Business

FCMB FY 2025 Profit Surges 81% to N202bn, Board Proposes 35 Kobo Dividend

June 8 (THEWILL) — FCMB Group Plc delivered a strong financial performance for the 2025 financial year, posting a profit before tax (PBT) of N202.1 billion, an 80.6 percent increase from N111.9 billion recorded in 2024, driven by robust...

Telecom Operators Dispute NBS $7.24m Capital Importation Figure, Cite Strong Sector Investments

June 8 (THEWILL) — Telecommunications operators in Nigeria have challenged the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report showing that the sector attracted just $7.24 million in foreign capital importation in the first quarter of 2026, arguing that the figure...

Regulatory Breaches: Fidelity Bank’s Penalties Climb 305.10% to N645.9m in 5 Years

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June 8 (THEWILL) — Fidelity Bank, the flagship subsidiary of Fidelity Bank Group, accumulated fines amounting to N645.9 million within five years (2021-2025), arising from various regulatory violations. thereby ranking it among the foremost offenders in the financial services...

Nigeria Raises Bar for Digital Asset Exchanges as SEC Imposes N2 Billion Capital Threshold

June 08 (THEWILL) — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced a structural overhaul of Nigeria’s digital asset ecosystem following the issuance of Circular No. 26-1 on January 16, 2026, which raised the minimum paid-up capital requirement for...

Nestlé Nigeria Marks Seven Years of Environmental Action

June 08 (THEWILL) — Nestlé Nigeria has launched a multi-stakeholder coalition to drive sustained environmental action in commemoration of 2026 World Environment Day. Building on six years of nationwide awareness and clean-up initiatives, the coalition represents a coordinated and...

Ex-Power Minister, Barth Nnaji, to Grace SUPERNEWS Conference July 7

June 08 (THEWILL) — The Chairman, Geometric Power Limited and former Nigerian Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji will be a Special Guest of Honour at the forthcoming SUPERNEWS Conference and 10th Anniversary scheduled for July 7, 2026. The conference,...

Trade Sector Attracts $65.8m Foreign Capital as Investor Confidence Rebounds

June 8 (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s trade sector attracted $65.79m in foreign investment in the first quarter of 2026, marking a 91.3 percent increase from the $34.39m recorded in the corresponding period of 2025, according to the latest capital importation...

FG Cuts Ministers’ Imprest to N700,000, Tightens Spending Controls

June 8 (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has reduced the maximum reimbursable imprest available to ministers to N700,000 and introduced stricter controls on the use of public funds as part of efforts to strengthen financial discipline across Ministries, Departments,...

How DBN is Fueling SME Development Through Affordable Credit, Targeted Capacity Building

June 07, (THEWILL) — The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) Plc is strengthening its commitment to the growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) – a sector that accounts for more than 90 percent of employment through the...

Young Nigerians, Fintech Apps Fuelling New Wave Of Capital Market Growth – SEC DG

June 6 (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s capital market is witnessing a new wave of growth driven largely by young investors using fintech platforms to access investment opportunities, according to the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Emomotimi...