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March 3, 2021 No Responses

Nestle Declares N60.50 Final Dividend For 2020

For the 2020 financial year, Nestlé Nigeria Plc has reported revenue of N287.08 billion. The company’s audited result released on the Nigerian Stock Exchange showed that the revenue was higher by 1.1 per cent in contrast with N284.04 billion recorded...

March 2, 2021 No Responses

BUA Cement, Zenith Bank, UBA Lift Market Capitalisation By N69b

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) commenced the week and month on Monday on a bullish trend, following uptick in BUA Cement, Zenith Bank and UBA. Specifically, the market capitalisation increased by N65 billion or 0.33 per cent to...

March 1, 2021 No Responses

SEC Nigeria, Group To Train Security Agencies, Lawyers On Tackling Ponzi Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in collaboration with the Attorney General Alliance Africa (AGA-Africa) is to train law enforcement agencies, lawyers and the public on prevention of ponzi scheme operations in the country. A statement by...

February 27, 2021 No Responses

CBN Tasks Bank CEOs, Others To Reset Economy

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele, has urged Bank Chief Executive Officers and other stakeholders to work together to reset the Nigerian economy to achieve massive growth. Emefiele gave the advice at a one-day...

February 25, 2021 No Responses

Oando Rallies On NSE, Lifts Market Indices By 0.14%

Activities on the Nigerian stock market sustained the upward trend on Wednesday with a gain of 0.14 per cent on bargain hunting in Oando and 21 others. Specifically, the All-Share Index improved further by 56.44 points or 0.14 per cent...

February 24, 2021 No Responses

Elon Musk Loses $15b In A Day

Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest person after Tesla Inc. shares slid 8.6 per cent on Monday, wiping $15.2 billion from his net worth.Tesla’s decline was fueled in part by Musk’s comments over the weekend that the prices of B...

February 15, 2021 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Issues N41.2b Tier II Local Bonds

Fidelity Bank Plc has successfully issued 10 years N41.21 billion in fixed rate unsecured subordinated bond at 8.5 per cent coupon rate due 2031. In a statement on Sunday, Fidelity Bank Chairman, Mr Mustapha Chike-Obi, explained that the bond issuance...

February 11, 2021 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Loses N426b

The bears continued to dominate trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday with investors losing N426 billion in about six hours of trading. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened at N21.715 trillion shed N426 billion or 1.96...

February 10, 2021 No Responses

Stockbrokers Project Positive Outlook For Nigerian Capital Market In 2021

Participants at the annual economic review of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) on Tuesday projected a positive outlook for the Nigerian capital market and the economy in 2021. They also identified certain factors that must be addressed to achieve....

February 6, 2021 No Responses

Briclinks Africa Lists on NSE Growth Board

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday admitted Briclinks Africa Plc to its Growth Board in a listing by introduction of 10 million (10,000,000) ordinary shares of ₦1.00 each at ₦6.26 per share. The listing was commemorated with a digital C...

January 29, 2021 No Responses

CBN Commits N50b To Reposition Nigeria’s Commodity Exchange

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is committing N50 billion to reposition the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said. Emefiele, who disclosed this, on Thursday, at an inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee ...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Extends Growth By N181b

For the third consecutive day, transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed positive on Wednesday, appreciating further by 0.83 per cent. At the end of the day’s transaction, the All-Share Index increased by 346.79 points or 0.83 pe...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

CBN Disburses N554b To Two Million Farmers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed N554.61 billion to 2, 849,490 farmers to boost food security under its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) beginning from 2015. In a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

Renewed Interest In Airtel, Flour Mills, Lafarge Lift Market Capitalisation To N21.7trillion

The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday extended growth by N259 billion following interest in Airtel Africa, just as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation which open...