The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday said that Nigerians in Diaspora remitted the sum of $10.4bn into the country within the first six months of this year. A statement by the minister’s Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, said the amount included remittances to families, friends, […]

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Benchmark index at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday dropped 0.32 percent as it closed at 41,264.65 points, while market capitalisation depreciated by N44.05 billion to close at N13.63 trillion. The loss today returned the market’s year-to-date returns back to negative at -0.16 percent, […]

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Beer makers, Nigerian Breweries Plc has appointed Mark Rutten to the board of the company; according to an issuer’s announcement to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The brewer said Rutten’s appointment was with effect from August 01, 2014. Nigerian Breweries said Rutten was born May […]