Femi Otedola named First Bank Holdings chair
Nigerian billionaire, and entrepreneur Femi Otedola, has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of directors for the First Bank…
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First time passport applicants still need to come for biometrics in the office – NIS
The Nigerian Immigration Service has stated that people who are applying for passports for the first time still have to go to…
CBN to host first MPC meeting under Yemi Cardoso
The Central Bank of Nigeria will hold its inaugural Monetary Policy Committee meeting on February 26th and 27th. Nairametrics reported that this…
Transcorp Hotels becomes first Nigerian firm to pass N1tn market cap
A hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, Transcorp Hotels Plc, is Nigeria’s first hospitality organization to cross the N1 trillion market capitalization threshold, admitting…
Google to build first subsea cable connecting S’America with Asia
Google plans to construct a new undersea cable that will cross French Polynesia to link Chile and Australia. Named “Humboldt” in honour…
NGX reports first loss of N638bn in new year
The Nigerian Exchange Limited’s market capitalization fell for the first time in the new year. The market’s eight-day surge came to an…
Zanzibar to build first seven-star hotel in East Africa
Zanzibar hopes to raise the bar for African hospitality by constructing a seven-star hotel. According to a Tanzanian publication, The Citizen, this…
Nigerian stocks rise 6.54% in first week of 2024
The Nigerian Exchange Limited ended the first week of 2024 on a high note, backed by continued investor faith in listed companies.…
AG Mortgage completes first tranche of N2bn fundraising
A major primary mortgage institution licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, AG Mortgage Bank PLC, has announced that the first tranche of its…
Equity investors make N666bn on first trading day
The Nigerian Exchange Limited’s market capitalization increased by 1.63 percent on Tuesday, the first day of trading in the New Year, adding…
Bitcoin surges to $45,000 first time since April 2022
With hope surrounding the potential licensing of exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds, the world’s largest cryptocurrency kicked off the New Year with a…