Stock Trading Volume Drops, Market Cap Stalls At N22.58trn   The market capitalisation of stocks listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited remained unchanged at the end of trading on Tuesday as trading volumes fell, reversing Monday’s uptrend. The NGX All-Share Index dipped by 4.99 basis points from...

Short-term Loans, Others Push Banks’ Assets To N58.51trn   Massive investments in short-term financing and other prudent measures have made the assets of 10 key commercial banks to grow by N8.09tn (a 16.06 per cent increase) to N58.51tn in one year, reports have revealed. Specifically, the combined...

Manufacturers Owe Banks N3.71trn, Borrow N520bn In Eight Months   Operators in the nation’s manufacturing sector saw their combined debt to Nigerian banks rise to N3.71tn as they borrowed N520bn from January to August. Banks’ credit to the sector by 16.3 per cent in the eight-month period...

Nigeria Records N18.54trn Real GDP In Q3, 2021   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said in third quarter (Q3) of 2021, Nigeria recorded N18.54 trillion real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Besides, the bureau said in the period under review, the country recorded N45.11 trillion nominal...

FG Released N1.95trn To MDAs For Capital Projects In 2020 - FRC   Over N1.95 trillion was released and cash-backed to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) by the Federal Government in its 2020 budget implementation. This was contained in the 2020 Fiscal Responsibility Commission’s (FRC) yearly report...

Senate Approves Buhari’s N7.6trn External Borrowing Request   The Senate yesterday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow about N7.6 trillion comprising $16.2 billion and €1 billion (Euros) under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) plan, and a $125 million grant component. It also approved the request to...