ECOMOMY Nigeria, others get AfDB’s $40m infrastructure lifeline: A new lifeline for infrastructure funding has been lined up for Nigeria and the rest of the continent’s economies, under the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund (AIIF3), with $40 million ready for disbursements. An initiative approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the third in a series…
The Board of International Breweries Plc has appointed Mr Andrew Murray as a non-executive director of the company. Murray is currently the Vice President, Finance, AB InBev Africa. He leads the finance function across the AB InBev Africa operations and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. “He was the Global Director, AB InBev M&A, based…
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment has struck a new partnership with the Nigerian Stock Exchange to provide training for CISI’s qualifications in Nigeria under the auspices of X-Academy, the NSE’s knowledge platform. The partnership, according to a statement, will result in CISI accrediting X-Academy as its training partner in Nigeria for qualifications including…
The acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Mary Uduk, has announced the extension of the forbearance window for the regularisation of multiple subscriptions held by shareholders to December 2019. Uduk, while addressing journalists at the third Capital Markets Committee meeting in Lagos on Thursday, said the decision was jointly made by members of…
Equities Market The Nigerian equities Bourse touched a new low for the current month, as both NSE ASI and market capitalization decreased by 0.76% respectively, as they both closed at 31,864.80 points and N11,633.11tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is at a negative of 16.73%. Value of trade and No of trades both decreased by 1.80%, and…
Wapic Insurance Plc has said its gross written premium rose by 29 per cent to N10.1bn in the third quarter of 2018. A statement from the firm also said the group’s underwriting profit rose by seven per cent to N1.38bn, while its gross claims paid rose by 21 per cent to N2.76bn in the period…
Ahead of the Initial Public Offering of Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc, the Bureau of Public Enterprises has said the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory will be treated on an equal basis in the allotment of the shares of the company. In a statement made available to our correspondent in…
MTN Group’s dispute with Nigerian authorities over $10bn in repatriated funds and back taxes could increase risk in South Africa’s financial system depending on the outcome, the South African Reserve Bank said. The bank, in its Financial Stability Review released on Wednesday in Pretoria, said if MTN eventually repatriates the disputed amount to Nigerian authorities,…
The Managing Director, Nigeria Commodity Exchange, Mrs Zaheera Baba-Ari, has said there is a need for strong government policies to stimulate the level of trading on the commodities exchange market. Baba-Ari, who spoke with our correspondent in Abuja, also noted that the Commodity Exchange Bill, when passed into law, would boost farmers’ revenues. She said…
Equities Market The Nigerian equities Bourse close the day lower than the previous day index, as both NSE ASI and market capitalization decreased by 0.14% respectively, as they both closed at 32,108.30 points and N11,722.01tr respectively. Year-to-Date ASI is at a negative of 16.09%. Volume, Value of trade and both increased by 200.79%, and 236.45%…
