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Donald Trump's Congo mining push is stalled over sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler, whose royalties are blocking a $9 billion Glencore copper and cobalt deal.
Ernest Obiejesi's Nestoil owes Nigerian banks approximately N2.9 trillion ($2 billion) and the CBN has blocked dividends at UBA, Access Holdings and FCMB until the loans are fully provisioned.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has recalled around 800 engineers previously redeployed following a labour union dispute, granting a conditional pardon.
The Dangote Group has dismissed reports alleging a rift between Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu, threatening legal action against anyone spreading the claims.
Abba Mangal, son of billionaire Dahiru Mangal, has emerged as the APC candidate for Katsina Central, ending a two-term incumbent's return bid.
Atedo Peterside warned that Nigeria risks a serious legitimacy crisis if the ADC is prevented from contesting the 2027 presidential election.
Ibrahim Mahama's Damang Gold Mine has sold its first 110 kilograms of output to Ghana's Gold Board for the central bank's reserves, weeks after taking over the mine from Gold Fields.
Wale Babalakin's Bi-Courtney has written off a N132 billion judgment debt and returned MMA1 to the government, ending a 20-year dispute over Lagos's MMA2 private airport terminal.
Access Holdings posted a record N743 billion profit in 2025, up 16% from the prior year, with FX gains and pan-African acquisitions driving a result that made it an outlier among Nigeria's biggest banks.
Yérim Sow's Bridge Bank Group Côte d'Ivoire plans to launch a subsidiary in Guinea Conakry by 2027, extending the Teyliom Group lender's West African footprint into one of Africa's richest mining economies.
BUA Cement shares surged 24.8% in 4 trading days, adding N2.7 trillion ($1.95 billion) to Abdul Samad Rabiu's stake value after Q1 profit more than doubled to N176 billion.
South Sudan has declined to renew Oranto Petroleum's Block B3 licence after Arthur Eze's company failed to conduct seismic surveys, drill a single well or meet financial obligations since 2017.
BUA Foods posted $103 million profit in Q1 2026, up from $99 million a year earlier, even as revenue fell 11%, with cost control doing the heavy lifting.
Dangote Cement posted $234 million profit in Q1 2026, up 53% from a year earlier, as volumes rose to 7.47 million tonnes and pan-African losses shrank dramatically.
Femi Otedola has marked Mike Adenuga's 73rd birthday by recalling how the Globacom founder told him 24 years ago in Epe that he would be a great man.
Nigerian oil tycoon Igho Sanomi and Ghanaian businessman Kevin Okyere have denied paying bribes to former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke at her London trial.