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August 26, 2016 No Responses

UBA proposes 20 kobo interim dividend for half year

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced its audited 2016 Half Year Financial Results for the period ended 30 June 2016, showing the bank recorded gross earnings of N166 billion, net operating income of N109 billion and profit before...

August 26, 2016 No Responses

‘Heritage Bank did not conceal NPA’s N11.2Billion’

An investor of Heritage Bank has absolved the Bank of any involvement in the alleged concealment of N11.2 Billion belonging to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The source who preferred to remain anonymous on Thursday described the allegation as false,...

August 25, 2016 No Responses

Shareholders of Diamond Bank, FCMB, others lose N8.1B over non-remittance of funds

The Foreign Exchange (FOREX) restriction order placed on Diamond Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) and others by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reverberated yesterday on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Two of...

August 25, 2016 No Responses

Forex: CBN re-admits UBA

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has re-admitted United Bank for Africa (UBA) into the Foreign Exchange Market. A statement issued by UBA dated August 24, 2016 said: “Further to our press statement of yesterday (Tuesday), we are pleased to...

August 25, 2016 No Responses

Non-Performing loans in Banks hit N649.63b

Non-Performing Loans (NPL) in Banks is now N649 Billion, an increase of 78 per year-on-year from May, 2015. In his presentation at the third National Credit Reporting Conference organised by the Credit Bureau Association of Nigeria (CBAN) in Lagos, the...

August 24, 2016 No Responses

CBN suspends First Bank, Diamond, others from forex transactions

Citing non-remittance of all outstanding Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) funds in their vaults into the Treasury Single Account (TSA), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended nine banks from further dealing in foreign exchange transact...

August 24, 2016 No Responses

‘UBA has remitted all NNPC/NLNG Dollar deposits into TSA’

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has remitted into the Single Treasury Account (TSA) domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) all dollar deposits belonging to the Nigerian national Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG...

August 24, 2016 No Responses

Ford partners Jose Cuervo on car parts from Agave

Ford Motor Company is teaming up with Jose Cuervo to explore the use of the tequila producer’s agave plant byproduct to develop more sustainable bioplastics to employ in Ford vehicles. Ford and Jose Cuervo are testing the bioplastic for use...

August 23, 2016 No Responses

Manufacturers to get 60% forex

Still in search of a healing balm for the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Authorised Dealers (banks) to allocate 60 per cent of their Foreign Exchange, (forex) purchases from all sources (interbank inclusive) to manufacturers an...