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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.

5588 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

Author's articles

President Buhari sends new year message to Nigerian manufacturers amid plan to increase prices in 2022

President Buhari sends new year message to Nigerian manufacturers amid plan to increase prices in 2022

Economy

4 years ago

Report: It takes over N1 million to move a container from Apapa to Lagos mainland or it stays trapped

Report: It takes over N1 million to move a container from Apapa to Lagos mainland or it stays trapped

Maritime

4 years ago

Breakdown of Nigeria's borrowing plans for three years as President Buhari is set to leave behind N50trn debt

Breakdown of Nigeria's borrowing plans for three years as President Buhari is set to leave behind N50trn debt

Economy

4 years ago

Seven major crypto scams of 2021 and how cybercriminals stole N4.11trn worth of coins from traders wallets

Seven major crypto scams of 2021 and how cybercriminals stole N4.11trn worth of coins from traders wallets

Economy

4 years ago

List of states to be mostly affected by power outage as generation drops below 4,000MW demand at 19,798MW

List of states to be mostly affected by power outage as generation drops below 4,000MW demand at 19,798MW

Energy

4 years ago

Flutterwave, five other Nigerian startup companies that struck the biggest deals in 2021 worth over N300bn

Flutterwave, five other Nigerian startup companies that struck the biggest deals in 2021 worth over N300bn

Economy

4 years ago

Can we just go back to using cowries? Basket expresses surprise all Naira notes together is less than $5

Can we just go back to using cowries? Basket expresses surprise all Naira notes together is less than $5

Money

4 years ago

Basketmouth is surprise all Nigerian currency denominations put together can not give $5 to spend in the United States of America despite CBNs policies in 2021.

Five government agencies join hands to hunt down money lending apps harassing, disgracing Nigerians

Five government agencies join hands to hunt down money lending apps harassing, disgracing Nigerians

Economy

4 years ago

CBN, other Federal government agencies will be working together to hunt down money lending apps harassing Nigerians despite operating illegally in the country.

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote makes extra N19.8bn before Christmas in just 24 hours, now 97th richest man

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote makes extra N19.8bn before Christmas in just 24 hours, now 97th richest man

Capital Market

4 years ago

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote makes a whooping over N19 billion in less than 24 hours to Christmas on the Nigerian stock exchange on Thursday, December.

Tunde Lemo, the new face of Union Bank brings a wealth of experience in banking, passion for excellence

Tunde Lemo, the new face of Union Bank brings a wealth of experience in banking, passion for excellence

Capital Market

4 years ago

One of the most talked about this week is Tunde Lemo who was formerly deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria is buying Union Bank a 104-year-old company.

Old dormant bitcoin wallet with N6.35bn activated days after a man claiming he is satoshi won in court

Old dormant bitcoin wallet with N6.35bn activated days after a man claiming he is satoshi won in court

Money

4 years ago

A dormant bitcoin account has been activated just few months after an Australian man claiming to be Bitcoin creator Craig Wright won a bitcoin ownership case.

A New Beginning: Union Bank sold to Titan Trust Bank, a new vibrant commercial bank founded in 2019

A New Beginning: Union Bank sold to Titan Trust Bank, a new vibrant commercial bank founded in 2019

Capital Market

4 years ago

Union Bank, one of Nigeria's oldest banks, will get a new owner after Tunde Lemo, the chairman of Flutterwave, paid billions to purchase the bank in a huge deal

Investors hoping to make money through stocks see their billions 'trapped' since 1980s, with no penny made

Investors hoping to make money through stocks see their billions 'trapped' since 1980s, with no penny made

Capital Market

4 years ago

At least 51 publicly traded Nigerian companies have failed to disclose earnings on shareholder investments, leaving investors in the dark about their future.

NNPC gives breakdown of its finances revealing over N1.9trn went into oil search, refineries, subsidy in 2021

NNPC gives breakdown of its finances revealing over N1.9trn went into oil search, refineries, subsidy in 2021

Energy

4 years ago

Detailed breakdown of the National Petroleum Corporation expenses for the 11 months of 2021 has been revealed with oil search, refineries leading expenses.

What a Year! 10 best Nigerian Companies for 2021 with a combined profit after tax of over N1trillion

What a Year! 10 best Nigerian Companies for 2021 with a combined profit after tax of over N1trillion

Economy

4 years ago

As 2021 comes to a close the top 10 Nigerian companies with massive profit declared as been revealed led by Dangote and other companies across various sectors.

Dave Ibemere