FirstBank wins 2024 Best SME Bank in Nigeria, Africa by ASIAN banker awards Nigeria’s premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider has bagged two awards: Best SME Bank in Africa and Best SME Bank in Nigeria at the highly converted Asian Banker Global Excellence Retail Awards 2024. The Excellence[Read More…]
Fitch Upgrades Fidelity Bank’s Rating to ‘Positive’ Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on Fidelity Bank PLC’s LongTerm Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Positive from Stable, while affirming the rating at ‘B-‘. The credit rating agency has also affirmed Fidelity Bank’s National Long-Term Rating at ‘A(nga)’ with a[Read More…]
Court orders interim forfeiture of 3 posh Abuja properties valued at N11.14bn link to Emefiele Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of properties valued about N11.14 billion linked to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank[Read More…]
Fidelity Bank undertakes ₦29.6 billion rights issue, ₦97.5 billion public offer Fidelity Bank Plc has concluded all necessary arrangements to raise a total of up to ₦127,100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Twenty-Seven Billion, One Hundred Million Naira) by way of a Rights Issue to existing shareholders and a Public[Read More…]
French investors to support establishment of whole agribusiness market in Oyo Director-General of the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) and Executive Adviser on Agribusiness to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, Dr Debo Akande, has stated that a French firm, SEMMARIS-Rungis International Market, is set to support the establishment of[Read More…]
Fidelity Bank outperforms banks, stock market with 507% gain in 5 years Investors in Fidelity Bank Plc have earned more than 507 per cent in capital gains over the past five years, ranking above all other major return benchmarks at the Nigerian stock market and the entire banking[Read More…]
Tinubu to inaugurate NASENI CNG conversion centre Today, May 31 The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) says plans have been concluded for the inauguration of its compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion, filling, reverse engineering, and training centre, in Abuja. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Khalil[Read More…]
NNPC, MPNU sign settlement agreement for ExxonMobil-Seplat deal The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said it has signed a settlement agreement for the divestment of ExxonMobil’s stake in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) to Seplat Energy Plc. According to a statement on Thursday by the national oil[Read More…]
FG acquires $500m World Bank loan to enhance power distribution The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) says the federal government has secured a $500m World Bank loan to boost electricity distribution in the country. The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) announced the World Bank loan in a statement[Read More…]
Tax reform committee proposes N800/$ as customs import duty rate The presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms says it has asked the federal government to adopt an exchange rate of N800 per dollar for customs import duty. Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the committee, spoke on Thursday while engaging[Read More…]
