Capital Market

SEC Substantive DG to be Named April-President Jonathan

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-A substantive director general (DG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be named in April, president Goodluck Jonathan said at the commissioning of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) X-Gen Trading Platform on Thursday. This was contained as an addendum in a syndicated story […]

Nigerian Stocks Gains 0.34% amidst Tight Trading on Presidential Visit

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigerian stocks on Thursday gained 0.34 percent after a tight trading session and the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to commission the NSE X-Gen Trading Platform. Cordros report said the market, supported by gains recorded by some blue-chips, saw […]

Strong Naira not in Our Interest-Analyst

In this interview with PETER OBIORA, Editor of Investadvocate, Olufemi Awoyemi, CEO/Founder of Proshare discuss issues relating to the current impact of the postponed 2015 general elections on the Nigerian capital market, some foreign investors seeking entrant in to the Nigerian market despite the falling oil prices and weakened naira […]