Sam Diala, THEWILL

Equity Market Drops N2.2trn As Index Sheds 2.5% in Week Ended August 22

August 24, (THEWILL) — Equities recorded a drop of N2.2 trillion in market capitalization in the week ended August 22, 2025, with the NGX All-Share Index dropping by 2.5 percent during the period. This followed the mixed sentiment that characterized...

Stay Away From Banks’ AT-1 Capital, PenCom Warns PFAs

August 24, (THEWILL) — The National Pension Commission has warned Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) against investing in the Additional Tier-1 Capital of Deposit Money Banks. The warning was conveyed in a circular addressed to all licensed Pension Fund Operators, which...

Guinea Insurance Plc Returns to Profit Drought, Posts N114.7m Loss in HY 2025

August 18, (THEWILL) — Guinea Insurance Plc posted a loss after tax of N114.7 million in the first half of 2025, compared to a profit of N115.94 million in the same period of 2024 and N936.55 million for the...

H1 2025: Derivative Fund Soars 128.83 percent to N781.83bn as Oil-Producing States Record Zero Foreign Investment in Q1

August 17, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s nine oil-producing states amassed a total of N781.83 billion as statutory13 percent derivative fund from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the first six months (H1) of 2025, according to data by the...

H1 2025: Seplat Energy’s Report Shows Quantum Leap in Gas Expansion

August 17, (THEWILL) — Seplat Energy Plc, dually listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Nigerian Exchange, advanced its drive in gas expansion in the first half of the year, buoyed by the company’s buyout of ExxonMobil’s Nigeria...

APT Securities Sees NGX Market Cap Above N100trn in 2025

August 17, (THEWILL) — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of APT Securities and Funds Limited, Kasimu Garba Kurfi, has projected that the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) market capitalisation will surpass ₦100 trillion by the end of 2025, buoyed by...

Nestle Nigeria’s Strong Rebound Raises Hopes for Backward Integration

August 11, (THEWILL) — Predominant consumer goods firm, Nestle Nigeria Plc, experienced a strong rebound in the first half of 2025 after seeing sharp losses in 2023 and 2024 due to currency devaluation, and this is good news for...

Experts Fault Capital Inflows Euphoria As Investors Shun Productive Sectors

August 10, (THEWILL) — Prominent economists, financial analysts and industry experts have reacted to the recent Q1 2025 Capital Importation report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which showed a significant increase of investment inflow to the Nigerian...

New NDIC Boss Announces N54.6bn Disbursement to Heritage Bank Depositors

August 10, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has disbursed the sum of N54.62 billion to 691,418 depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank and also declared a liquidation dividend of 9.2 kobo per naira to uninsured depositors. This was...

United Capital Records Sterling Performance as Revenue Hits N23.76bn in H1 2025

• Revenue: ₦23.76 billion, up by 57% year-on-year. • Profit After Tax (PAT): ₦11.89 billion, up by 54% year-on-year. • Profit Before Tax (PBT): ₦13.79 billion, up by 52% year-on-year.   • Interim dividend: ₦5.4 billion (₦0.30 per 50kobo ordinary share). • 5-Year Profit...

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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