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.

4267 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

Author's articles

Court reserves judgment in MultiChoice, FCCPC's price hike dispute

Court reserves judgment in MultiChoice, FCCPC's price hike dispute

Industry

5 months ago

Petrol increases by N88, filling stations set to adjust pump prices

Petrol increases by N88, filling stations set to adjust pump prices

Energy

5 months ago

Nigerian investors count losses as stock market closes in the red

Nigerian investors count losses as stock market closes in the red

Capital Market

5 months ago

Hopes for cheaper medicine as FG begins 2-year import duty waiver on pharmaceutical raw materials

Hopes for cheaper medicine as FG begins 2-year import duty waiver on pharmaceutical raw materials

Maritime

5 months ago

PenCom announces changes in retirement benefits, names 8 payment providers in Nigeria

PenCom announces changes in retirement benefits, names 8 payment providers in Nigeria

Industry

5 months ago

Dangote Refinery sets date to shut down refinery unit, to sell residual fuel

Dangote Refinery sets date to shut down refinery unit, to sell residual fuel

Energy

5 months ago

CBN speaks as naira crashes against US dollar, traders sell at new exchange rate

CBN speaks as naira crashes against US dollar, traders sell at new exchange rate

Money

5 months ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria has provided insight into its efforts to stabilize the Nigerian forex market as the value of the naira continues to crash.

Fuel price: Cost of transportation rises, leaves many Nigerian families with little for food

Fuel price: Cost of transportation rises, leaves many Nigerian families with little for food

Economy

5 months ago

Nigeria's households are facing a rising cost of living, leaving them with difficult decisions following the rise in petrol prices and transportation costs.

Stock market rises slightly by 0.04%, investors share N27bn

Stock market rises slightly by 0.04%, investors share N27bn

Capital Market

5 months ago

The Nigerian stock market closed Tuesday with another gain, helping stock investors to make N26bn in hours as May & Baker shares recorded the biggest gains.

Dangote refinery exports fuel to US, more countries ready to buy

Dangote refinery exports fuel to US, more countries ready to buy

Energy

5 months ago

Dangote refinery has announced the sale of petroleum products to the United States, and wants to sell to more countries after halting sales in naira.

Importers to pay less as CBN reduce customs rate to clear goods as naira appreciates against dollar

Importers to pay less as CBN reduce customs rate to clear goods as naira appreciates against dollar

Money

5 months ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has decided to reduce the Customs exchange rate for cargo clearance at Nigeria's ports as the naira improves against the US dollar.

New pump prices expected as cost of fuel increase by N20

New pump prices expected as cost of fuel increase by N20

Energy

5 months ago

Petrol marketers across the country may adjust their pump prices as the cost of buying fuel at depots continue to rise above the current selling prices.

FG shares details three African countries owe Nigeria over $8m in electricity bills

FG shares details three African countries owe Nigeria over $8m in electricity bills

Business and Economy

5 months ago

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that international customers in Benin Republic, Togo and Niger Republic are owing Nigeria.

UK releases more names of dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates, searches for relatives

UK releases more names of dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates, searches for relatives

Economy

5 months ago

The UK has released more names of Nigerians who have died and left estates with no one to claim them, setting a deadline before the estates will be forfeited.

Dangote Foundation to share 10kg bag of rice to 1m Nigerians

Dangote Foundation to share 10kg bag of rice to 1m Nigerians

Industry

5 months ago

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has announced plans to distribute 1 million bags of rice to Nigerians across all 774 local government areas amid hardship.

Dave Ibemere