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Following criticism for pegging the naira at an artificially strong rate to the dollar despite heavy inflationary pressure, the Central Bank of Nigeria has called those opposing the current foreign exchange framework, 'unpatriotic'.

Ant Financial, the financial technology company controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, stepped up its international expansion by buying U.S. money-transfer service MoneyGram International Inc.

Nigerian Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu discusses the impact of OPEC production cuts and U.S. shale oil drilling on oil prices and talks about his nation's oil output.

Johanna Chua, head of Asia-Pacific economic and market analysis at Citigroup Global Markets, comments on President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The Naira continues to struggle, declining by one naira on the black market over the weekend.

Now that Donald Trump is in the White House, the world's biggest companies are trying to gauge the likelihood of a U.S. trade war with China. If the tension escalates, there could be losers on both sides.

OPEC and other oil producers agreed on a way to monitor their compliance with last month’s historic supply deal, putting global markets on track to re-balance after more than two years of oversupply.

The West African landscape has had a busy start to the year, with a new administration in Ghana, political uncertainty in The Gambia and continued foreign exchange shortage in Nigeria

London has flourished as a financial hub over the past two decades. If Brexit curtails the U.K.’s access to Europe’s single market, it might become a far less attractive place from which to do business.

CNBC Africa's Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Thabo Dloti, Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Holdings at the on going 2017 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos Switzerland on challenges facing emerging markets with a particular focus on Nigeria.

Nigeria's inflation continued its uptick for the eleventh consecutive month, with December Inflation figures reaching 18.55 per cent.

The NSE Consumer goods index is up 0.11 per cent today but it has been down recently, dropping 2.28 per cent last week.