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NGX added ₦849 billion as sustained buying in banking and insurance stocks pushed the benchmark index higher, reversing the previous session’s losses and lifting investor wealth. First Holdco surged another 9.97 percent to top the gainers’ chart, while...

A major market gauge measuring trader emotions recently collapsed to a single-digit score of just 8. The largest digital token is currently fighting to hold its ground around the 63,000 dollar line. Massive institutional investment funds have recorded...

President Bola Tinubu has signed an Executive Order creating a coordinated regulatory framework for virtual assets, bringing key financial, security and revenue agencies under a unified oversight structure. The new framework establishes a Virtual Assets Council chaired by...

RenCap estimates Nigerian banks may need to raise more than ₦1.7 trillion if the CBN adopts its proposed HoldCo capital framework. Access Holdings faces the largest projected funding gap, while UBA, Zenith Bank, and Fidelity Bank could also...

The total national savings in foreign cash have climbed way up to 52 billion dollars. Clean spendable savings made a massive jump from 3 billion dollars to over 40 billion dollars. New economic policies managed to clear away...

NITDA has transferred Nigeria's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to NIMC, strengthening the country's digital identity security framework under the newly amended NIMC Act. The handover positions NIMC as Nigeria's Root Certification Authority, giving it responsibility for securing digital...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a nationwide campaign to help investors recover unclaimed dividends and other funds linked to capital market transactions. The initiative will educate Nigerians on verifying and claiming unclaimed dividends, public offer refunds,...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced the FX BDC Purchase Tracker (FXBT), enabling real-time monitoring of Bureau De Change foreign exchange purchases and transactions across the official market. Licensed BDC operators must now resell any unused foreign...

Nigerian equities shed ₦32 billion as profit-taking in BUA Cement and Eunisell outweighed strong gains in banking stocks. First Holdco jumped 9.96 per cent to lead the gainers’ chart for another session, while UBA, Jaiz Bank, and McNichols...

The Corporate Affairs Commission has given about 100,000 companies 90 days to comply with statutory filing requirements or risk being struck off its register. Affected companies must file outstanding Annual Returns and disclose Beneficial Ownership information to avoid...