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Otedola acquires 680m First HoldCo shares to raise stake to 20.42%
Group Chairman, First HoldCo, Femi Otedola, has become the company’s single largest majority shareholder after acquiring about 680 million shares of the group, representing a 20.42 per cent stake. According to a private placement allotment from the group, Otedola was…
SterlingHoldCo gets shareholders’ nod for $400m capital raise
Shareholders of Sterling Financial Holdings Company (SterlingHoldCo) Plc have approved the company’s move to raise up to $400 million in fresh capital as part of efforts to strengthen its capital base and support expansion across its businesses. The approval was granted…
FirstHoldCo completes fresh N45bn private placement at N44.06/share to strengthen First Bank operations
FirstHoldCo Plc has announced successful completion of the N45 billion second tranche of its ongoing N350 billion private placement programme. The group disclosed that the fresh capital raise will be injected into First Bank of Nigeria Limited, the group’s flagship…
CBN offers N450bn NTBs for auction, Wednesday, as overall maturities for Q2 ’26 remain at N3.197trn
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Wednesday, put up for offer a total of N450 billion worth of Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) for auction for todayJune 17, with the settlement date set for June 18. An official notice to Primary Money Market…
United Capital acquires 5% equity stake in NGX
Investment firm, United Capital Group has announced the acquisition of a 5 per cent equity stake in the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) Plc. The acquisition which was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday, June 15 and signed by the…
NGX’s ASI climbs by 0.27%, as PMI rises to 54.1% in May
Nigerian Exchange (NGX) All-Share index edged up 0.27 per cent amid decreasing liquidity, just as the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) jumped to 54.1 all in May 2026, according to the Exchange and StanbicIBTC reports. According to the NGX report covering up…
Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire, as successful SpaceX IPO shoots net worth above $1.1trn
South African-born tech magnate, Mr Elin Musk has (on paper) become the world’s first trillionaire. The feat follows the businessman’s initial public offering (IPO) of his company, SpaceX’s shares soaring his net worth when it hit the stock market. The…
DMO revises Q2, 2026 NTBs, raising offer by 22% to N4.8trn
Debt Management Office (DMO) has increased its Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) issuance programme for the second quarter of 2026 by approximately N850 billion, raising the total planned offer amount from N3.95 trillion to N4.8 trillion, according to an analysis of…
AIICO tops industry rankings, voted 2026 best insurance firm at prestigious Capital Market Awards
AIICO has been voted Insurance Company of the Year 2026 at the Nairametrics Capital Market Awards, emerging as the top performer among its peers in a category designed to recognise excellence across Nigeria’s insurance landscape. The Nairametrics Capital Market…
Foreign portfolio investment drives Nigeria’s capital inflow, despite FDI slump by 80% — CBN
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Economic Report, in its latest, has revealed that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country dropped by 80 per cent in January, this year, even as capital from foreign portfolio investment surged. The regulatory bank,…
