Babajide Komolafe

Articles by Babajide Komolafe

NESG raises fresh concern over Nigeria’s debt burden

BusinessMay 12, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe Fresh concerns have emerged over Nigeria’s debt burden with the outlook for 2026 indicating new borrowings at about N29 trillion. Giving its verdict on the debt ...

AltBank unveils non-interest financing to boost local drug production

HealthMay 12, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe Against the backdrop of Africa’s heavy dependence on imported medicines, The Alternative Bank has intensified efforts to support local pharmaceutical manufacturing in Ni...

Taxes, fuel hike slow business growth in January – NESG report

BusinessFebruary 4, 2026

As Business Confidence drops to 6-month low By Babajide Komolafe Rising taxes and fuel price adjustments slowed the pace of business growth in Nigeria in January 2026, pushing business ...

Payment downtime spikes during ‘Detty December’, CBN reveals

NewsFebruary 3, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that payment system downtime and service interruptions increased significantly during the December festive season, popularl...

NDIC, EFCC to enhance prosecution of bank failure offences

NewsJanuary 28, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have agreed to strengthen collaboration to enhance the investigati...

World Bank offers $250bn procurement window to Nigerian firms

NewsJanuary 28, 2026

•Says $2.5bn contracts awarded to 6,800 Nigerian suppliers in 5yrs •As IFC invests $5bn   •FG will deepen engagement with World Bank procurement — Bagudu By Babajide Komolafe ...

Nigeria’s PAPSS cross-border payments falls 53% to N5.6bn

NewsJanuary 27, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe Nigeria recorded N5.6 billion in cross-border transactions under the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in the first half of 2025, H1’25, a 53 percent drop ...

CBN upgrades Opay, Moniepoint, Palmpay, others to national licenses

NewsJanuary 27, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has upgraded the licenses of major FinTech companies and Microfinance Banks, including Opay and Moniepoint, to national status, allowing them...

CBN unveils new industry-wide war on e-fraud 

BusinessJanuary 21, 2026

*To reduce  fraud response time to 30mins  By Babajide Komolafe The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled an industry-wide offensive against rising digital fraud, with the aim of reducing ...

Businesses face costly credit as maximum lending rates reach 46%

BusinessJanuary 21, 2026

By Babajide Komolafe Businesses across key sectors of the   economy are grappling with prohibitive borrowing costs as maximum lending rates charged by banks rose   to as high as 46 per cent. ...

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