Category: Capital Market/Banking

SEC Nigeria To Introduce USSD Codes For Verifying Operators
July 21, 2025 No Responses

SEC Nigeria To Introduce USSD Codes For Verifying Operators

As part of measures to curb the activities of unregistered investment operators and protecting investors from fraudulent schemes, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to introduce a dedicated Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code system that will allow...
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Digital Assets Fraud Threatens Market Integrity
July 10, 2025 No Responses

Digital Assets Fraud Threatens Market Integrity

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has expressed concern over the growing threat of digital assets fraud, warning that it poses a significant challenge to market integrity and undermines investor confiden...
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Shettima Canvasses Support For  Capital Market
July 8, 2025 No Responses

Shettima Canvasses Support For  Capital Market

Vice President Kashim Shettima has solicited the support of the Judiciary to grow the capital market through the delivery of verdicts that are well-reasoned, timely, and technically sound. Vice President Kashim Shettima who stated this at the opening of a...
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Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Agenda To Drive Sustainable Education
July 8, 2025 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Agenda To Drive Sustainable Education

Ecobank Nigeria has announced a comprehensive suite of innovative financial solutions designed to support all key stakeholders within the education ecosystem.  These offerings are aimed at driving financial inclusion, operational efficiency, and sustainab...
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At United Capital Investment Forum, SEC DG Seeks Inclusive Capital Market
July 6, 2025 No Responses

At United Capital Investment Forum, SEC DG Seeks Inclusive Capital Market

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SEC Seeks Advanced Financial Inclusion By 2030
June 26, 2025 No Responses

SEC Seeks Advanced Financial Inclusion By 2030

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stressed the need for Nigeria to harness its demographic dividend to advance financial inclusion through investments by 2030 for national survival or face deepening inequality.The Director-General of the SEC, Dr...
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Ecobank Nigeria For Finance Programme To Boost Green Energy Investment
June 25, 2025 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria For Finance Programme To Boost Green Energy Investment

Ecobank Nigeria has been selected as one of five Nigerian banks to participate in the prestigious GET.Invest Enabling Domestic Green Energy (EDGE) Finance Programme.  The initiative, funded by European donors, aims to scale up green energy financing ...
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NGX, IFC Harp On Sustainable Finance Drive With Labelled Bond Workshop
June 22, 2025 No Responses

NGX, IFC Harp On Sustainable Finance Drive With Labelled Bond Workshop

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX),  subsidiary of Nigerian Exchange Group, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have co-hosted a technical capacity-building workshop to advance labelled bond issuance in Nigeria, su...
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SEC Bans Independent Directors From Becoming Executive Directors
June 21, 2025 No Responses

SEC Bans Independent Directors From Becoming Executive Directors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has prohibited Independent Directors from transitioning into Executive Director roles within the same company or group.In a circular to public companies and capital market operators titled “Circular to All Public ...
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United Capital Unveils Two New Mutual Funds To Empower Investors In Francophone West Africa
June 20, 2025 No Responses

United Capital Unveils Two New Mutual Funds To Empower Investors In Francophone West Africa

United Capital Plc has officially commenced operations of its latest subsidiary, UnitedCapital Asset Management West Africa Limited (UCAMWAL) with the launch of twoCFA franc-denominated mutual funds: the UCAMWAL Bond Fund and the UCAMWALDiversified Fund, in Ab...
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Firm Drags Zenith Bank To UK Parliament, ICC Over $64m Contract Judgment
June 14, 2025 No Responses

Firm Drags Zenith Bank To UK Parliament, ICC Over $64m Contract Judgment

The stage is set for another round of legal battle between Zenith Bank and Owigs and Obigs Nigeria Limited over what the company terms institutional sabotage.In a petition before the UK Parliament and the International Criminal Court Hague, Owigs and...
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SEC To Firms: Honour Unclaimed Dividend Requests
June 11, 2025 No Responses

SEC To Firms: Honour Unclaimed Dividend Requests

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed all public companies and Registrars to stop treating unclaimed dividends older than 12 years as “statute-barred”, especially those from before the enactment of the Finance Act 2020.The directive rea...
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Seplat Energy Bags CIPS Procurement Excellence Standard Certificate 
June 10, 2025 No Responses

Seplat Energy Bags CIPS Procurement Excellence Standard Certificate 

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) has presented the Procurement Excellence Standard Certificate to Seplat Energy Plc, the foremost Nigerian independent energy company. The Global Chief Executive Officer, CIPS, Ben Farrell, m...
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AGF: Why I Dropped Fraud Charge Against Fidelity Bank’s MD, Onyeali-Ikpe
June 10, 2025 No Responses

AGF: Why I Dropped Fraud Charge Against Fidelity Bank’s MD, Onyeali-Ikpe

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Monday, disclosed reasons why he discontinued a fraud charge the Federal Government entered against the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, MD/CEO, of Fid...
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