Business

Rapid Industrialisation Ongoing in A/Ibom – Okonin

August 02, (THEWILL) - The Honourable Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport in Akwa Ibom State, Akan Okonin, gives an insight into the development strides of the Udom Emmanuel administration in this interview with UDEME UTIP. Excerpts: Industrialisation...

Aviation: FG, Stakeholders Identify Survival Strategies

August 01, (THEWILL) - For many years, Nigeria’s Aviation industry has witnessed a lot of changes, in terms of management, policy and regulation. The industry has also faced several challenges, just as experienced in other countries of the world, the...

Turbulence in Forex Market

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August 01, (THEWILL) - The turbulence in the Nigerian foreign exchange (forex) space on July 27, 2021, has created ripples. The effects would reverberate through the second half of the year. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wielded the big...

NAHCO Shareholders Harvest N203m In Dividends

July 31, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, NAHCO Aviance, has again delighted its shareholders by paying a gross dividend of 12.50 kobo per ordinary share of 50 kobo each, amounting to N203 million. This was announced by...

US To Commit $2.5bn To African Projects In 2021

July 30, (THEWILL) - The US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed nearly $2 billion in financing for projects in Africa in the first half of 2021; and it also aims to close another $500 million or more by...

Banks Instructed To Exchange Forex From Teller Points

July 29, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to set up teller points in designated branches for the sale of Foreign Exchange (forex) to Nigerians. THEWILL reports that the directive followed CBN’s...

Nigeria’s Foreign Capital Inflow Shrinks 54% In 2nd Quarter, As Stanbic-IBTC Has 35% Lion’s Share  

July 28, (THEWILL) - The total value of capital importation into Nigeria dropped by 54.06 percent to  $875.62 million in the second quarter of the year (Q2 2021)  from $1.91 billion in the preceding quarter. This also represented a contraction of 32.38 percent when...

Update: Monetary Policy Rates Retained As CBN Stops Sale Of FOREX To Bureau De Change, Suspends Issuance of New Licences

July 27, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will no longer sell foreign exchange to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country. Additionally, the apex bank has also discontinued the issuance of new licences to new entrants...

NETCO Posts N3.37bn Profit For 2020

July 25, (THEWILL) - The National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has reported a profit before tax of N 3.37 billion for the year ended Dec. 31, 2020. Mr Adeyemi Adetunji ,...

Dangote Cement Becomes Pacesetter in IFRS Taxonomy

July 25, (THEWILL) - Dangote Cement has become the first Nigerian listed company to report its financial results using IFRS taxonomy. The highly capitalised firm announced that its financial information has been made available to investors in Xtensible Business Reporting Language...