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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.

5568 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

Author's articles

Breakdown of how much inflation has eaten into Nigerian workers salaries in one year

Breakdown of how much inflation has eaten into Nigerian workers salaries in one year

Money

3 years ago

Federal government to sell some national assets to pay off debts, fund 2023 budget

Federal government to sell some national assets to pay off debts, fund 2023 budget

Economy

3 years ago

CBN gives approval to MTN, Airtel Glo other payment service banks to sell dollar

CBN gives approval to MTN, Airtel Glo other payment service banks to sell dollar

Money

3 years ago

Banks might stop collecting bad naira notes from Nigerians as CBN places N400 fine for every N100 deposits

Banks might stop collecting bad naira notes from Nigerians as CBN places N400 fine for every N100 deposits

Money

3 years ago

Four easy steps to check fake bank alerts as NIBSS reveals Nigerians lost N5b to fraud in 9 months

Four easy steps to check fake bank alerts as NIBSS reveals Nigerians lost N5b to fraud in 9 months

Money

3 years ago

Experts speak on redesigning naira notes as FG announces six new CBN requirements

Experts speak on redesigning naira notes as FG announces six new CBN requirements

Economy

3 years ago

CBN spends N538.59m disposing of 1.51 billion dirty naira notes in 2020 in fulfillment of its mandate

CBN spends N538.59m disposing of 1.51 billion dirty naira notes in 2020 in fulfillment of its mandate

Economy

3 years ago

Central Bank of Nigeria announced that it disposed of 1.51bn naira notes last year to guarantee that money in circulation in the country meets its standard.

Cosmas Maduka: The Nigerian Billionaire Who Does Not Own a Television in His Home, Shares wealth Tips

Cosmas Maduka: The Nigerian Billionaire Who Does Not Own a Television in His Home, Shares wealth Tips

Industry

3 years ago

Cosmas Maduka's is a Nigerian businessman billionaire who began his quest for money as the tender age speaks on wealth tips and how he became a billionaire.

The Central Bank of Nigeria announces it spent N58.61billion to print 2.518 billion Naira notes in 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria announces it spent N58.61billion to print 2.518 billion Naira notes in 2020

Money

3 years ago

CBN 2020 Annual Report of the Currency Operations Department is a compendium of the initiatives implemented and activities carried out by the Department...

Banks publish more names of Nigerians committing forex malpractices as black market rate hit N760

Banks publish more names of Nigerians committing forex malpractices as black market rate hit N760

Money

3 years ago

Commercial banks have released to the public names of customers buying forex so cheap to resell to the black market to make million is a singe transaction.

Federal government not in support of CBN governor's decision to redesign some naira notes

Federal government not in support of CBN governor's decision to redesign some naira notes

Economy

3 years ago

The federal government has revealed that Central bank of Nigeria never consulted on its plans to redesign some naira notes and remove a large sum from economy.

Dangote set to borrow N112 billion from Nigerians to complete refinery project, full repayment date in 10yrs

Dangote set to borrow N112 billion from Nigerians to complete refinery project, full repayment date in 10yrs

Industry

3 years ago

African richest man, Aliko Dangote will be looking for additional finances of N112bn from Nigerian investors to complete is refinery set for full operation.

After Sri Lanka says it can no longer pay its $51bn debt, IMF fears Nigerian govt’s debt exposes banks to risk

After Sri Lanka says it can no longer pay its $51bn debt, IMF fears Nigerian govt’s debt exposes banks to risk

Economy

3 years ago

IMF is worried about NIgeria's debt following the news that Sri Lanka joined the list of countries to have defaulted on their debts to countries banks, investor

After ShopRite, another South African company, Massmart, says goodbye to Nigeria, sells all assets

After ShopRite, another South African company, Massmart, says goodbye to Nigeria, sells all assets

Industry

3 years ago

Following months of Negotiation, Massmart has decided to sell off all its assets in Nigeria and leave just like Shoprite did in 2021 after 15 years in Nigeria.

Nigeria gets $1.8bn loan from Islamic bank, search for land to build headquarters in the country begins

Nigeria gets $1.8bn loan from Islamic bank, search for land to build headquarters in the country begins

Economy

3 years ago

The Federal government have secured $1.8 billion financing from Islamic bank and will begin infrastructural development across the country in the coming months.

Dave Ibemere