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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.

5584 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

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Report: Nigerians owes N90bn electricity bill forcing govt to write-off debts enough to build power plants

Report: Nigerians owes N90bn electricity bill forcing govt to write-off debts enough to build power plants

Energy

3 years ago

Nigeria's unemployment figures worsen as report reveals list of 50 Companies to have shut down in 5yrs

Nigeria's unemployment figures worsen as report reveals list of 50 Companies to have shut down in 5yrs

Business and Economy

3 years ago

FG gives six electricity companies approval to increase tariffs by 6.9%. Here are the areas to be affected

FG gives six electricity companies approval to increase tariffs by 6.9%. Here are the areas to be affected

Energy

3 years ago

NNPC remits nothing to govt account for two months as oil search, refinery rehabilitation others gulp N656bn

NNPC remits nothing to govt account for two months as oil search, refinery rehabilitation others gulp N656bn

Economy

3 years ago

Federal Govt directs Ikeja, Abuja other Electricity Distribution Companies to charge Nigerians per hour

Federal Govt directs Ikeja, Abuja other Electricity Distribution Companies to charge Nigerians per hour

Energy

3 years ago

CBN reveals eNaira wallets downloaded nears 1m with users transacting over N3 billion since launch

CBN reveals eNaira wallets downloaded nears 1m with users transacting over N3 billion since launch

Money

3 years ago

CBN gives commercial banks 48 hours to deposit over N6trn customers deposit into its account

CBN gives commercial banks 48 hours to deposit over N6trn customers deposit into its account

Money

3 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the amount of customer deposits that would be moved from commercial bank vaults to the central vault amid inflation.

Federal government repays China, India others over N536bn for matured debts, N16.6trn left

Federal government repays China, India others over N536bn for matured debts, N16.6trn left

Economy

3 years ago

The Debt management office has revealed the federal government have paid parts of its debts owed to countries such as China, and India but over N16trn is left.

Despite an unreliable power supply, Nigerian govt says exporting electricity to Benin, Niger strategic

Despite an unreliable power supply, Nigerian govt says exporting electricity to Benin, Niger strategic

Energy

3 years ago

Nigerian government continue its struggle to generate enough electricity for Nigerians, how the little generated is sold to neighboring countries Benin, Niger

IDPM Nigeria appoints Chigbo- Jackson Iwuanorue, head of research, planning and strategy

IDPM Nigeria appoints Chigbo- Jackson Iwuanorue, head of research, planning and strategy

Money

3 years ago

Chigbo Jackson Iwuanorue who recently appointed IDPM head of research is a graduate of Geology from the Niger Delta University & holds a 2.1 masters degree.

List of world richest people in 2022: Dangote tops Africa but Elon is 15x richer after making N90.6tn in 10yrs

List of world richest people in 2022: Dangote tops Africa but Elon is 15x richer after making N90.6tn in 10yrs

Money

3 years ago

Aliko Dangote for the 12 straight year is Africa's richest man and lead a pack of two other Nigerians who made the Forbes exclusive billionaire rich list..

Everything you need to start a POS business in 4 Simple steps as the number of bank accounts hit 191.4m

Everything you need to start a POS business in 4 Simple steps as the number of bank accounts hit 191.4m

Business and Economy

3 years ago

Remote areas, student environments, markets, and places where banks and automated teller machines (ATM) points are far from the people can be a perfect place.

CBN promises Nigerians its policy will stabilised exchange rate Naira falls to lowest level in history

CBN promises Nigerians its policy will stabilised exchange rate Naira falls to lowest level in history

Money

3 years ago

he Naira-4-dollar scheme and enhance the FX position in the I&E window by encouraging the participation of top 100 non-oil exporters in the RT200 FX programme.

National Darkness as Nigeria's electricity grid collapses again, 7th in 2022

National Darkness as Nigeria's electricity grid collapses again, 7th in 2022

Energy

3 years ago

The national power grid for the seventh time has collapsed, throwing the country to national darkness with states such as Abia, Enugu the most affected states.

Number of Nigerians with over $1 million in bank account drops by 35% under president Buhari

Number of Nigerians with over $1 million in bank account drops by 35% under president Buhari

Money

3 years ago

A new report has revealed that the number of Nigerians with over 1 million dollars in bank account, assets has dropped by 35 percent under President Buhari.

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