THE Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Monday took over Cedar Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Limited over N29 billion bad debt and appointed Receiver/Manager to oversee the firm. Hon. Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court Lagos Division granted an injunction against Cedar Oil & Gas...
Twitter on Tuesday urged shareholders to endorse the $44 billion deal Elon Musk made to buy the online podium, setting a vote on the merger for September 13. The firm is locked in a legal battle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to walk away from the agreement,...
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Thursday announced a dividend recommendation of about N7.3 billion for the 2019 business year, its first dividend payment in 11 years. Shareholders will receive a dividend per share of 25 kobo. The dividend was a major highlight of considerable improvements in the commercial...
Shareholders of one of Africa’s largest manufacturing companies, BUA Cement Plc, have approved dividends of N88.047billion for its financial year ended December 31, 2021 at N2:60k per ordinary share of 50k each. This approval was given during the company’s 6th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja, and comes on the...
Boeing announced sweeping cost-cutting measures Wednesday after reporting a first-quarter loss of $641 million following the hit to the airline business from the coronavirus pandemic. The aerospace giant plans to reduce its workforce by 10 percent through a combination of voluntary and involuntary layoffs and will slash production of its...
The Federal Government has said Nigeria cannot service its debts with the current revenue generation capacity. The government insisted that debt to Gross Domestic Products ratio is still within the threshold but admitted that the debt to revenue ratio is high. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made...
Card maintenance fees scrapped ATM cost reduced Bank charges will go down in January as the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend announced a new regime of rates. The Card Maintenance Fee (CAMF), which many customers described as unnecessary, has been scrapped. The Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) charge has...
Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have initiated the unblocking of their low-priced fares on Nigerian routes following the Central Bank of Nigeria's completion of the payment of approximately $7 billion in backlog, which includes over $700 million in unremitted ticket revenue. The CBN recently announced the clearance of $7 billion...
Electricity Distribution Companies have stated that tariff will increase from July 1, 2023. In statements sent to respective consumers on Sunday night, the DisCos stated that the review was due to the fluctuation of the naira in the exchange rate market. This statements which were worded in similar fashion included that...
Telecommunication giant MTN on Tuesday closed its case over an alleged N300m copyright infringement suit involving an Abuja-based musician, Liberty Williams. Nkeakam Abhulimen, a staff of MTN and Chris Anusa, a staff of Defcom Technologies, both appeared as witnesses for MTN at the Federal High Court, Abuja before Justice Ifeoma...