OPINION/EDITORIAL

UBA, ACCESS, UNILEVER Buoy NGXASI to +0.03% Gain

April 15, 2025/InvestmentOne Report The NGXASI inched up by 0.03% today to close at 104,560.02pts, as the gains recorded in ACCESSCORP (+3.13%), UNILEVER (+9.65%) and UBA (+0.80%) drove the local equities market into the green. In the fixed income space, the Treasury Bills secondary market exhibited a positive performance given the buying […]

Migration and Refugee Policies Steer People, and Economies, in New Directions

(Credit: Sebastian Gora/iStock by Getty Images) April 15, 2025/IMFBlog By Paula Beltran Saavedra, Nicolas Fernandez-Arias, Samuel Mann, and Carolina Osorio-Buitron Migration has always been an integral part of humanity’s history and success. As of last year, more than 300 million people had legally relocated in search of greater opportunity—as migrants—or to escape […]

Fitch Upgrades Sovereign Credit Rating on Rising Confidence in Policy Reforms

Current account surplus rises to 9.2% of GDP in 2024 April 14, 2025/CSL Research Global credit rating agency Fitch has upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating from “B-” to “B” and revised the outlook from positive to stable. The upgrade reflects growing confidence in the government’s commitment to […]