The journey of the Nigerian integrated cement manufacturing, which took a new course just over a decade ago, has seen Nigeria move from a nation with under 3 million tonnes of production capacity to a country that will have some 45 million tons of cement manufacturing capacity by next year – implying about 15 fold increase in capacities. This important feat has not only made Nigeria self sufficient in cement production but also a net exporter of the commodity

Stanbic IBTC Plc facilitated $589.84 million, an equivalent of N216.47 billion, capital inflow into the country in the second quarter, Q2, 2017, ranking it first among financial institutions that imported capital into Nigeria.

Amidst a number of positive developments in the global economy, the Nigerian economy improved in the first half of 2017, H1’17, compared to a contractionary 2016 which saw a relatively worse economic performance, and economy and financial analysts have given a huge credit to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, under the leadership of Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who had incidentally, taken many knocks over the initial failings in the economy.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced Electronic Certificate of Capital Importation (eCCI) platform in a bid to boost foreign investment inflows to Nigeria.

Investment analysts in the capital market have said that prices on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, may trade around current levels and even higher towards the end of the year.