12 Banks Earned N461.51bn Interest In Three Months       Twelve commercial banks in Nigeria earned a total of N461.51bn in net interest income in the first three months of this year, up from N451.14bn in the same period of 2020. An analysis of data from their unaudited...

Investors Stake N16bn On 1.4 Billion Shares       The Nigerian equities market attracted investment inflow of N15.918 billion last week staked on 1.419 billion shares in 18,459 deals. This indicated an increase by 46.3 per cent from the N10.883 billion invested in 1.441 billion shares in 19,614...

Bears Dominate Trading On NGX, Capitalisation Drop By N193bn       The bears were dominant on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd., on Wednesday with market capitalisation declining further by N193 billion. Specifically, the capitalisation which opened at N20.830 trillion dipped N193 billion to close at N20. 637 trillion. Similarly,...

FBN Conundrum, an Abuse of Privilege? By Ademola Oyetunji Recent development at the nation’s premier commercial bank was both shocking and unexpected. Mind boggling though, but it has happened before. Boardroom rascality, a reminiscence of Intercontinental and Oceanic banks saga, where powerful management and shareholders leverage...

NGX Begins May With N17bn Loss Activities on the nation’s bourse resumed the week and month on Tuesday with a loss of N17 billion following sell pressure on Lafarge Africa and MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN). Specifically, the market capitalisation shed N17 billion or 0.08 per cent...

Stock Investors Gained N420bn In April       Investors in the Nigerian stock market gained N420bn in April as listed companies began releasing their earnings reports for the first quarter of the year. The market capitalisation of equities rose to N20.85tn as of April 30 from N20.43tn at...