LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, showed that his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says 35 stockbroking firms have been expelled. In a notice published in Punch newspaper, the exchange said the decision was reached after a special meeting of its national council on December 13. The NSE said the public should not deal with the expelled firms in relation to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian businessman, Femi Otedola, has agreed to sell the entirety of his 75 per cent direct and indirect shareholdings in Forte Oil. In a letter sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange and signed by Akinleye Olagbende, the general counsel of Forte Oil, Otedola said he was divesting from the company in order…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH(NEWSRANGERS)-There are concerns over the steady decline of Nigeria’s foreign reserves since the last three months despite the rise in oil prices and accruals from foreign bonds issuance. Exclusive findings by LEADERSHIP Sunday showed that the reserves recorded a huge decline from $47,787,183,153 billion where it was on June 22, 2018 to a…