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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

Author's articles

FG, states finances in trouble, salary cut looms as NNPC again fails to remit N1.89trn crude oil sales revenue

FG, states finances in trouble, salary cut looms as NNPC again fails to remit N1.89trn crude oil sales revenue

Money

4 years ago

Nigerians to pay more for beverages, sweetened drinks as federal government enforces N10/litre sugar tax

Nigerians to pay more for beverages, sweetened drinks as federal government enforces N10/litre sugar tax

Industry

4 years ago

Fact-Check: Six key economic indicators fault Buhari's claim, Nigerian economy is better under him since 2015

Fact-Check: Six key economic indicators fault Buhari's claim, Nigerian economy is better under him since 2015

Economy

4 years ago

10 best international airports in Africa for 2022, Abuja, Lagos airports are completely missing

10 best international airports in Africa for 2022, Abuja, Lagos airports are completely missing

Industry

4 years ago

Woman drags Polaris Bank to court over N61,000 failed POS transaction, wins N500,000 as compensation

Woman drags Polaris Bank to court over N61,000 failed POS transaction, wins N500,000 as compensation

Money

4 years ago

Since the start of January, Mark Zuckerberg has lost N161.7bn daily, as he drops to 17th in billionaire list

Since the start of January, Mark Zuckerberg has lost N161.7bn daily, as he drops to 17th in billionaire list

Money

4 years ago

Manufacturers, Economists fault Buhari's claims that Nigeria's economy under him is better

Manufacturers, Economists fault Buhari's claims that Nigeria's economy under him is better

Economy

4 years ago

What statistics and the indices that this present government is using to better the lot of Nigerians because as at the last count, Nigerians are getting poorer.

Largest bank by customer deposit as Nigerians keep over N37.63trn in 9 commercial banks

Largest bank by customer deposit as Nigerians keep over N37.63trn in 9 commercial banks

Industry

4 years ago

The banks are Access Bank, Fidelity Bank, FCMB Group, FBN Holdings, GTCO, Union Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Zenith Bank, Ecobank Group, Stanbic IBTC.

Access bank leads as 11 banks approve N21.1trn loans & Advances to their customers in search of funding

Access bank leads as 11 banks approve N21.1trn loans & Advances to their customers in search of funding

Industry

4 years ago

Nigerian banks are providing more loans and advances to their customers through a variety of products in response to the CBN's regulation on loans to deposit.

Nigerians double bitcoin transactions in one month despite a significant drop in value, CBN's ban

Nigerians double bitcoin transactions in one month despite a significant drop in value, CBN's ban

Economy

4 years ago

Various cryptocurrency trading platforms, have ranked Nigeria as the second largest peer-to-peer Bitcoin market after the United States since CBN restrictions.

Elon Musk's child reportedly writes court to change his name, cut ties with the billionaire after comments

Elon Musk's child reportedly writes court to change his name, cut ties with the billionaire after comments

Money

4 years ago

Musk has seven children: Griffin, Vivian, Kai, Saxon, Damian, whom he had with Canadian author Justine Wilson, who were married from 2000 to 2008, and X AE A-XI

FG tells Nigerians, businesses it cannot intervene as cost of Diesel, aviation fuel continue to rise

FG tells Nigerians, businesses it cannot intervene as cost of Diesel, aviation fuel continue to rise

Economy

4 years ago

NNPC has been the main importer of this product but what we are trying to do is to democratise the importation so that the aviation fuel users can access forex.

Beautiful Woman Makes over N83m monthly by selling farts, body sweat in jars, and there are loyal customers

Beautiful Woman Makes over N83m monthly by selling farts, body sweat in jars, and there are loyal customers

Money

4 years ago

A lady known as Stephanie Matt makes a lot of money by selling her fart, and body sweats. she claims she makes a whopping N83 million monthly from customers.

FG announces 32days petrol sufficiency as Nigerians consume 149.33 million litres of petrol in 2 weeks

FG announces 32days petrol sufficiency as Nigerians consume 149.33 million litres of petrol in 2 weeks

Money

4 years ago

Lagos State which is the commercial capital of Nigeria and the fifth largest economy in Africa received the highest volume of PMS with 149.33 million litres.

FG explains how Nigerians, Businesses can track estimated bills and avoid being short-changed by DisCos

FG explains how Nigerians, Businesses can track estimated bills and avoid being short-changed by DisCos

Economy

4 years ago

Nigerians electricity consumers to escalate their complaints to NERC or the Commission if they were not addressed satisfactorily by the distribution companies.

Dave Ibemere