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August 4, 2020 No Responses

Custodian To Acquire 51% Stake In UPDC

The Custodian Investment Plc has signed a binding agreement with UAC of Nigeria Plc to purchase 51 per cent equity interest in UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc. In a statement posted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) website on...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

Seplat, Bua Cement Top Losers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Drop By N45b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday returned to the negative territory on with key market indices declining by 0.35 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 85.04 points to close at 24,427.73 compared with 24,512.77 achieved on Thursday...

July 21, 2020 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Pledges To Attract More Investors

Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Lamido Yuguda at the weekend, pledged the determination of the current management of the Commission to make the capital market more accessible to Nigerians in a bid to attract more investors. &nbs...

July 16, 2020 No Responses

Jaiz Bank Sets Aside N884m For Maiden Dividend

Shareholders of Jaiz Bank Plc are to receive a total of N884million dividend payment subjected to appropriate withholding tax. The Chairman of the Bank Alhaji Umaru Mutallab disclosed this at the 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank held...

July 15, 2020 No Responses

Market Capitalisation Recovers N8b

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday recorded the first gain of the week, appreciating marginally by 0.06 per cent due to bargain hunting in Airtel Africa. Accordingly, the All-Share Index rose by 15.67 points or 0.06 per cent to...

July 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria’s Stock Market Opens Week With N55b Loss

The nation’s bourse resumed transactions for the week on Monday with a loss of N55 billion following sell pressure in some blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.679 trillion lost N55 billion to close at N12.624 trillion....

July 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44b

The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that the...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

NSE Cautions Investors On Shares Of Medview Airline,DN Tyre, Union Homes, Others

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has urged investors to trade with caution on the shares of 13 companies for failing to submit financial statements without any explanation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected companies include Aso...

July 8, 2020 No Responses

Lafarge Africa, Julius Berger Top Gainers Table AS Market Capitalisation Sustain Growth With N94b

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday extended gaining streak, with indices rising by 0.75 per cent on renewed investors’ interest. Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 180.59 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 24,278.07 compared...

July 1, 2020 No Responses

NSE Reviews Pension Index

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Tuesday, announced the review of the eligibility criteria for the NSE Pension Index in line with changes in the regulatory and market requirements. Chairman, Index Governance Committee, Mr Abimbola Babalola, explained...

June 16, 2020 No Responses

Expert To FG: List NNPC On Stock Exchange

The federal government has been urged to prioritise the listing of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as part of its Economic Sustainability Plan. Uche Uwaleke, Professor of Capital Market at the Nasarawa St...

May 28, 2020 No Responses

NSE To Host Sustainable Capital Markets Forum

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in collaboration with the Milken Institute, is set to host the inaugural edition of Webinar Series on Sustainable Capital Markets for West Africa on Friday, 5 June 2020 by 2:30pm. According to NSE, the webinar...

May 26, 2020 No Responses

Oscar Onyema Highlights Resilience Of Nigeria’s Capital Market

As corporations all over the world battle the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the support of securities exchanges for capital market ecosystems has become even more relevant in building sustainable businesses and stimulating growth across Africa. ...