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How Nigerian banks fared in 2010

  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2010 BY LOUIS AZODE    Once again, The Banker, Financial Times of London has released the Top 1000 World Banks for this year. As usual, the global rankings are remarkably characterised with tremendous surprises and leapfrogging, with the aggregate Tier 1 capital growing by 15 per […]

CBN issues guidelines on N300bn aviation, power intervention fund

  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2010 01:19          The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday issued guidelines on how to access the N300 billion power and aviation intervention fund to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s current initiatives in the two sectors.The amount is part of the initial N500 billion […]

Nigeria plans to take its bourse public

        By Tom Burgis in Lagos Published: August 23 2010 22:31   Nigeria plans to become the latest emerging market to demutualise its stock exchange amid a struggle for control of sub-Saharan Africa’s second-biggest bourse.   The plans, which are at an early stage, are part of […]