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Dave Ibemere

Education: Bachelor of Science Mass Communication (2015), Master of Science Mass Communication University of Lagos (2018), Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting 2024

Experience: Business/Financial Analyst, BusinessDay Newspaper (2017-2019), Data journalist/financial analyst, Dataphyte (2019), Business Editor/HOD, Ripples Nigeria (2019-2021)

Awards: Staff of the Year, BusinessDay Research (2019), Awardee IFRA (French government) research award, UNILAG(2018), Information is a Beautiful international award-longlist nominee (2019), Top Business Editor Legit.ng (2022, 2023, 2024)

Dave Ibemere is a senior business editor at Legit.ng. He is a financial journalist with over a decade of experience in print and online media. He also holds a Master's degree from the University of Lagos. He is a member of the African Academy for Open-Source Investigation (AAOSI), the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and other media think tank groups. He previously worked with The Guardian, BusinessDay, and headed the business desk at Ripples Nigeria. Email: dave.ibemere@corp.legit.ng.

5530 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

Author's articles

Full list: GTbank becomes Nigeria’s most valuable bank after strong performance

Full list: GTbank becomes Nigeria’s most valuable bank after strong performance

Capital Market

2 years ago

Unilever's profit drops by 72.95% as operating cost wipes out N27.10bn from revenue

Unilever's profit drops by 72.95% as operating cost wipes out N27.10bn from revenue

Industry

2 years ago

Fidelity Bank’s stock upgraded after strong performance, CEO makes over N28 million in 5 days

Fidelity Bank’s stock upgraded after strong performance, CEO makes over N28 million in 5 days

Money

2 years ago

Naira records mixed trading, depreciates against dollar, increases in value against British pounds and Euro

Naira records mixed trading, depreciates against dollar, increases in value against British pounds and Euro

Money

2 years ago

Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman leads the list of Nigeria's most valuable footballers in 2023

Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman leads the list of Nigeria's most valuable footballers in 2023

Money

2 years ago

SERAP drags CBN to court, seeks an order of mandamus' over customer's social media account request

SERAP drags CBN to court, seeks an order of mandamus' over customer's social media account request

Money

2 years ago

Nigeria's excess crude account drops from $2bn to below $500k, Lawmakers demand explanation from CBN

Nigeria's excess crude account drops from $2bn to below $500k, Lawmakers demand explanation from CBN

Economy

2 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria has been asked by lawmakers to come and provide explanation on management of excess crude account as balance falls below $500,000.

"Nothing changes": Tonye Cole speaks on N600 per liter fuel as Dangote Refinery sets date for first production.

"Nothing changes": Tonye Cole speaks on N600 per liter fuel as Dangote Refinery sets date for first production.

Energy

2 years ago

Nigerians' expectations that when Dangote Refinery comes on stream, fuel prices will reduce could be a mere wish based, according to energy expert Tonye Cole.

Access, GTB, Zenith set to get new rival as NOVA gets approval to transition into commercial bank

Access, GTB, Zenith set to get new rival as NOVA gets approval to transition into commercial bank

Money

2 years ago

NOVA Merchant Bank's management has been given approval to begin the process of transitioning into a commercial bank and expanding branches across Nigeria.

Banks’ credit to households, businesses, government rise by 17% to N84trn in one month, keep CBN promises

Banks’ credit to households, businesses, government rise by 17% to N84trn in one month, keep CBN promises

Money

2 years ago

Deposit Money banks have increased their credit to increase access to loans for Nigerian households, businesses and government keeping the promise of the CBN.

Elon Musk will wait longer to become the world's first trillion-dollar man after $20bn setback, not the first time

Elon Musk will wait longer to become the world's first trillion-dollar man after $20bn setback, not the first time

Money

2 years ago

Elon Musk will have to wait longer to become the world's first trillion dollar man as he loses a massive $20 billion about N15.5trn after one day of trading

"It Is Important": Naira Plunges to N850/$ as Forex Demand Sparks Concern, CBN Urged to Begin Investigation

"It Is Important": Naira Plunges to N850/$ as Forex Demand Sparks Concern, CBN Urged to Begin Investigation

Money

2 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria has been urged to begin investigation into the forex market as naira continue to depreciates at official and unofficial markets.

Nigeria’s foreign reserves tumble to lowest level in 2years, CBN loses more firepower to defend Naira

Nigeria’s foreign reserves tumble to lowest level in 2years, CBN loses more firepower to defend Naira

Money

2 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that Nigeria's foreign reserves have dropped to the lowest level in 2 years, giving the CBN another headache on naira.

Naira records massive gain at official market as CBN withdraws operating license of over 2,000 forex dealers

Naira records massive gain at official market as CBN withdraws operating license of over 2,000 forex dealers

Money

2 years ago

Central Bank of Nigeria has released the list of approved BDCs allowed to meet Nigeria's forex demands as it strengthens its fight to make the naira stronger.

"The idea is to stop the illicit financial flows": FG releases regulatory framework to end oil revenue loss

"The idea is to stop the illicit financial flows": FG releases regulatory framework to end oil revenue loss

Economy

2 years ago

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission is determined to ensure a corruption-free Nigerian oil sector as it introduces a new regulatory framework.

Dave Ibemere