NGX Market – City Business News

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 capitalisation rose from ₦99.94 trillion...

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

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 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 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 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...

November 12, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria’s Equities Market Rebounds On Fiscal Policy Optimism

The Nigerian equities market staged a sharp rebound on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, as investors responded positively to reassurances from the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, regarding the government’s position o...

November 11, 2025 No Responses

Finance Minister Assures Market Confidence As NGX Lists MREIF

Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Tuesday hosted the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, at the Closing Gong Ceremony to commemorate the listing of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Real Estate Investment Fund (MREI...

October 29, 2025 No Responses

Nestlé Nigeria Declared N72.5b Profit In NIne Months

Nestlé Nigeria Plc has released its financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, showing a significant rebound in performance across all key indicators.According to the report, revenue grew by 33% to ₦884.5 billion, up from ₦665.3 billi...

September 3, 2025 No Responses

CSCS Hosts Webinar On Nigeria’s Transition To T+2 Settlement Cycle

Central Securities Clearing System Plc, (CSCS) has concluded plans to host a significant webinar titled “Advancing Market Efficiency through T+2 Settlement” as part of industry-wide engagement ahead of Nigeria’s transition to the T+2 Settlement cycle.The...

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...

May 25, 2025 No Responses

Listed Firms Declare N1.1trillion Dividend In 2024

The Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC) has said that listed companies declared dividends totaling N1.1trillion to shareholders in 2024.The Director-General of SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, disclosed this at the first quarter Capital Market Committee (CMC) meet...

May 1, 2025 No Responses

SEC Uncovers Another Suspected Illegal Investment Platform

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has uncovered another suspected illegal investment platform identified as tofro.com (tofro), warning Nigerians against falling for their antics to obtain money from them through promise of usually high returns.The C...

April 28, 2025 No Responses

GTCO Shareholders Okay N8.03 Per Share Dividend

For the financial year ended December 31, 2024, Shareholders of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Plc have approved the payment of a total dividend of N8.03 per share.This decision was taken at the company’s fourth annual general meeting, held virtua...