OPS seeks President’s help to stop beverage levy bill
By Yinka Kolawole The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN), has called for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention to halt the passage of the proposed Customs, Excise and Tariff Amendment (CETA) Bill currently before the National Assembly which seeks to introduce a percentage levy per litre of the retail price on non-alcoholic beverages. The members of OPSN […]
BVN: Bank customers group faults FG, calls for threshold, deadline extension
BANK Customers Association of Nigeria (BCAN) has faulted the move by the federal government to take possession of money in all the 15.3 million bank accounts yet to enrol for the Biometric Verification Number (BVN).
Retail investors are the backbone of our market — Olatokumbo
Alhaji, Gbadebo Olatokunbo, former National Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Shareholders Solidarity Association of Nigeria, NSSA, in this interview with Financial Vanguard, spoke on issues affecting the capital market as well as his expectations on quoted companies’ performance in the third quarter. Excerpt:
Stringent measures are necessary to sanitize Capital Market – CEO, Highcap Securities
David Adonri, Managing director/ CEO, Highcap Securities Limited, in this interview with Financial Vanguard, spoke on some actions taken by the apex regulator of the Nigerian capital market, investors’ confidence and his expectations on the third quarter corporate performance in 2017, among others. Excerpt
CSCS announces Jalo-Waziri as new CEO
Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “No Objection”, the Board of Directors of the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Haruna Jalo-Waziri as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the company effective November 01, 2017.
Q3‘17 corporate earnings reactions to continue this week
THERE are indications that mixed sentiments would rule the equities market this week as more companies are expected to turn-in third quarter, 2017 (Q3’17)/ nine-month (9M’17) financial results showing mixed performances in line with most of them already announced in the past two weeks. Index valuation may even open the week negative.
