Dollars Scarcity Worsens, Naira Drop To N480

Dollars Scarcity Worsens, Naira Drop To N480

The scarcity of dollars at the parallel market on Tuesday in Lagos forced the Naira down to N480 to a dollar.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Pound Sterling and the Euro exchanged at N610 and N550, respectively.   Trading...
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Market Capitalisation Records N35b Loss

Market Capitalisation Records N35b Loss

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened trading for the week on Monday with a loss of N35 billion, amid weak sentiments.   Market capitalwithion, which opened at N13.145 trillion inched lower by N35 billion or 0.27 per cent, to close...
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SEC Nigeria Holds 1st CMC Meeting In 2020

SEC Nigeria Holds 1st CMC Meeting In 2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sunday announced that the first Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting in 2020 is scheduled to hold from Thursday August 20 to Friday August 21, 2020.     A CMC Meeting planned for April 2020 could n...
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NSE Turnover Rises by 86.97%, Other Indices Down 0.15%

NSE Turnover Rises by 86.97%, Other Indices Down 0.15%

The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday rose by 86.97 per cent, just as the market indices dipped by 0.15 per cent.   Specifically, investors traded 482.52 million shares valued at N4.52 billion in 3,897...
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MTN Nigeria Lifts Market Indices Further By 0.38 Per Cent

MTN Nigeria Lifts Market Indices Further By 0.38 Per Cent

Transactions maintained upward trend on Thursday with the market indicators appreciating further by 0.38 per cent, amid MTN Nigeria gains.   Specifically, the All- Share Index rose by 95.49 points or 0.38 per cent to close at 25,236.97 compared with...
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Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Business App

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Business App

Ecobank Nigeria has launched an Application for Businesses. Known as Omni Lite App, it is targeted at enhancing the banking experience of its large pool of Commercial Banking customers. A statement explained that the  Ecobank Omni Lite App is a highly secur...
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Market Capitalisation Recovers N135b

Market Capitalisation Recovers N135b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday posted first week gain with the market capitalisation rebounding by N135 billion, amid renewed investor interest.   Speficially, the market capitalisation inched higher by N135 billion or 1.04 per cent to close a...
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Rivers Seeks N18b Loan From Access Bank

Rivers Seeks N18b Loan From Access Bank

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has requested consent of the State House of Assembly to borrow N18billion  from Access Bank Plc for the construction of a flyover and two major internal roads in Port Harcourt, the state capital.  The Speaker, Mr...
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Heritage Bank Partners CBN On Improved Investment, Job creation

Heritage Bank Partners CBN On Improved Investment, Job creation

Heritage bank Plc in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing in Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has continued to drive improved investments and job creation.  A statement issued at the weekend explai...
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SUNU Assurances Reports N1.2bn Profit

SUNU Assurances Reports N1.2bn Profit

For the 2019 financial year, SUNU Assurances Nigeria Plc has announced N1.2 billion profit, compared to N914 million attained in 2018.  Speaking during the virtual 33rd Annual General Meeting of the compan...
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Ekiti Partners Ecobank On Women Empowerment, Others

Ekiti Partners Ecobank On Women Empowerment, Others

    Ekiti State Government has partnered with Ecobank to ensure financial inclusion, women empowerment, micro credit loans and agency banking across communities in the state.   This was disclosed in Ado-Ekiti at the maiden edition Se’tigbo (Have You H...
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FirstMonie Network Records N6tri Transactions

FirstMonie Network Records N6tri Transactions

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd processed transactions worth over N6 trillion on its FirstMonie Agent network as at July 2020.  Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, disclosed this on Thursday, at the bank’s FinTech Summit 4.0 webinar in Lagos....
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Capital market Stakeholders Seek Alternative Funding For Infrastructure Development

Capital market Stakeholders Seek Alternative Funding For Infrastructure Development

  Worried by budgetary pressure and reduction in the level of public funds,  stakeholders in the capital market are calling for alternative sources of financing to support infrastructure development   They spoke on Thursday at a webinar session targeted...
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Seplat Tops Gainers’ Chart As Market Capitalisation Hit N13trillion

Seplat Tops Gainers’ Chart As Market Capitalisation Hit N13trillion

  The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday advanced by N26 billion to hit N13 trillion mark.   Speficially, the market capitalisation closed higher at N13.005 trillion compared with N12.979 trillion recorded on Wednesday...
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