Capital Market

Nigeria’s SEC Parleys EAX in Rwanda

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) last week parleyed regional commodity exchange, East Africa Exchange (EAX) in Kigali Rwanda during the 49th Annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meetings. Arunma Oteh, director general of Nigeria’s SEC led a delegation to EAX during the AfDB meetings in […]

Operators want Emefiele to check inflation, interest rates

June 4, 2014 by Simon Ejembi/Punch Capital market operators have said they expect the Central Bank of Nigeria to work towards keeping the inflation and interest rate in check as that will encourage the growth of the market. Operators, who spoke to our correspondent, said they were also keenly waiting […]

Nigeria New Cement Grade Rules Threaten Lafarge Profit Margins

By Emele Onu Jun 3, 2014/Bloomberg   Nigeria introduced new rules for the production and use of cement to lower the risk of building collapse, threatening local profit margins at the country’s biggest international producer Lafarge SA. (LG) The Standards Organisation of Nigeria told manufacturers of the building material that […]