Stock Market Archives — Page 34 of 38

August 23, 2016 No Responses

Manufacturers to get 60% forex

Still in search of a healing balm for the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Authorised Dealers (banks) to allocate 60 per cent of their Foreign Exchange, (forex) purchases from all sources (interbank inclusive) to manufacturers and...

August 23, 2016 No Responses

Maersk Line, CCS seal Cooperation Deal

Danish shipping company Maersk Line has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Classification Society (CCS) on technical exchanges. Under the agreement, signed on August 16, Maersk and CCS are set to start technical exchanges and cooperat...

August 21, 2016 No Responses

Emefiele emerges President of African Central Banks

(NAN) The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been elected President of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB). Mr. Emefiele, who was elected at the 39th Ordinary meeting of the Assembly of Governors of...

August 19, 2016 No Responses

FCMB blames NPA for non-remittance of funds

By Moses Ebosele – The management of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has admitted receiving Euro payments for Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Briefing the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in a statement obtained by City BusinessNews (www.citybusin...

August 19, 2016 No Responses

Buhari tasks African Central Banks on repatriation of stolen funds

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African Central Banks to play crucia role in the repatriation of stolen funds. Speaking at a meeting of the association of central bank governors in Abuja, Buhari called for the removal of all bureaucracies...

August 18, 2016 No Responses

GTBank proposes 25k interim dividend

For the half year ended June 30, 2016, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has proposed 25 kobo interim dividend. In its report to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the Bank also declared gross earnings of ₦209.9 billion, an increase of 37...

August 17, 2016 No Responses

CBN increases BDCs weekly sales to $50,000

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the amount of foreign exchange that Bureaux De Change (BDCs) can access from $30,000 to $50, 000 per week. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Directors of CBN and some Managing Directors of...

August 16, 2016 No Responses

Union Bank declares N8.7B profit in six months

For the first six months of this year, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc recorded profit after tax of N8.7 Billion compared with N6.3 Billion within same period in 2015. According to the Bank, total assets also increased from N1.046...

August 12, 2016 No Responses

Zenith Bank posts 15.68 % drop in profit

For the half year ended June 30, 2016, Zenith Bank Plc reported Profit After Tax (PAT) of N44.8 Billion, down by 15.68 per cent when compared with N53.1 Billion recorded within same period in 2015. Details of the result...

August 11, 2016 No Responses

South Africa overtakes Nigeria

By Adebisi Emmanuel – As Nigerians struggle with the reality of economic recession, South Africa’s economy has regained the position of Africa’s largest in dollar terms more than two years after losing it to Nigeria. Indeed, based on gross.....

August 11, 2016 No Responses

SEC to stop dividend warrant in 2017

By Moses Ebosele – AS part of measures to encourage investors in the Nigerian capital market to embrace e-dividend, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded plans to abolish dividend warrant in June 2017. Briefing Journalists i...

August 10, 2016 No Responses

‘Don’t sell more than $30,000 per week to BDC’

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday directed Bureau De Change (BDCs) operators not to sell foreign exchange above two per cent margin of the buying rate. This is contained in a statement in Lagos signed by W.D Gotring,...

August 9, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria to raise $1B Eurobond

The Federal Government has concluded plan to raise $1 Billion from International Capital Market in 2016. According to the Debt Management Office, the $1billion sale is the first tranche of a $4.5 billion Nigeria Global Medium-Term Notes Issuance Programme.....

August 9, 2016 No Responses

AfDB approves $9m equity investment for SME’s in Nigeria

(NAN) The African Development Bank has approved a nine million dollar equity investment in the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) to provide expansion capital to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This was contained in a pres...