UPDC Lists N16b Rights Issue On NSE

UPDC Lists N16b Rights Issue On NSE

UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc on Tuesday, listed N16 billion rights issue of 15.96 billion ordinary shares at N1 per share on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). With the listing, the company became yet another beneficiary of the Exchange’s  commitment...
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Nigerian Breweries, GTBank, Zenith, Top Activity Chart As NSE Sustain  N48b Growth

Nigerian Breweries, GTBank, Zenith, Top Activity Chart As NSE Sustain N48b Growth

Transactions in the shares of Nigerian Breweries topped the activity chart on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday with 50.46 million shares valued at N2.22 billion.  Guaranty Trust Bank followed with 40.45 million shares worth N1.01 bill...
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Zenith Bank Emerges Best Bank In Nigeria

Zenith Bank Emerges Best Bank In Nigeria

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020. The awards, which was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global...
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Japaul, Nahco Top Gainers’ Table As NSE Records N24b Growth

Japaul, Nahco Top Gainers’ Table As NSE Records N24b Growth

The Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday resumed trading in June on a positive note, with the All- Share Index appreciating by 0.19 per cent. Specifically, the index rose by 48.33 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 25,316.15...
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CBN Adjusts Timelines For Reversals Of Complaints On Electronic Channels

CBN Adjusts Timelines For Reversals Of Complaints On Electronic Channels

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has adjusted timelines for reversals or resolution of refund complaints on electronic channels with effect from June 8. The CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made this known in a statement in Abuja...
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Stockbrokers Implore Nigerians On FG’s N150b Sukuk

Stockbrokers Implore Nigerians On FG’s N150b Sukuk

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has urged Nigerians to support the Federal Government’s growth initiatives by subscribing to its N150 billion Sukuk. The N150 billion Sukuk, a profitable financial instrument presently on sale to the investing pu...
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Fidelity Bank Partners ESLF On Support For Less Privileged In Benue

Fidelity Bank Partners ESLF On Support For Less Privileged In Benue

Fidelity Bank Plc has donated the sum of N10 million to Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF), a pet project of the Benue First Lady.  According to the Bank, the donation would enable the organisation, in no small measure implement...
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Obasanjo,Kufour, Jonathan,Sirleaf, Others Rally Support For Adesina

Obasanjo,Kufour, Jonathan,Sirleaf, Others Rally Support For Adesina

No fewer than 15 former African Presidents on Friday rallied support for President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina. In a statement signed by the ex presidents, including Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the former le...
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AfDB: Why The US Is Targeting Akinwumi Adesina

AfDB: Why The US Is Targeting Akinwumi Adesina

The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank’s Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor, Larry Madowo. Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, i...
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Bua Cement, Flour Mills Top Gainers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Expand Growth By N53b

Bua Cement, Flour Mills Top Gainers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Expand Growth By N53b

The key performance indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the last trading day of May with 0.40 per cent growth. Specifically, the market capitalisation on Friday inched higher by N53 billion or 0.40 per cent to close at...
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SMEs Development, Agriculture, Others Take Centre Stage At UBA Africa Day Conversations

SMEs Development, Agriculture, Others Take Centre Stage At UBA Africa Day Conversations

Development of homegrown solutions and adequate investment in human capacity building and agricultural expansion are key steps that will help to rebuild Africa and put the continent on a stronger footing post Covid-19.  Various experts and leaders who mad...
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NSE To Host Sustainable Capital Markets Forum

NSE To Host Sustainable Capital Markets Forum

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in collaboration with the Milken Institute, is set to host the inaugural edition of  Webinar Series on Sustainable Capital Markets for West Africa on Friday, 5 June 2020 by 2:30pm.  According to NSE, the webinar...
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Oscar Onyema Highlights Resilience Of Nigeria’s Capital Market

Oscar Onyema Highlights Resilience Of Nigeria’s Capital Market

As corporations all over the world battle the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the support of securities exchanges for capital market ecosystems has become even more relevant in building sustainable businesses and stimulating growth across Africa.  ...
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Ecobank Gets Most Innovative Bank In Africa Award

Ecobank Gets Most Innovative Bank In Africa Award

Global Finance has named Ecobank as the most innovative bank in Africa. The announcement was made at the eighth Global Finance annual awards, the Innovators 2020, honoring entities that regularly identify new paths and design new tools in finance.   Cat...
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