The president actually showed some interest in human capital development in the budget and we saw that when 545.1bn and 380.21bn was allocated for ministry of education and health respectively, what are your thoughts on these allocations considering how low Nigeria was plotted in the 2020 World Bank Capital Development Index released last month?...more9minPlay
October 12, 2020President Buhari Presents Proposed 2021 Appropriation Bills To National AssemblyThe ministry of finance in August had planned to spend 12.65 trillion as budgetary expenditure in 2021, but now theirs a much higher figure.The president actually showed some interest in human capital development in the budget and we saw that when 545.1bn and 380.21bn was allocated for ministry of education and health respectively, what are your thoughts on these allocations considering how low Nigeria was plotted in the 2020 World Bank Capital Development Index released last month?...more9minPlay
October 09, 2020Petroleum Industry Bill Postponement To 2021 ; Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and South Korean Yoo Myung-Hee Becoming The WTO FinalistWith the latest news from WTO, history is already been made as we have two female finalists for this position, Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, and South Korean Yoo Myung-Hee, how good are our chances?The deliberations for the Petroleum Industry Bill has been shifted to 2021, did you see this one coming again. And what will this now mean for investors....more13minPlay
October 09, 2020Petroleum Industry Bill Postponement To 2021 ; Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and South Korean Yoo Myung-Hee Becoming The WTO FinalistWith the latest news from WTO, history is already been made as we have two female finalists for this position, Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, and South Korean Yoo Myung-Hee, how good are our chances?The deliberations for the Petroleum Industry Bill has been shifted to 2021, did you see this one coming again. And what will this now mean for investors....more13minPlay
October 06, 2020Fitch’s Nigeria Stable Outlook Rating: A Glimmer Of Hope?Nigeria celebrated its 60th anniversary in the build-up to this edition. In the midst of all the possibilities, the Fitch rating agency gave a glimmer of hope with a stable outlook, even in the midst of a pandemic. Nigerian firms face new hurdles as IASB plans to amend IFRS. The amendment on the IFRS by the IAS Band the cost implication on Nigerian companies? How impactful is this fee structure expected to be on its fixed income securities market?...more14minPlay
October 06, 2020Fitch’s Nigeria Stable Outlook Rating: A Glimmer Of Hope?Nigeria celebrated its 60th anniversary in the build-up to this edition. In the midst of all the possibilities, the Fitch rating agency gave a glimmer of hope with a stable outlook, even in the midst of a pandemic. Nigerian firms face new hurdles as IASB plans to amend IFRS. The amendment on the IFRS by the IAS Band the cost implication on Nigerian companies? How impactful is this fee structure expected to be on its fixed income securities market?...more14minPlay
September 29, 2020Nigerian Labor Groups Bowed to Government's Pressures, Suspend Over Planned Nationwide StrikeThe planned strike by the Labour Congress over the Federal Government's decision to raise the price of fuel and increase the tariff on electricity. The labor unions are meeting tonight with FG to prevent a strike action which will is not what the Nigerian economy needs during a pandemic.In anticipation of tonight's meeting, if the strike goes ahead or is called off:What are some of the things you've heard that you can share on the strike (or suspension of the NLC-TUC strike)Cross River seeks to harness the Gulf of Guinea's economic potentialThe frontpage story talks about Cross River State in Nigeria looking at potentials in the Gulf of Guinea.A rate cut to support growth in economy This story talks about the fallout of last week's MPC meeting.This week, Nigeria will be 60. It's a diamond celebration which the federal government has said will be low-keyed but staggered, lasting an entire year....more19minPlay
FAQs about News Express:How many episodes does News Express have?The podcast currently has 186 episodes available.