Business

FBN Holdings Appoints New Executive Director as Deputy MD Retires

March 07, (THEWILL) - FBN Holdings Holdings Plc says that its authorities have approved the appointment of Oluseyi Oyefeso as the executive director for Retail Banking South Directorate of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the...

CBN Recovers 52% of Loans Under Anchor Borrower Programme

March 07, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that total repayment of loans under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), stood at N503 billion as at date, representing 52.39 per cent of recovered facilities. The CBN...

Hackers Allegedly Defraud Flutterwave Of $4m

March 05, (THEWILL) - Hackers have reportedly stolen $4 million (N2.9 billion) from leading Nigerian fintech unicorn, Flutterwave. The hack occurred in early February 2023, when the money was transferred from Flutterwave accounts in Nigeria. Flutterwave's legal counsel, Albert Onimole, reported...

Need to Rejig Nigeria’s Financial Markets Infrastructure

Myriads of lessons have been learnt from the cash swap and currency redesign experiment in Nigeria in the past few months. As much as a currency redesign should be a routine function of the Central Bank in any country,...

Sirika Calls For Cooperation Amongst WMO Member States

Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has called on the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to intensify effort in encouraging cooperation among Members and assist in bridging the existing gap between the political class and the experts on the field. This...

Nigerian Breweries Profit Slumps Amidst Opex, FX Losses

Nigerian Breweries Plc reported 27 per cent. This comes over decline in profit before tax and growth in profit after tax of 4.06 percent over a decline in tax expenses. The decline in profit before tax dragged the profit margin...

Cross-border Securities Payments Get Boost as NGX, PAPSS Sign MoU

Cross-border securities transactions across African capital markets has received significadnt boost as Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and Pan African Payments Settlement System (PAPSS) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to integrate the payments system into the capital markets. The...

Awori, Ecobank Group’s New CEO, Assumes Office

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, has said that its new chief executive officer, Jeremy Awori, has assumed his role with effect from 1 March. The Group appointed Mr Awori in September 2022 upon the...

United Capital Delivers Impressive Growth, Sustains Robust Dividend as Revenue Spikes 49%

Setting the tone for the financials declaration period, foremost investment bank and pan-African financial services group, United Capital Plc has maintained its multi-year success streak, as evidenced in its recently announced Audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended...

Fare Profiteering: NANTA Seeks FCCPC Intervention

Solutions to fare profiteering by foreign airlines operating in Nigeria assumed a different dimension weeks after the International Air Transport Association ( IATA) brokered intervention over the vexing issues tabled by National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) clearly...