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- 23 Nov 2020
ASDHN Rejects FG’s Plan to Manage N200Bn Unclaimed Dividends
Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASDHN) has rejected plans by the Federal Government of Nigeria to manage unclaimed dividends – which is projected to hit N200bn by the end of this…
- 14 Jul 2022
Onukwue, ASHON Boss Tasks Investors on Risk Management
Mr. Sam Onukwue, the Chairman, Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON), has urged Investors to take advantage of opportunities that abound in the Nigerian financial market despite…
- 22 Jul 2019
ASHON Cautions Investors on Panic Sale of Shares
Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has cautioned embattled equity investors against panic sale of shares to avert avoidable losses as the stock market would soon bounce back.…
- 15 Jun 2021
NG Clearing Limited Becomes Nigeria’s Premier Central Counterparty
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted NG Clearing Limited (NG Clearing) registration to perform the function of a central counterparty…
- 19 Oct 2025
CSCS Confirms Readiness for T+2 Settlement Cycle
Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc has confirmed its readiness to transition to a T+2 settlement cycle on November 28, 2025. This move is expected to enhance Nigeria’s capital market…
- 19 Jan 2021
NG Clearing Acquires Clearing, Settlement Technology for its Operations
Following the receipt of an approval in principle from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 2020, to clear and settle exchange traded derivatives instruments, Nigeria’s premier…
- 7 Jan 2021
Angst as FG Goes After N895Bn Unclaimed Dividends, Dormant Accounts’ Balances
The federal government has perfected ways to borrow funds from unclaimed dividends and dormant bank account balances unattended to for at least six years, thanks to the 2020 Finance Act, despite…
- 7 Feb 2020
NSE Urges Brokers to Combine as It Readies Listing
The Nigerian Stock Exchange is urging stockbrokers to buy dormant licenses or combine with other operators rather than apply for new ones as the bourse prepares to go public. Members of the exchange…
- 30 Nov 2020
Onyema Tasks New Stockbrokers on Professionalism
Mr. Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has urged newly qualified stockbrokers to uphold the highest ethical standards in their professional practice. Onyema,…
- 23 Jun 2024
Why investors will buy Fidelity Banks offers, by capital market stakeholders
Fidelity Bank Plc started its N127.1 billion combined rights and public offers to a rousing support from the investing public as key capital market stakeholders recalled the symbolic importance of…
- 4 Jan 2016
SEC Commences Direct Cash Settlement Process Today
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that effective from January 4, 2016, the implementation of Direct Cash Settlement will commence. The Direct Cash Settlement (DCS) is a process where…
- 31 Oct 2021
SEC Urges Credit Rating Agencies to Focus on Investor Protection
The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has admonished Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) operating in Nigeria to focus on investors’ protection in all their dealings, services and activities…
- 5 Sept 2021
HURIWA Asks Nigerians to Beg Buhari to Resign Immediately
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has told Nigerians to beg President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately. The group is worried by the expanding frontiers of terrorism in the…
- 1 May 2024
Experts Seek Stricter Regulation against Call Masking, SIM-Boxing Fraud
Experts have called for stronger laws and stricter regulation to tackle security issues around call masking and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)-boxing-related fraud in Nigeria, according to the…
- 12 Jul 2018
HURIWA Asks Buhari to Sack Adeosun, Others over Forgery
The Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance, and other members of his cabinet accused of certificate…
- 25 May 2012
IT Will Ease Registrar’s Job, Capital Market - Ogogo
Dr. David Ogogo, is the Registrar and Chief Executive of Institute of Capital Market Registrars; an Associate of the prestigious Association of Business Executives (London), he holds an…
- 17 Nov 2009
Nitda: the Goad of IT in Nigeria
Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based…