Author: InvestAdvocate

Nigeria Overtaking South Africa Masks Poverty Trap: Economy

As Nigeria gets richer, more Nigerians live in poverty. That’s the paradox of growth in Africa’s biggest oil producer, its most populous nation and which, as of March 31, may be its top-ranked economy. The National Bureau of Statistics is recalculating the value of gross domestic product based on production […]

Nigeria’s Exchange Holds Retail Investors Clinic Tomorrow

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian stock exchange (NSE) has announced that it will on Wednesday (tomorrow) hold a retail investors clinic for shareholders association. The NSE says the theme of the clinic is “Protecting the Nigerian Capital Market Investor: Shareholders’ Engagement”. The clinic will have experienced facilitators to […]

Senate Introduces Amendment of CBN Act, Scheduled to Screen Emefiele on Thursday

The Nigerian Senate will on Thursday, March 20, 2014 begin the formal screening of Mr. Godwin Emefiele,GCEO of Zenith Bank Plc;  President Goodluck’s preferred nominee to replace Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The information to this effect was contained in Tuesday’s Senate Notice Paper […]