Investors have blamed the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), for the increasing number of complaints against the poor services and sharp practices of Registrars.

Operators and stakeholders in the nation’s capital market have disagreed over the recent call by the Senate Committee on Capital Market for the resignation of Senator Udo Udoma from his position as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and a United Kingdom based private developer, Sharp Energy Limited, have entered into a partnership arrangements to construct a housing project at Kuchkau/Auta Balaifi in Karu Local Government of Nasarawa State at a cost of N453, 774,520,000.

A Lagos based non governmental organisation (NGO), Landlords and Tenants Rights Initiative, has warned that tougher times await tenants in Lagos State if the proposed Lagos Tenancy Bill currently with the State House of Assembly is eventually passed into law.

A meeting to address the issues raised by Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMIs) on the recent decisions by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) concerning the National Housing Fund (NHF) was cancelled at the last minute by the management of the bank

The fluctuating trend of equity prices is expected to continue in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this week.
This is due to profit-taking, expected to persist as investors continue to sell off some of their shares to make quick gains, in response to gains recorded on the share prices of majority of the quoted companies, over the last couple of days.

Registrar/Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Dr. Uju Ogubunka says it is possible for bank customers to safeguard their money in a bank against distress and he explains how this can be achieved.

Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMIs) operators under the umbrella of the Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) have described as illegal the recent decisions of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) concerning the National Housing Fund (NHF).

For eight years, from November 2002 until last Saturday, Alhaji Farouk Suleiman, as President, piloted the affairs of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), the umbrella body of bureaux de change (BDCs). In this interview with the Editor of Financial Vanguard, Babajide Komolafe he bares his mind on major developments in the sub-sector, which marked twenty years of existence in Nigeria last year. He also addressed criticism of the Cash Sale of Dollars to BDCs scheme and the categorisation of BDCs.

There is anxiety over the fate of the ‘market makers’ rescue initiative for the capital market given the focus of the regulatory authorities on the proposed asset management company (AMC).