Dangote Cement Issues N50bn Bonds For Projects Expansion       Dangote Cement Plc, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced the successful issuance of N50 billion Series 1 Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Bonds under the company’s new N300 billion Multi-Instrument Issuance Programme. The company said on Wednesday that the...

Improved Price Gains Spike Capitalisation By N34bn       Price gains in many blue-chip stocks, especially Johnholt and ABC Transport, aided transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in sustaining its bulls’ run at the end of yesterday’s transactions, causing market capitalisation to appreciate further by N34...

In Three Months, 12 Nigerian Banks Lend Customers N690bn       The combined loan portfolio of 12 commercial banks in Nigeria rose by N690bn in the first three months of this year, data collated from their unaudited financial statements show. The loans and advances to their customers grew...

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...

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...

Five Major Banks Post N680bn Bad Loans       Five of the major banks in the country, also known as Tier-1 banks have posted whopping N683bn non-performing loans in the 2020 financial year. According to the financial reports of the banks, released in April this year to the...