Sam Diala, THEWILL

Holco Structure: Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Suspends Trading in Sterling Bank Plc

April 03, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has announced the suspension of shares in Sterling Bank Plc effective last Thursday The move is to prepare for the commencement of a holding company (holdco) structure which the company...

PenCom Approves Over N1.72trn For PFAs , To Pay RSA Holders As At Q4 2022

April 03, (THEWILL) – The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has approved the withdrawal of over N1.72 trillion for Pension Fund Administrators to pay Retirement Savings Account (RSA) holders from inception to 31st December 2022. According to PenCom in its...

FG Announces New Deadline for Deepwater Licensing Round

April 03, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced a new deadline for the submission of Technical/Commercial bids in respect of the 2022/23 Deep Offshore Oil block Mini-bid Round. The Chief Executive of the NUPRC,...

Oando Plc to Delist From NGX After 31 Years

Multinational oil company, Oando Plc, is to delist from the Nigerian Exchange Limited 31 years after it was listed as a public company in February 1992. This follows plans by its core investor, Ocean and Oil Development Partners Limited (OODP),...

FirstBank Announces Name Change of Subsidiaries – Reiterates Commitment to Boosting Cross-Border Business

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier financial services institution, has announced a phased corporate name change of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa. FBNBank UK, FBNBank Sierra Leone, FBNBank Gambia and FBNBank DRC are the...

Non-oil Exports: Nigeria Earned $22.6bn in Four Years

Following an aggressive diversification course championed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the country earned a total of $22.6 billion (N8.8 trillion) from non-oil exports between 2019 and 2022, data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have...

Senate Moves to Recover N6trn Unpaid Ground Rent

March 29, (THEWILL) - The Senate has set up an ad hoc committee to recover over N6 trillion unpaid ground rent from property owners in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion by Yusuf Yusuf (APC-Taraba ) during...

Senate Wants Banking Operations Resume in Oron

March 29, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Wednesday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to liaise with commercial banks in Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State to resume operations. This followed the stoppage of banking activities as...

NCDMB Partners Women Engineers on STEM Education For Girls

March 29, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has partnered the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) towards promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curricula in secondary schools across the country, with...

Reps Extend 2022 Capital, Supplementary Budget to 30 June

March 28, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives has extended the life of the capital component of the 2022 budget and the supplementary budget to June. The N5.47 trillion capital budget and the N819 billion were due to expire on...

About Me

Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.
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