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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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Economists raise concerns about Nigerians' survival as inflation jumps to 11-month high, hits 17.71 per cent

Economists raise concerns about Nigerians' survival as inflation jumps to 11-month high, hits 17.71 per cent

Economy

4 years ago

Billionaire Rabiu and his son make N149.3bn in 1 year, set new target of N102.68bn cement sales in 3 months

Billionaire Rabiu and his son make N149.3bn in 1 year, set new target of N102.68bn cement sales in 3 months

Capital Market

4 years ago

9 Nigerian banks publish names of board of directors who took special privilege loans worth over N226bn

9 Nigerian banks publish names of board of directors who took special privilege loans worth over N226bn

Money

4 years ago

Fast internet, Data Prices many other reasons Nigerians are excited, worried about Elon Musks, Starlinks

Fast internet, Data Prices many other reasons Nigerians are excited, worried about Elon Musks, Starlinks

Technology

4 years ago

Electricity Distribution companies apologise to Nigerians, businesses as National grid collapses again

Electricity Distribution companies apologise to Nigerians, businesses as National grid collapses again

Energy

4 years ago

Dangote leads list of Nigerian billionaires with huge N478.1bn dividends payment on investments

Dangote leads list of Nigerian billionaires with huge N478.1bn dividends payment on investments

Industry

4 years ago

Lagos rank as one of the most expensive cities to live in Africa as inflation, poor salary hit residents hard

Lagos rank as one of the most expensive cities to live in Africa as inflation, poor salary hit residents hard

Economy

4 years ago

The average price of a dozen eggs went as high as N815.4 from N568.10 making a 43.53 per cent increase year on year while the price of evaporated milk peaked.

Federal Government publishes details of over N896bn spent on debt servicing first 3 Months in 2022

Federal Government publishes details of over N896bn spent on debt servicing first 3 Months in 2022

Economy

4 years ago

According to figures given by the Debt Management Office Nigeria continue its debt servicing for loan collected in the previous years from China, France others.

Access bank continues its African expansion buys Kenyan bank for N15bn; it is now four big deals in months

Access bank continues its African expansion buys Kenyan bank for N15bn; it is now four big deals in months

Industry

4 years ago

he bank currently operates through a network of about 366 branches across major cities and commercial centers in Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Rwanda.

Naira falls to a new low against Dollar, Euro, Pound at official market as politics takes centre stage

Naira falls to a new low against Dollar, Euro, Pound at official market as politics takes centre stage

Economy

4 years ago

Meanwhile, Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has criticised the decision of the apex bank to stop providing forex

Report: Nigerian politicians prefer foreign pilots to local for state-to-state campaigns on private jets

Report: Nigerian politicians prefer foreign pilots to local for state-to-state campaigns on private jets

Industry

4 years ago

Foreign pilots have some form of work rotation and the owners of those jets buy them tickets for them to go home and come back to Nigeria after rotation work.

Elon Musk Starlink gets Nigerian govt approval to challenge MTN, Airtel others on internet service

Elon Musk Starlink gets Nigerian govt approval to challenge MTN, Airtel others on internet service

Industry

4 years ago

World Richest man, and Tesla founder,Elon Musk has revealed his Starlink has finally received the federal government approval to launch operation in Nigeria.

Cars to become more expensive as Customs introduced controversial electronic valuation policy from Friday

Cars to become more expensive as Customs introduced controversial electronic valuation policy from Friday

Maritime

4 years ago

Nigerians will have to save more to buy their favourite vehicles as a custom new electronic valuation policy is set to kick off on Friday despite protests.

Mass resignation at Union Bank after Titan Trust Takeover as CBN approves New CEO, directors

Mass resignation at Union Bank after Titan Trust Takeover as CBN approves New CEO, directors

Economy

4 years ago

The Board of Directors of Union Bank also notifies the Nigerian Group exchange of the retirement of the CEO, and also several directors after takeover by Titans

Not Even a High Oil Price Can Rescue Nigeria’s Oil Revenue as It Drops to a 4-Month Low

Not Even a High Oil Price Can Rescue Nigeria’s Oil Revenue as It Drops to a 4-Month Low

Economy

4 years ago

A breakdown of the components of oil revenue showed that no revenue accrued from crude oil and gas exports in January, the second straight month the government.

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