Business

Equities: Zenith Bank Emerges Most Active Stock

In the second trading week for the year, Zenith Bank emerged the most active stock for the second day running (January 12 and 13) with 20.3 million units of its shares worth N517.7 million traded in 337 deals. This...

AfCFTA: Ghana to Host Africa’s Business, Social Sector, Political Leaders

Africa’s business, social sector and political leaders will be hosted between January 26 and January 28th, 2023 in Ghana at the maiden edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues. The conference is under the auspices of the President of the Republic...

Access Holdings Reverses Move To Acquire Entire 83.4% Stake In Kenya’s Sidian Bank

Ask ZiVA 728x90 Ads
Access Holdings Plc said it will no longer continue in its push to acquire the entire 83.4% shareholding held by Centum in Kenya’s Sidian Bank Ltd. A corporate disclosure signed by Company Secretary Sunday Ekwochi said Access Bank remains committed...

Air Passenger Recovery Continues as Total Traffic Climbs 41% in Q4 2022

There are great improvements in the passenger recovery trend in the global aviation industry as total traffic in November 2022 rose 41.3% compared to November 2021. Total traffic is measured in revenue passenger kilometers or (RPKs) as announced by the...

Buhari’s Successor To Spend Tenure Fixing Refineries

Huge amounts of taxpayers’ money have been spent on them without results; and current contracts to rehabilitate the refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna will overflow into the next seven years. Aside from specific budgetary allocations for major projects...

Developing Countries Vulnerable to Global Slowdown, Says World Bank

January 11, (THEWILL) - The World Bank has said that developing countries are vulnerable to the slowdown in the global economy and would suffer the impacts more severely. It noted that growth in the global economy is slowing...

Mixed Reactions Trail Cash Withdrawal Limit in Lagos

January 10, (THEWILL) - The cash withdrawal limit imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) kicked off across the country yesterday, Monday, January 9, 2022, with Lagos residents expressing mixed reactions. The apex bank had notified the public of...

UPDATE: PRESS RELEASE: GTBank UK Reaches Settlement With FCA In Connection With Historic AML Controls

January 10, (THEWILL) - On 10 January 2023, Guaranty Trust Bank UK Limited (GTBank UK) reached a settlement with the FCA, accepting findings in relation to historic Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls in its operations in the period October 2014...

Cashless Policy: Ecobank Nigeria on Track to Meet Full-Year Targets

Amid renewed drive towards full cashless policy implementation across Nigeria, Ecobank Nigeria, the subsidiary of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has said it is on track to meet its full-year targets notwithstanding the increasingly complex operating environment. The Central Bank of...

DMO: Alarm Over National Debt Quite Unnecessary

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the alarm created around the country’s projected public debt by a segment of the media was unnecessary. The Director-General, DMO, Mrs Patience Oniha, said this in a statement to react to reports by a...