Capital Market

Unclaimed Dividends: Registrars Want Committee’s Report Implemented

Capital market registrars in the country have urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement the recommendations of the Registrars Information Technology Infrastructure Review Committee as a way of resolving all share registration challenges in the market. Rising unclaimed dividends and delay in certificate verification, among others, are some […]

Nigeria’s Zenith Bank in $850 mln London listing

* Listing to aid Zenith raise equity in future – CEO * Joins three other Nigerian lenders in London * To grow from financing infrastructure, power sectors Nigeria’s Zenith Bank listed $850 million worth of its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange as global depository receipts (GDRs) at $6.80 […]

Sanusi to quit CBN in 2014

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, says he will not renew his contract when his five- year term expires in 2014.   The 51-year-old has led the CBN since 3rd June 2009.   Speaking in a CNBC Africa’s interview, Sanusi said it was never his intention […]