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Access Bank Reaches Agreement To Acquire StanChart Assets In Sub-Saharan Africa

July 14, (THEWILL) - Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access), have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa. The shareholding includes those in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra...

Access Bank Completes Acquisition Of Majority Shareholding In Finibanco Angola

July 14, (THEWILL) - Access Bank Plc has completed the acquisition of majority shareholding in Angolan bank, Finibanco Angola S.A. The bank’s holding company, Access Holdings Plc, made this known to the Nigerian Exchange in a statement signed on...

Naira Gains at N746.38/$ As Equities Market Loses N707bn

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July 13, (THEWILL) - The Naira witnessed an upward momentum on Thursday, gaining 4.7% against the dollar on the I&E window to close at N746.28/$ against N782.49/$ on the previous trading day. Check by THEWILL showed that the parallel market...

Battle For ‘Soul’ Of FBNH: Oba Otudeko’s Lawyers Respond To Ecobank On Barbican Capital Shares

July 12, (THEWILL) - Wole Olanipekun & Co, the legal representatives of Dr. Oba Otudeko, Chairman of Honeywell Group Limited, have issued a response to the letter from Ecobank Nigeria Limited regarding the recognition of shares transferred to...

Diaspora Remittance: CBN Approves Naira Payout To Recipients

July 13, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved Naira payouts for diaspora remittance with immediate effect, thus ending a ban that had been in place since 2020. In a circular dated July 10, 2023, and...

Naira Depreciates To N782.49/$ On I&E Window As NGX-ASI Drops 2.47%

July 12, (THEWILL) - The Naira dropped slightly Wednesday on the I&E window to N782.49/$ as against N788.42/$ on Tuesday – a depreciation of 0.8%. Total turnover also dropped to $68.10 million against $99.69 million on the...

Century Group Acquires FPSO Sendje Berge from BW Offshore

July 12, (THEWILL) - BW Offshore, the Norwegian service provider, has repored that it has closed the transaction for the sale of the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Sendje Berge to a local FPSO owner and...

BW Offshore Sells Okwori FPSO

July 12, (THEWILL) - BW Offshore Limited, a global owner and operator of floating production storage and offloading vessels, has completed the sale of the FPSO Sendje Berge to a local FPSO owner and operator in...

NGX-ASI Hits Record High Since 2008, as Naira Sinks Lowest to N788.42/$

July 11, (THEWILL) - Nigeria equities market sustained its bullish sentiments as buying interests in DANGCEM (+9.3% from N360.70 share price), and BUACEMENT (+6.6% with N97 per share) which drove a 1.7% increase in the benchmark index – the...

Lagos Task Force Clears Traders From Oshodi Rail Tracks, Other Areas

July 11, (THEWILL) - The Lagos State Task Force says it has cleared traders from Oshodi rail tracks, under Apongbon Bridge and other areas, vowing to sustain the tempo. Spokesman of the Task Force, Mr. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, said Chairman...