Sam Diala, THEWILL

N500bn Palliative: Task Before NDIC Over Microfinance Banks’ Role

The plan by the Federal Government to engage the microfinance banks (Mfbs) in the implementation of its N500 billion palliative programme, brings to the fore the need for the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to step up its statutory...

We Received No Court Order, AGM Must Hold As Planned – FBNH

August 10, (THEWIL) - FBN Holdings Plc has said it did not receive a court order stopping it from holding the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for August 15, 2023, emphasizing that the AGM would hold as scheduled. The company...

NGX Partners CSCS, Euroclear On Dollar Settlement Platform For Fintechs

August 10, (THEWILL) - Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has disclosed that it is working with the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc and Euroclear to create a dollar settlement platform that will enable tech startups to raise in...

Two Months After Emefiele’s Suspension, Naira Plunges To N915/$, Widens Gap To N132.62

August 10, (THEWILL) - The Naira plummeted to N915/$ on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, exactly two months after President Bola Tinubu suspended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, from office on June 9, 2023. Checks...

Zenith Bank And AfCFTA Sign Agreement To Develop SMARTAfCFTA Portal

August 09, (THEWILL) - Zenith Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat for the development of the SMARTAfCFTA Portal, for trade promotion within the African continent. The...

World Bank Suspends New Funding to Uganda Over Anti-homosexuality Law

August 09, (THEWILL) - The World Bank Group on Tuesday said it is suspending new public financing to Uganda over the country’s enactment of its new Anti-Homosexuality Act. The bank, in a statement on Tuesday, made available to THEWILL,...

Why We Protested At First Bank – Shareholders’ Group Leader

August 08, (THEWILL) - The chairman of the Trusted Shareholders’ Association, Mukhtar Mukhtar, has disclosed the reason his members protested at the headquarters of FBN Holdings in Lagos on Monday, August 6. In a telephone chat with THEWILL, Mukhtar said...

Nigerians Should Brace Themselves For Impact Of Reforms – Ike Chioke, GMD, Afrinvest

Group Managing Director, Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, Mr Ike Chioke, spoke with journalists on the sidelines of the company’s mid-year investment parley in Lagos. SAM DIALA was there. Excerpts: Your mid-year review is entitled ‘Turning Point’. Can you explain this? It...

Devaluation: Dangote, Nestle Nigeria, Others Battle N517bn Forex Loss in HY-2023

Ten major manufacturing firms in Nigeria, mainly in the consumer goods group, reported a total of N517.1 billion in non-recovery, net foreign exchange losses in the first half of the year (HY 2023), arising from the devaluation of the...

Capital Market to Decline by N55.3bn as GSK Exits Nigeria After 51 Years of Operations

August 03, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s equities market will lose N55.3 billion market capitalisation following GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK), plan to close its operations in Nigeria after 51 years. The British multinational .pharmaceutical and biotechnology company which commenced operations in Nigeria...

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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