Author: InvestAdvocate

GTBank Acquires 70% Stake in Offshore Bank

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (“GTBank”) Tusday announced it has acquired a 70 percent (70%) stake in Fina Bank Limited,  (“Fina Bank”) .   Fina Bank in a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said it has reached an in-principle agreement for the acquisition by […]

ETI Opens Shop in Southern Sudan

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Pan African Bank, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“Ecobank” or “The Group”), announces the opening of its South Sudan banking affiliate. The Bank said this in a notice to the Nigerina Stock Exchange (NSE), “this new banking affiliate, the 34th on the African continent, offers the opportunity to support […]

Nigeria’s CBN Retains Rate at 12%

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigeria’s Central Bank Tuesday retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 12 percent (12%), this is coming on the heels of the CBN Communiqué No. 90 of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. As part of the decisions, the MPC by a vote of […]