Tag: Nigeria
Markets Wrap: Bargain buying in GTB, MTNN lift pressure on...
MON 19 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- The domestic equities market opened the week with positive trading, following bargain buying in GUARANTY (+1.2%) and MTNN (+0.2%) stocks....
Access Bank Plc agrees to buy African Banking Corporation of Botswana...
MON 19 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender, has agreed to buy 78.15% stake in African Banking Corporation of Botswana (BancABC), Botswana’s...
UBA starts strong, posts 27% profit growth and 20.5% ROAR in...
MON 19 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), (Bloomberg: UBA: NL; Reuters: UBA.LG) has announced its Unaudited 2021 First Quarter Financial Results....
Standard Bank Group appoints Yinka Sanni new Chief Executive for Africa...
MON 19 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has appointed Yinka Sanni as its new Chief Executive for Africa Regions...
Governor Sanwo-Olu pledges support for digital switch over in Lagos
MON 19 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal-Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu says his administration will support the Digital Switch Over (DSO) being embarked by the country,...
Money Market: Overnight rate jumps by 15.83 ppts w/w to 28.3%...
SAT 17 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal-The overnight (OVN) rate jumped by 15.83 ppts w/w to 28.3% as outflows for CRR debit, weekly OMO (NGN20.00 billion) and...
FX WATCH: FX reserves records another week of accretion, grows by...
SAT 17 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal-Nigeria’s FX reserves recorded another accretion this week, as it grew by USD163.58 million w/w to USD35.20 billion (14th April 2021).
The...
QUICK TAKE: The false equivalence between printing of Naira by CBN...
By theGBJournal Editorial Board
FRI 16 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- It is tragic that the first response of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele...
States 2020 Internally Generated Revenue shrinks -1.93% YoY
By Audrey Lotechukwu
FRI 16 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- Official data published today by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Internally Generated Revenue at State level...
Illegal arms-bearing, threat to Nigeria’s existence says Chief of Defence Staff
FRI 16 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has said that the proliferation of illegal arms in the country was...





