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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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List of states with the highest cost price of cooking gas revealed as filling 5kg hits N3,921.35

List of states with the highest cost price of cooking gas revealed as filling 5kg hits N3,921.35

Economy

4 years ago

Tough times ahead for Nigerians as US, UK others policies to make goods, debts more expensive, Naira weak

Tough times ahead for Nigerians as US, UK others policies to make goods, debts more expensive, Naira weak

Economy

4 years ago

Key highlights from the Africa CEO Forum as Leaders, experts’ chart new paths to African prosperity

Key highlights from the Africa CEO Forum as Leaders, experts’ chart new paths to African prosperity

Economy

4 years ago

Tinubu, Atiku Release 4-Year Economic Promises for Nigeria Not Achieved by President Buhari's Administration

Tinubu, Atiku Release 4-Year Economic Promises for Nigeria Not Achieved by President Buhari's Administration

Economy

4 years ago

Dangote refinery to convert crude oil into 8 value-added products as date of completion gets closer

Dangote refinery to convert crude oil into 8 value-added products as date of completion gets closer

Industry

4 years ago

Big cash-out for telcos as Nigerians consume 353.1 terabytes of data browsing the internet in 12 months

Big cash-out for telcos as Nigerians consume 353.1 terabytes of data browsing the internet in 12 months

Money

4 years ago

Bill Gate laughs at cryptocurrency, NFT Investors as N66.50trn is whipped out from Bitcoin value in 6 days

Bill Gate laughs at cryptocurrency, NFT Investors as N66.50trn is whipped out from Bitcoin value in 6 days

Money

4 years ago

In a report captured by CNN, the Microsoft co-founder referenced the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people.

Each Nigerian now owes over N200,000 as share of national debt as it increases to N41.60trn end of March 2022

Each Nigerian now owes over N200,000 as share of national debt as it increases to N41.60trn end of March 2022

Economy

4 years ago

Nigeria's public debt stock has been on the rise, so does what every Nigerian owes when all of the country’s debts (Federal, State) are divided per citizen.

World Bank, Economists warn CBN to stop printing money as currency in circulation jumps to record high

World Bank, Economists warn CBN to stop printing money as currency in circulation jumps to record high

Economy

4 years ago

he World Bank on its part says the Central Bank of Nigeria’s development finance intervention is fuelling inflation in the short term and weakening the ability.

Bitcoin falls below $20k sends fear into Crypto Market; Here are the 8 biggest Bitcoin Crashes in History

Bitcoin falls below $20k sends fear into Crypto Market; Here are the 8 biggest Bitcoin Crashes in History

Economy

4 years ago

US monetary policymakers also indicated that they will continue to hike aggressively this year in the fight against inflation, a move that will further hit.

Nigerian women included in list of top 10 richest women in Africa for 2022 as their net worth is revealed

Nigerian women included in list of top 10 richest women in Africa for 2022 as their net worth is revealed

Money

4 years ago

The list of Africa's richest women has been revealed with two Nigerians making it but it was largely dominated by South Africa with 6 followed by Angola, Kenya.

Experts speak on Bitcoin crash: Why it happened and reasons it might or might not go up immediately

Experts speak on Bitcoin crash: Why it happened and reasons it might or might not go up immediately

Money

4 years ago

Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency which has taken a tumble amid a global downturn in cryptocurrencies which have shaved over 2trillion worth of investment.

Local, foreign companies remit N588.59bn into FG account as VAT payments in three months

Local, foreign companies remit N588.59bn into FG account as VAT payments in three months

Economy

4 years ago

Value-added tax (VAT) is an indirect tax placed on products and services for value-added at each stage of the manufacturing or distribution process to consumers

FG moves to take over 4 state-owned airports, more to follow as Nigeria Records 18m passenger traffic

FG moves to take over 4 state-owned airports, more to follow as Nigeria Records 18m passenger traffic

Industry

4 years ago

Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation has disclosed that FG will be looking to take over state airports before the end of President Buhari’s administration.

Angola overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer after worst production output in months

Angola overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s biggest oil producer after worst production output in months

Economy

4 years ago

Preliminary data indicates that global liquids production in May decreased by 0.15 million bpd to an average 98.75 million bpd compared to the previous month.

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