Category: Markets

As a follow up to the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the insurance regulator, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has threatened to blacklist any audit firm that endorses...

Central Bank of Nigeria, Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who spoke with journalists at the end of the 5th annual retreat of the Bankers’ Committee in Calabar recently, appealed for...

Zenith Bank Plc is the number five stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in terms market capitalisation. As at last Monday, the market capitalisation of Zenith Bank stood at...

Continental Reinsurance Plc (Continental-Re), one of the two licensed reinsurance companies in the country, said it has recorded a 15 per cent improvement on its gross premium income for the...

The week started on a positive note monday as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index rose 2.22 per cent to close at 39,685.34, compared with a marginal loss of...

The federal government has said the weak nature of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) sector is currently hampering the inflow of foreign direct investment.   The Executive Secretary,...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has issued an interim junction restraining Chevron Corporation of the United States and its Nigerian subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), and their agents...

The Nigerian manufacturing sector has begun to experience statistical growth. It is an important point to make, in spite of the cynicism towards statistical expression of performances of economic indicators...

National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has advocated new strategies as the solution to the insurgency plaguing the country. Dasuki, who said this at a seminar organised by the...

Financial Inclusion…Time to spread banking to the grassroots Sterling Bank MD Yemi Adeola      Fidelity Bank MD, Reginald Ihejiahi Obinna Chima writes on the implication of financial services to slum dwellers...