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Equity Investors Earn Over N1trn Dividend in 12 Months

...Gain N632.8bn in One Week May 29, (THEWILL) - Investors in the Nigerian capital market earned over N1.1 trillion from dividend payout by companies listed on the NGX in the past year, The Nigerian Exchange Limited has said. In a statement...

FBNH 2021 Report Confirms Femi Otedola Majority Shareholder with 7.57% Ownership

May 27, (THEWILL) -Data from the 2021 FY Report of the FBNH Plc has confirmed that billionaire investor and chairman of Geregu Power Plant, Femi Otedola is officially the majority shareholder of FBN Holdings. The  audited financial statements of the bank...

Heirs Oil & Gas Reiterates Commitment to Global ESG Best Practices

May 27, (THEWILL) - Heirs Oil & Gas, Africa’s integrated energy company has reaffirmed its commitment to both national and global environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) best practices in view of its upcoming operational 1-year anniversary. An important aspect of this commitment...

Financial Inclusion: 98% of Nigerian Women Out of Formal Credit Markets

May 25, (THEWILL) - Amid efforts to intensify financial inclusion, it has been revealed that about 98 per cent of Nigerian women are left out of formal credit markets. A new report by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Gender Centre of...

E-payments Hit N114.8trn Between January, April 2022 – NIBBS

May 25, (THEWILL) - Transactions worth N114.8 trillion were performed electronically in Nigeria between January and April this year. The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS). The deals were consummated through the NIBSS Instant Payment platform (NIP). This shows a 44 percent...

MPC Hikes Interest Rate to 13% After Two And Half Years

May 24, (THEWILL) - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to increase the monetary policy rate (MPR) to 13 percent after two and half years. The MPR was 11.5 percent before...

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: CBN to Sustain Interventions in Critical Sectors

May 22, (THEWILL) - To insulate the economy against adverse spillovers from the Russia-Ukraine war, indications have emerged that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will deploy targeted development finance interventions that have proved to be critical safety nets...

Analysts Project Interest Hike By MPC After 20 Months

May 22, (THEWILL) - As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets for its May 2022 meeting this week, analysts at Cordros Capital Limited, see the MPC raise the monetary policy rate (MPR) by 0.5...

Nigerian Telcos Lose 17,030 Subscribers In Nine Months

May 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the country’s leading telecommunication companies lost over 17,000 subscribers between June 2021 and February 2022. Details of data published on the regulatory agency’s website showed that the four...

Naira Notes To Be Out Of Circulation Soon – CBN Official

May 21, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria has urged Nigerians to embrace the digital e-Naira as paper currency would soon be out of circulation. The Delta State Branch Controller of CBN, Mr Godwin Okafor, stated this on Friday,...

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Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.
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