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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.

5591 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

Author's articles

Australian man who claims he is Satoshi asked to withdraw from his wallet to prove ownership

Australian man who claims he is Satoshi asked to withdraw from his wallet to prove ownership

Economy

4 years ago

Central Bank of Nigeria to arrest, lock up farmers on its Anchor Borrowers Programme for failure to repay loan

Central Bank of Nigeria to arrest, lock up farmers on its Anchor Borrowers Programme for failure to repay loan

Money

4 years ago

Otedola pulls clear of Hassan-Odukale in battle for control of First bank after investing over N44bn

Otedola pulls clear of Hassan-Odukale in battle for control of First bank after investing over N44bn

Money

4 years ago

Bank Charges: CBN reacts to Igbo traders petition against commercial banks, list correct charges

Bank Charges: CBN reacts to Igbo traders petition against commercial banks, list correct charges

Money

4 years ago

CBN to make eNaira a payment gateway for electronic transactions and could rival Flutterwave, Paystack

CBN to make eNaira a payment gateway for electronic transactions and could rival Flutterwave, Paystack

Money

4 years ago

Facebook tells Nigerians to prepare for a 7.5% hike In Value Added Tax beginning January 1, 2022

Facebook tells Nigerians to prepare for a 7.5% hike In Value Added Tax beginning January 1, 2022

Technology

4 years ago

Sterling Bank gets Central Bank of Nigeria approval to restructure, operate Nigeria's 4th Islamic bank

Sterling Bank gets Central Bank of Nigeria approval to restructure, operate Nigeria's 4th Islamic bank

Industry

4 years ago

Nigeria is set to get its fourth Islamic bank after Sterling Bank got permission from the Central Bank of Nigeria to establish a new subsidiary, Alternative.

Man who claims to be inventor of Bitcoin wins case, now 26 richest man alive, pushes Dangote to 94

Man who claims to be inventor of Bitcoin wins case, now 26 richest man alive, pushes Dangote to 94

Money

4 years ago

An Australian man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto has won a case that is worth over N22 trillion to move to 26th position in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

After over a month Aiteo finally shuts leaking oil well in Nembe, Bayelsa community give God the glory

After over a month Aiteo finally shuts leaking oil well in Nembe, Bayelsa community give God the glory

Energy

4 years ago

Aiteo Joint Venture (JV) a Nigerian company had on Friday, November 5, 2021, reported a hydrocarbon wellhead leak on its facility to the Nigerian authorities.

Five Nigerian women wins Access bank N9.75m business grant after a successful business pitch

Five Nigerian women wins Access bank N9.75m business grant after a successful business pitch

Economy

4 years ago

One of the problems people have in starting a business is they don’t have a convincing business plan and they think they can just jump into it which is not so.

Nigerian government borrows over N6trn to save naira from further depreciation, repayment date approaches

Nigerian government borrows over N6trn to save naira from further depreciation, repayment date approaches

Economy

4 years ago

The Naira, which has been underperforming, has received nearly N6 trillion in assistance from the Debt Management Office to help prevent further devaluation.

SoftBank, Tiger Global, 3 other global investors behind million dollars deals for Nigerian startups in 2021

SoftBank, Tiger Global, 3 other global investors behind million dollars deals for Nigerian startups in 2021

Money

4 years ago

In 2021, the number of global investment firms willing to put a large stake in breakthrough tech-driven companies in Nigeria has increased significantly....

Billionaire Elon Musk gives his opinion on civilisation, human progress and thinks you should die

Billionaire Elon Musk gives his opinion on civilisation, human progress and thinks you should die

Money

4 years ago

Musk, World's wealthiest Man has expressed his view on what he feels is beneficial for the world, arguing that death, like life, is necessary for civilisation.

Presidency insists Nigeria is too attractive for investors to ignore despite insecurity, gives 5 reasons

Presidency insists Nigeria is too attractive for investors to ignore despite insecurity, gives 5 reasons

Economy

4 years ago

Presidency has insisted that insecurity is an issue that will be solved and that is why President Buhari is asking investors to keep an open eye on Nigeria.

Bitcoin recovers from weekend crash, crosses $50,000 as expert provides reasons weekends are not friendly

Bitcoin recovers from weekend crash, crosses $50,000 as expert provides reasons weekends are not friendly

Money

4 years ago

Bitcoin is recovering from a weekend that saw over N3 trillion worth of investors cryptocurrency wiped out and an expert has explained the reason for the crash.

Dave Ibemere