Business

I have been inundated with phone calls and text messages from highly respected professional colleagues in the media and financial markets on my opinion on the stories that have become the fallout of the recent financial performance of NGX...

The Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. held its 61st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos on Friday, 30 September 2022, where shareholders approved resolutions by the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Apollos Ikpobe and Dr. Okechukwu Itanyi retired by rotation and...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) on Thursday in Abuja set up a committee to work towards the protection of the interest of telecom consumers against malpractices that may attend mobile lotteries in...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has reiterated the commitment of the bank towards developing the critical sectors of the economy through its intervention schemes. The Intervention programme, initiated in 1977, was aimed to fast-track the development...

Despite the recent acquisition of its Air Transport Licence (ATL) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA ) and the conclusion of the bidding process, which brought forward Ethiopian Airlines as a core investor, some stakeholders are still not...

Cornerstone Insurance Plc, Nigeria’s fifth largest underwriter by market capitalisation (N10.2 billion as of September 30, 2022), may experience resumed dividend drought that dogged its operations for five consecutive years, as its 2022 half-year financial results have shown. The 31-year-old...

September 30, (THEWILL) – Six years ago this week, I was appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) by President Muhammadu Buhari, resuming full duties at the NCDMB’s Headquarters in Yenagoa eight weeks later...

September 29, (THEWILL) – The Association of Licenced Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has said that banks’ Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debt has increased to N80 billion from N42 billion reported in 2021. The President of ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, disclosed...

September 29, (THEWILL) – Capt. Ibrahim Mshelia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of West Link Airlines, has advised the federal government to consider 10 years tax holiday, removal of landing fees for all domestic operators and only a nominal...

September 27, (THEWILL) – As predicted by many analysts, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has, for the third time in five months, increased the official interest rate by an aggregate of 450...