Capital Market

May 10, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Exchange’s surge to the 242,000-point threshold in May 2026 has cemented one of the strongest bull runs in its history, but beneath the headline performance lies a sharply imbalanced market structure where a...

April 13, (THEWILL) — The shift did not happen with a bang. It crept in quietly, buried beneath routine auction results and quarterly portfolio disclosures, until the numbers became too stark to ignore. By April 2026, Nigeria’s financial system...

April 05, (THEWILL) — As of March 31, 2026, Nigeria’s capital market delivered one of its strongest performances in recent history, with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) emerging as the second-best performing equity market globally in the first quarter, trailing...

March 17, (THEWILL) — Temi Popoola, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), has said Nigeria’s capital market is undergoing a re-rating as global investors reassess the country’s economic prospects and investment...

December 14, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian capital market has experienced a dramatic 2025, marked first by a meteoric rise in equity values, then a sharp, confidence-shattering panic, and finally, a commitment to far-reaching reforms aimed at a more stable...

September 30, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has introduced a new rule clarifying the application of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on share disposals, aimed at discouraging capital flight from equities into fixed-income assets. Under the rule, a 25% CGT will...

...how technology is reshaping Africa's investment landscape September 21, (THEWILL) — Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its economic evolution. Across the continent, capital markets are awakening to unprecedented opportunities, yet they remain constrained by infrastructure challenges that have...

September 14, (THEWILL) — Oluseyi Owoturo is Chief Executive Officer, Coronation Registrars Limited. In this communication, he gives an insight into the unique selling point that gave his organization an edge over industry peers while navigating the continent’s capital...

January 28, (THEWILL) - Is the Non-Aligned Movement still around? Is the organisation still in existence? That was the weighty question Professor Ikechukwu Okoro, a visually impaired Nigerian and Iowa State University don, slammed on me the moment I...

December 16, (THEWILL) - Salient issues arising from the annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, recently brought to the fore the need to take capacity building for financial journalists more seriously. The...