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Access Holdings faults unauthorized 2025 financial highlight
Access Holdings has distanced itself from a circulating “financial highlight” linked to its 2025 audited statements, stating that the summary was shared on social media by an unauthorized source ahead of the official release. The company clarified that its audited financial statements remain under regulatory review by the CBN, although they have already received approval from the Securities & Exchange…
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Oando Foundation joins industry leaders to advance private sector action on education financing in Nigeria
Oando Plc through its independent charity, Oando Foundation, participated in a high-level private sector roundtable convened by the Federal Ministry of Education (FME). This event, supported by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), an international organization dedicated to ensuring quality education for children, particularly in developing countries, aimed to strengthen private-sector engagement in advancing Nigeria’s education priorities. The roundtable provided a…
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Unity Bank, experts advocate green investment, climate innovation to drive economic resilience
Unity Bank Plc, alongside leading climate innovation experts, has called for increased investment in the green economy and the adoption of frontier technologies as critical pathways to driving economic resilience and reducing the impact of climate change on vulnerable populations across Africa. The call was made during a thought-provoking webinar hosted by the Bank to commemorate this year’s Earth Day,…
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Zenith Bank becomes first bank to cross N5trn market cap
Zenith Bank Plc has made history on the Nigerian capital market, crossing the N5 trillion market capitalisation threshold to become the first bank in the country to achieve the milestone—cementing its position as the most valuable banking stock on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). The landmark achievement crowns a remarkable rally in the bank’s share price between December 2025 and…
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ICAN, NGX RegCo honours excellence at 3rd corporate reporting awards
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo) have convened the 3rd edition of the Corporate Reporting Awards, recognising listed companies on Nigerian Exchange (NGX) for excellence in financial reporting, corporate governance, and sustainability disclosures for the 2024 financial year. Covering companies on the NGX 30 Index, the awards assess performance across three pillars,…
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Nigeria’s markets gain credibility as exit route for investors, says Popoola
Nigeria’s capital markets are beginning to establish credibility as a viable exit route for institutional investors, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group, Temi Popoola said, citing recent transactions and structural reforms aimed at improving market function. “The true test of any market is not entry, but exit,” said Popoola, during a presentation to investors…
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Nestlé Nigeria partners FG on dairy skills development centre
Nestlé Nigeria Plc has entered into a strategic partnership with the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development to establish a Dairy Technical Skills Development Centre in Paikon Kore, Gwagwalada, in a move aimed at strengthening technical capacity and enhancing productivity within Nigeria’s dairy sector. The agreement, formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, underscores a shared commitment to improving…
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FG raised N100bn from dormant accounts, unclaimed dividends in 2025
The Debt Management Office (DMO) in a report has revealed that the Federal Government has raised N100 billion through the Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund (UFTF), drawing on dormant bank balances and unclaimed dividends as part of its domestic borrowing programme. The debt office in its latest domestic debt stock report, listed an instrument known as “UFTF FGN Security” valued at…
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X-raying Atiku’s weird 2027 presidential ambition and his past failures, by Kola Amzat
Suddenly, the much vaunted presidential ambitions of the likes of Rotimi Amaechi, Peter Obi, and others through the ADC platform seem to have gone into flame, giving way to deafening silence, despondence and frustration. If the news filtering from ADC camp and the utterances of former vice president are anything to go by, cornering the party’s presidential ticket seems a…
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A generation under siege as Nigeria’s drug crisis deepens, by Blaise Udunze
This piece speaks directly to the current consciousness of many Nigerians as some crises erupt with noise, explosions of violence, economic shocks, political upheavals and then some unfold quietly, steadily, almost invisibly, until their consequences become impossible to ignore. Nigeria today is living through the latter. Today, this hardly or rarely dominates the front pages of newspapers with the same…
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