Uncategorized

US stocks lower on recession fears, Europe jitters

By DANIEL WAGNER – AP Business Writer   U.S. stocks are opening lower as economic jitters and uncertainty about Europe’s finances fuel another day of selling around the world. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones industrial average is down 122, or 1.1 percent, at 10,895. The S&P 500 […]

DMO sells N93bn in bonds

By Omobolaji Solagbade with agency report The Debt Management Office said on Thursday it sold N93bn ($604.3m) in three, five and 10-year sovereign bonds on Wednesday, at its eighth debt auction of the year. The DMO said it sold N30bn of the three-year, N15bn of five-year and N25bn of 10-year […]

Shareholder associations support bank nationalization

By Okechukwu Nnodim Two shareholder associations have expressed support for the nationalisation of three banks by the Federal Government. According to them, the move will protect the nation’s financial system from imminent crash. The CBN had on Friday, August 5, revoked the licences of Afribank,Bank PHB and Spring Bank, and […]