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April 21, 2024 No Responses

Cardoso: Naira Best Performing Currency Globally

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, on Saturday said the apex bank’s FOREX reforms have made the naira the best-performing currency globally. Cardoso, who at a briefing on the sidelines of the just-ended World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings...

April 9, 2024 No Responses

GTCO Declares N609.3b Profit For 2023

For the financial Year ended December 31, 2023, GUARANTY Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) has reported a Profit Before Tax of N609.3 billion, amounting to an increase of 184.5 per cent over N214.2billion recorded in the corresponding year. The group...

April 3, 2024 No Responses

Transcorp Power Declares N3.13 Dividend

Transcorp Power Plc (Transcorp Power) has reported N453 billion profit before tax for the year ended December. 31, 2023. Mr Stanley Chikwendu, Group Company Secretary, Transcorp Power, said this indicated a surge of 85 per cent, when compared with N439...

March 30, 2024 No Responses

Access Holdings Unveils $1.5b Capital Raising Programme

Access Holdings Plc has unveiled plans to establish a capital raising programme of up to $1.5 billion or its equivalent. In a statement on Friday, the corporation explained that drawing from the programme, the Group expected to raise up to...

March 29, 2024 No Responses

CBN Increases Capital Base For Banks To ₦500b

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased new minimum capital requirements for banks, pegging the minimum capital base for commercial banks with international authorisation at ₦500 billion. A circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regula...

March 5, 2024 No Responses

Ghana Suspends GTB, First Bank’s Forex Licences

Citing various breaches of foreign exchange market regulations,the Bank of Ghana has suspended the Foreign Exchange Trading Licences of two Nigerian-owned banks, Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited and FBNBank Ghana Limited.The suspension takes effect from March...

March 5, 2024 No Responses

NGX Group Declares N5.2b Profit, N1.5b Dividend For 2023

Nigerian Exchange Group Plc has announced its full-year Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023, with a profit after tax of N5.2 billion and a declaration of a final dividend of N1.5 billion. The Group experienced a...

March 2, 2024 No Responses

Africa Prudential Appoints Catherine Nwosu CEO

Africa Prudential Plc, the pioneering registrar listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), has announced a historic leadership transition. Effective March 1, 2024, Catherine Nwosu will become the company’s first female Chief Executive Offic...

March 1, 2024 No Responses

CBN Revokes Operational Licenses Of 4,173 BDCs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in exercise of the powers conferred on it under the Bankand Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020, Act No. 5, and the Revised OperationalGuidelines for Bureaux De Change 2015, has revoked the licenses of...

February 16, 2024 No Responses

DMO Offers N2.5trillion FGN Bonds For Subscription

The Debt Management Office has offered two Federal Government of Nigeria bonds valued at N2.5 trillion for subscription at N1,000 per unit. The first offer is a seven-year bond valued at N1.25 trillion and expected to mature in February 2031....

February 13, 2024 No Responses

Segun Awolowo Mourns Ogunbanjo

It is with a heavy heart that I write these words to bid farewell to my dear brother, Abimbola Ogunbanjo who met his untimely demise on Saturday 10th February, 2024.The news of his sudden departure has left me shattered, unable...

February 7, 2024 No Responses

Senate Reiterates Commitment To Capital Market-Driven Reforms

January 26, 2024 No Responses

At WFE, NGX Group Harps On Technology Revamp, Listing Rules Review

The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Temi Popoola has highlighted various plans by the exchange group to revamp its technology infrastructure, attract listings, enhance retail investors participation and foreign...

January 23, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Cement Hits N10tri Market Capitalisation, Otedola Explains Interest

Foremost cement manufacturing firm, Dangote Cement Plc hit a milestone as a N10 trillion company on Monday at the Nigerian Exchange, the first company to attain such a valuation. Meanwhile, Business Man, Mr. Femi Otedola also on Monday confirm...