Author: InvestAdvocate

Consistent gains boost investor confidence – Analysts

Capital market analysts have said that the significant increases in stock market prices experienced and the subsequent gains garnered by players in the Nigerian stock market in the last few months have boosted investor confidence. Stock prices on the Nigerian Stock Exchange were said to have recorded 20.4 per cent […]

Opposition as Reps move to abridge CBN autonomy

Stakeholders in the financial sector,  including a former Minister of Finance, Mr. Adamu Ciroma, and an ex-Central Bank of Nigeria  Governor,  Chief Joseph Sanusi, on Monday, opposed the bid by the House of Representatives to tamper with the CBN autonomy. They cautioned the House against altering the  globally accepted  trend, […]

Zenith Bank’s PAT grows by 51% in Q3 2012

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s Zenith Bank Plc Monday reported a 50.6 percent (50.6%) Total Profit for the Third Quarter (Q3) Report for the Period Ended September 30 2012. This is contained in the Statement of Comprehensive Income released Monday to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and made available […]