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January 8, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Applauds NGX N100trillion Milestone

President Bola Tinubu has praised corporate Nigeria, citizens, and other stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market for surpassing the N100 trillion milestone on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX).President Tinubu described this record achievement as an inspiration for the investing public operating...

January 6, 2026 No Responses

FirstBank Meets CBN’s ₦500b Capital Requirement

By ebosele@hotmail.com. — First HoldCo Plc has announced that its commercial banking subsidiary, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), has successfully met the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) minimum capital requirement of ₦500 billion.The miles...

January 5, 2026 No Responses

NGX Market Capitalisation Attains ₦100 Trillion Milestone

Nigerian Exchange (NGX) opened the year on a strong footing, with equities market capitalisation crossing the ₦100 trillion mark, buoyed by renewed investor demand and broad-based gains across listed stocks.Market data showed that equities market capitalisat...

December 21, 2025 No Responses

JEX Markets Appoints Ayemhere As MD/CEO

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com JEX Markets Limited, Nigeria’s energy commodities exchange and market infrastructure company, has announced the appointment of Dr. Blessing Ayemhere as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO), subject to t...

December 19, 2025 No Responses

UBA Partners CIG Motors On $100m Vehicle Financing Scheme

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has unveiled $100 million vehicle finance scheme in collaboration with CIG Motors, Lagride and Lagos State.The initiative is designed to ease the financial burden of purchasing vehicles by offering affordable loan options with ...

December 19, 2025 No Responses

CSCS Appoints Shehu Shantali As New CEO

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Central Securities Clearing System Plc (CSCS) has announced the appointment of Mr. Shehu Yahaya Shantali as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2026, subject to the receipt of regulatory no-objection.City Business N...

December 17, 2025 No Responses

NCS To Sanction Banks Over Delayed Customs Revenue Remittance

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised concern over delays in the remittance of Customs revenue by some Designated Banks after reconciliation of collections processed through the B’odogwu platform, describing the practice as a breach of remittance obli...

December 14, 2025 No Responses

Stakeholders Task Regulators On ISA 2025 Implementation

President of the Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), Moses Igbrude, has emphasised the need for efficient and impartial implementation of the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025 to drive sustainable growth in the nation’s capital ma...

December 10, 2025 No Responses

Cardoso Inaugurates New ACGSF Board

The Central Bank Governor (CBN) Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has inaugurated the new Board of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF), reaffirming the Bank’s commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s agricultural sector.He highlighted the Schem...

December 8, 2025 No Responses

AfDB Hosts World Bank’s Anne Bjerde In Abidjan

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, on Monday received the World Bank Group’s Managing Director of Operations, Anne Bjerde, and her high-level delegation at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan.The strategic meeting centre...

December 7, 2025 No Responses

SEC, NGX Group Hail ISA 2025 As Catalyst For Stronger Capital Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) have affirmed that the newly enacted Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, signed into law by President Bola Tinubu, will play a pivotal role in driving Nigeria’s.....

December 6, 2025 No Responses

FirstBank Elephant Girls Arrive In Cairo For Africa League Finals

The FirstBank Elephant Girls have arrived in Cairo with one mission — to make history as they compete in the Women’s Basketball League Africa Finals. The team touched down in the Egyptian capital focused, energised, and fully prepared to take...

December 5, 2025 No Responses

NGX Inducts 115 Dealing Clerks

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has inducted 115 newly qualified Authorised Dealing Clerks, marking one of its largest cohorts in recent years and underscoring the Exchange’s efforts to strengthen professionalism across the capital market.The inductees, draw...

December 4, 2025 No Responses

CBN Hosts 35th IILM Governing Board Meeting

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), led by Governor Olayemi Cardoso, hosted the 35th Governing Board Meeting of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) for the first time in Nigeria at the CBN Headquarters, Abuja.The meeting aligns wit...