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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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CBN publishes list of commercial banks with most expensive, cheapest lending rates as borrowers get change notification

CBN publishes list of commercial banks with most expensive, cheapest lending rates as borrowers get change notification

Money

4 years ago

Flight delays are expected as FAAN begins very important work at Lagos Airport that will take three months

Flight delays are expected as FAAN begins very important work at Lagos Airport that will take three months

Industry

4 years ago

CBN upgrades use of QR code for contactless payment in Nigeria that now including consumer

CBN upgrades use of QR code for contactless payment in Nigeria that now including consumer

Money

4 years ago

Profile: Muhammad Barkindo: Nigerian shinning star at OPEC for 36 years goes home; his legacies live on

Energy

4 years ago

Aliko Dangote has made more money than Elon musk, 30 powerful United States billionaires in the last 6 months

Aliko Dangote has made more money than Elon musk, 30 powerful United States billionaires in the last 6 months

Money

4 years ago

Naira records biggest fall to US dollar at official market despite Nigeria's massive foreign reserves rise

Naira records biggest fall to US dollar at official market despite Nigeria's massive foreign reserves rise

Money

4 years ago

Wizkid leads, Davido 5th as 10 top Nigerian music artists earn over N17.94bn selling their music on Spotify

Wizkid leads, Davido 5th as 10 top Nigerian music artists earn over N17.94bn selling their music on Spotify

Economy

4 years ago

In 2020 a report from music distributor iGroove revealed that UK listeners pay $0.0049 per stream whereas listeners from the US pay $0.0035 while others below.

Lunch with billionaire businessman, Warren Buffet goes for a whooping N7.9bn, Man indicates interest to pay

Lunch with billionaire businessman, Warren Buffet goes for a whooping N7.9bn, Man indicates interest to pay

Money

4 years ago

Buffet charity has the full support of his first wife, Susie, who introduced him to it after she started volunteering there and since then has never stopped.

Kenyan court freezes Flutterwave, several Nigerians' accounts over alleged money laundering

Kenyan court freezes Flutterwave, several Nigerians' accounts over alleged money laundering

Money

4 years ago

According to court filings, Flutterwave was formed on February 23, 2017, with directors named Olugbenga Agboola, David Mouko (Kenyan), and Flutterwave Inc.

FG, Fidelity Bank, Afreximbank take over three electricity companies over debts collected since 2013

FG, Fidelity Bank, Afreximbank take over three electricity companies over debts collected since 2013

Industry

4 years ago

The NREC and BPE chiefs said the new boards for the affected discos have been approved and the bureau was collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Ardova, eight other shares suspended from trading on Nigerian Exchange, companies provide explanations

Ardova, eight other shares suspended from trading on Nigerian Exchange, companies provide explanations

Capital Market

4 years ago

For the year ended December 31, 2021 was occasioned by the process of reconciliation of its accounts following the acquisition of Enyo Retail and Supply Limited

Victims share bitter experience after microfinance firm disappears with customers’ funds, police begin search

Victims share bitter experience after microfinance firm disappears with customers’ funds, police begin search

Economy

4 years ago

Police have launched an inquiry into a microfinance firm after clients, mostly from the area where it is based, complained that the company closed up with funds

FG fires Acting Accountant General for corruption days after asserting Nigeria was borrowing to pay salaries

FG fires Acting Accountant General for corruption days after asserting Nigeria was borrowing to pay salaries

Economy

4 years ago

In an interactive session at a public function, Patience Oniha, director general DMO, noted that Nigeria's public debt has been instrumental in helping Nigeria.

Insecurity: Report shows Nigerian companies now take kidnapping insurance covers for their top executives

Insecurity: Report shows Nigerian companies now take kidnapping insurance covers for their top executives

Industry

4 years ago

SBM Intelligence, a Lagos-based research and consulting firm, said that between June 2011 and the end of March 2020, there were 767 reported incidents of kidnap

Pension details how over 2,000 retired Nigerian workers were cut off from monthly pension over N500,000 rule

Pension details how over 2,000 retired Nigerian workers were cut off from monthly pension over N500,000 rule

Money

4 years ago

RSA balances were N550,000.00 or below and considered insufficient to procure Programmed Withdrawal or Retiree Life Annuity of a reasonable amount for an expect

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