OPINION/EDITORIAL

Mobile Subscriptions Increase Marginally Month-on-Month in March 2025

May 9, 2025/CSL Research According to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), active mobile subscriptions in Nigeria declined significantly year-on-year (y/y) in Q1 2025. Total subscriptions dropped by 46.60 million, or 21.3%, falling from 219.30 million in Q1 2024 to 172.71 million in Q1 2025. However, on a month-on-month […]

Trade Optimism Pushes Oil Prices Higher

May 9, 2025/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Crude oil prices climbed this week on hopes that the U.S. and China might come to a trade agreement after a deal was announced with the UK. Friday, May 9th, 2025  ICE Brent futures have recovered to $64 per barrel as oil markets […]

A Creative and Cooperative Balancing Act

May 8, 2025/US SEC By Commissioner Hester M. Peirce Welcome to the penultimate day of the SEC’s 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Before I begin, as I am sure you anticipate based on what you have heard from many SEC speakers this week, my views are […]