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GPC-SPV Company Plc plans to issue a N30 billion Series 1 senior guaranteed fixed-rate infrastructure bond under its N100 billion bond issuance programme. The announcement concerns a Nigerian capital-markets funding transaction, but provides no direct information on NGX-listed equities or tracked stock performance.
Nigerian equities opened the week lower, extending the market’s losing streak to ten consecutive trading days. The All-Share Index declined by 265.99 points, or 0.11 percent, to close at 239,085.17 points, while overall market capitalisation fell by N137 billion.
NMDPRA reported that liquefied petroleum gas sold for an average of up to N1,575 per kilogramme in Sokoto in July 2026, the highest among six tracked cities, while domestic supply increased by 22 percent.
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation says it is continuing payments of guaranteed deposits to customers of 46 microfinance banks whose licences were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria on July 1, 2026. The disclosure was made during a capacity development programme organised with the Bureau of Public Procurement.
Nigeria’s daily petrol supply fell 10 per cent to 45.5 million litres in July from 50.6 million litres in June, according to NMDPRA data. Domestic petrol receipts also declined 21 per cent month-on-month, indicating tighter supply conditions in the downstream petroleum market.
APC Chairman Yilwatda criticised Atiku’s proposal to reverse Nigeria’s fuel subsidy, describing it as an election-season promise that requires stronger economic scrutiny. The policy debate is relevant to investors because changes to fuel subsidies can influence energy costs, inflation expectations and operating conditions across the Nigerian equities market.
Chevron Nigeria says it has reduced gas flaring by 98 percent as part of its environmental sustainability efforts. The statement was made at an oil and gas reporting workshop in Asaba, Delta State, and relates to operating practices within a sector represented on the Nigerian Exchange.
Chevron Nigeria said it has reduced gas flaring by 98 percent as part of its environmental sustainability efforts. The disclosure was made at an oil and gas reporting workshop in Asaba, Delta State, involving the company and the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
Nigeria’s competitiveness in Africa’s data-centre market is challenged by weaknesses in the electricity grid. The article places reliable power infrastructure at the centre of the regional race, with potential implications for Nigeria’s digital infrastructure development and demand across related ICT and utilities activities.
The Federal Government has verified the Kolmani oil field in Bauchi State and pledged to remobilise exploration activities. The development relates to Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector, although the report does not identify any specific listed company or immediate corporate action.
NNPC Limited and its contractor partners, including Shell, Esso and Agip, have signed PSC and DSA addenda for the $21 billion Bonga South-West Aparo project. The development is approaching final investment decision and is expected to target 175,000 barrels of oil and 140 million standard cubic feet of gas daily.
NNPC Ltd and its partners in OML 118 have signed agreements to develop the Bonga South-West Aparo deepwater project. The agreements are intended to advance the project toward Final Investment Decision, with a reported target investment of $21 billion.
NNPC Ltd and the OML 118 contractor parties, including SNEPCo, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria, and Nigerian Agip Exploration, signed addenda to the Production Sharing Contract and Dispute Settlement Agreement for the Bonga Southwest/Aparo deepwater project, supporting progress toward a final investment decision.
The article examines Nigerian Revenue Service reforms and their significance for capital allocators, foreign portfolio managers, and domestic industrialists. It presents the tax code as an important consideration for investment decisions and business planning, with potential implications for participants in Nigeria’s capital markets.
Kenneth Okonkwo said President Bola Tinubu misunderstood Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to make petrol more affordable, denying that it would restore corruption-prone subsidy arrangements. The policy debate concerns fuel pricing and subsidy management, which are relevant to Nigeria’s macroeconomic outlook and the listed oil and gas sector.
The article assesses Nigeria’s fiscal and external position three years after fuel subsidy removal and foreign-exchange reforms. It argues that the country may have avoided a fiscal crisis and highlights the need for stronger economic growth and improved outcomes from the sacrifices associated with the reforms.
President Bola Tinubu linked the N296 billion reconstruction and dualisation of the 56.5-kilometre Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode road to efforts to improve economic integration, regional trade and infrastructure-led development in the South-West. The project was flagged off at the Idi Ayunre end of the highway.
The article examines FirstBank’s role in the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, a real-time financial market infrastructure launched by Afreximbank and AfCFTA in 2022. It places the bank within broader competition to develop Africa’s cross-border payment rails, with relevance to FBN Holdings and Nigeria’s banking sector.
The report examines responses to Nigeria’s bank recapitalisation following the completion of a major reform by the apex monetary authority. It focuses on possible approaches for navigating the post-recapitalisation environment across the financial sector.
Crude oil prices fell by more than one dollar on Monday, with Brent futures declining 1.23 per cent to $93.23 a barrel. The move followed profit-taking by investors as markets awaited expected new United States sanctions on Iran.
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