23 Feb 2015/Fitch Ratings Fitch has affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of 10 Nigerian banks. They are Zenith Bank Plc (Zenith), FBN Holdings Plc (FBNH), First Bank of Nigeria Ltd (FBN), United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTB), Access Bank Plc (Access), Diamond Bank […]

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s mid-tier lender, Unit Bank Plc on said on Monday it has appointed four (4) new directors, the bank said in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange. They are Priya Heal,  Dauda N. Iliya,  Yabawa Lawan Wabi and Sam N. Okagbue (independent director) […]

Sun Feb 22, 2015/Reuters Cameroon’s Afriland First Bank, the country’s largest financial group, has launched the Central African state’s first Islamic window as the availability of sharia-compliant financial products expands across the continent. African markets are gradually opening to Islamic finance, buoyed by governments’ debut sales of sovereign Islamic bonds […]