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        <title>Nigeria’s non&amp;interest capital market value now N1.6trn, says SEC</title>
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        <title>SEC DG: Slow pace of capital market integration in West Africa delaying infrastructure financing</title>
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        <title>Week Kicks Off In Green As Equities Gain N155bn</title>
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        <title>Femi Otedola acquires N2bn shares to increase stake in First HoldCo</title>
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        <title>BREAKING: Zenith Bank posts pre&amp;tax profit of N626 billion in H1 2025, declares interim dividend of N1.25</title>
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        <title>NGX market capitalisation rises by N704.38bn</title>
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        <title>GEREGU tops trading value with N10.2 billion as All&amp;Share Index gains 0.79%</title>
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        <title>FCMB projects N265.2bn gross earnings</title>
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        <title>LCFE to begin trading on N23.4b new rice spots contracts</title>
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        <title>Naira breaks below N1,550/$ amid uptick in U.S dollar</title>
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        <title>NAICOM increases capital requirements for insurance companies by 400%</title>
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        <title>Insurance firms in ‘strange’ rally, post 41 per cent gain in one week</title>
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        <title>Champion Breweries rebounds with N2.29bn H1 profit</title>
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        <title>Stanbic IBTC shares hold firm at N101</title>
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        <title>Olakunle Alake buys 2 million Dangote Cement shares worth N1.02 billion, increases stake</title>
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        <title>NGX posts N4.19tn total equity trades in H1</title>
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        <title>MTN now most valuable company in Nigerian stock market after capitalisation hits N10trn</title>
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        <title>NGX closes July strong, gains N12.62tn</title>
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        <title>Caverton reports N2.09bn profit before tax</title>
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        <title>Nigeria’s pension fund assets hit N24.63 trillion in June 2025, driven by equities and FGN securities</title>
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        <title>NGX gains N400bn as investor appetite lifts index</title>
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        <title>LCCI To FG: Ensure Food Security, Curb Inflation, Stabilise Naira To Drive Inclusive Economy</title>
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        <title>Lasaco Assurance’s Total Assets Hit N30.47bn , N22.6bn Revenue</title>
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        <title>UAC of Nigeria achieves 109% profit increase for 2024, reports strong sales, other factors</title>
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        <title>ABCON lauds CBN for extending timeframe for weekly dollar sale to BDCs</title>
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        <title>MRS Oil Nigeria reports 63% surge in FY 2024 pre&amp;tax profit, amid strong PMS sales</title>
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        <title>FBN Holdings earnings rise by 113% to N3.3tn</title>
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        <title>NIBSS: E&amp;payment transactions rose to N1 quadrillion in 2024 — up by N469trn</title>
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        <title>BDCs explain why Naira will be strong in 2025</title>
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        <title>Weekly Market Wrap: Nigerian stock market climbs 1.22% as premium NGX stocks shine; banking sector gains 4%</title>
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        <title>Conoil Plc declares N3.50 final dividend pay, states qualification deadline</title>
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        <title>More service disruptions loom as Nigerian banks switch core banking applications</title>
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        <title>Palmpay, OPay, other mobile money operators process N41.5 trillion transactions in 7 months</title>
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        <title>Access Bank obtains licence to establish commercial bank in Namibia</title>
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        <title>OPay Introduces Large Transaction Shield To Ensure Security For Users</title>
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        <title>Tolaram takes over Guinness Nigeria</title>
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        <title>All&amp;Share Index drops by 1.19% despite gains in Seplat and other top advancers</title>
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        <title>Zenith Bank says banking services restored after over 48 hours of outage</title>
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        <title>Access Holdings completes merger with ARM Pensions, increases assets to N3 trillion</title>
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        <title>Tech upgrade gulps N178bn in five banks</title>
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        <title>10&amp;year Tenure Limit Enforcement Sends 8 Insurance CEOs On Forced Retirement</title>
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        <title>Equities Market Opens October Trading On Decline</title>
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        <title>Prudential Insurance acquires 100% stake in PZL</title>
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        <title>Fed. Govt okays N122b investment in six Indigenous firms</title>
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        <title>Entrepreneurs urged to adopt business growth models</title>
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        <title>CEMENT: Demand soars amidst price hikes, declining purchasing power</title>
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        <title>ExxonMobil’s $1.28 billion asset sale to Seplat to receive ministerial approval in days — Tinubu</title>
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        <title>Nigeria, Ghana, Turkiye, lead global equities’ returns</title>
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        <title>Access Bank Completes Official Acquisition Of BancABC Tanzania</title>
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        <title>Udo Udoma acquires first significant stake in Seplat Energy Plc</title>
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        <title>Otedola acquires additional N16bn shares in FBN Holdings</title>
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        <title>Afrinvest, Western Union partner on remittances</title>
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        <title>e&amp;Payments Rise By 84.3% To N572trn In 7 Months</title>
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        <title>Naira closes at N1,667.42 in I&amp;amp;E window on September 25</title>
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        <title>GCR affirms Leadway Assurance’s ‘AA+(NG)’ financial strength</title>
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        <title>FX loan repayment will boost International Breweries profitability – Chair</title>
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        <title>Why Gold’s outlook is still bright in 2024/25</title>
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        <title>NNPC, NLNG, BoA, 11 others prepare for listing at stock market</title>
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        <title>Jaiz emerges most promising Islamic bank</title>
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        <title>Regulatory costs threaten banking sector’s growth in Nigeria – Tony Elumelu</title>
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        <title>Stanbic IBTC declares N116bn profit</title>
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        <title>Best performing Nigerian Pension Fund Administrators in July 2024</title>
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        <title>FBN Holdings Plc sells 100% stake in FBNQuest Merchant Bank to EverQuest</title>
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        <title>Oil and gas companies paid N132 billion in insurance premiums in Q1 2024</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Analysts at Proshare Nigeria, an online news media, have projected increased bank loans and advances among other things following banks’ recapitalization.Presenting a book, “ Beyond Profit: How a Nigerian company built a culture of credibility”, in Lagos Mr. Teslim Shitta-Bey, Managing Editor/Chief Economist, Proshare Nigeria, said: “Banks will increase loans and advances. Those will result in increased manufacturing output, and our Gross Domestic Product, GDP, will grow faster.“For those invested in the equity market, we expect that those companies will do better. There will be an increase in capital gain, and there will therefore be an increase in dividends, which, if households had invested in equity, there will be a higher household welfare.”

Shitta-Bey noted that the recent Proshare BDSI report shows Access Bank, Zenith Bank, First Bank of Nigeria Holding, EcoBank, United Bank of Africa and Guaranty Trust Bank (FUGAZE), as the tier-1 banks with positions in the outlined order.

Explaining the criteria of selecting the banks, he said: “Now, coming to the most recent BDSI report for 2024, we went even further than that and we decided to make those criteria 15 in number.

“The Proshare report suggests that we have gone back to what we started off with in 2013 with Afrinvest. Afrinvest had an acronym for tier-1 banks, FUGAZE.

“In 2024, Proshare discovered that the same FUGAZE are tier-1 banks. Now, if you look at the analysis here, you will find that Access Bank in our first report was number one. It was top tier-1 bank. In the previous report, because of the adjustment in the criteria, Access Bank came to number four. But in 2024, they came back to number one.

Reviewing the book, Dr. Ruben Abati, Host, ‘The Morning Show’ on Arise TV, congratulated the Author, Tosin Adeoti and Founder Proshare Nigeria, Femi Awoyemi.

He added:”This book is the nearly two decade story of Proshare from its  humble beginnings and its emergence as a leading player in the financial space in Nigeria with a growing global reputation”. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ •Crude price will determine cost of Dangote PMS, DAPPMAN, IPMAN warn FG

•Imported crude makes production costs higher, may affect petrol price – Dangote source

As Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol from the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery hits the local market in two to three weeks, petroleum marketers have expressed the fear that the product’s price may be higher than expected.

They spoke against the backdrop of the 650,000-capacity refinery’s failed attempt to get feedstock locally from the international oil companies.

Dangote Refinery has continued to import crude oil from the United States and other countries at a higher cost. This development has reportedly made its diesel and aviation fuel not very attractive to some local marketers due to price reasons.

The marketers, who spoke with The PUNCH on Monday, raised concerns that the cost of importing crude oil would impact the cost of production, a development that may eventually hike the ex-depot price of the Dangote PMS.

The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said PMS from the refinery will hit the Nigerian market by the third week of July. Marketers and Nigerians have been hopeful that the Dangote refinery will cut down the price of PMS which jumped from around N200/litre to over N600/litre after the removal of fuel subsidies by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023.

However, there are fears among stakeholders that Dangote’s lack of access to local crude oil may dash Nigerians’ hope of getting cheaper PMS.

Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, the National Vice President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Hammed Fashola, said the association was afraid that crude imports would jerk up the price of Dangote petrol.

According to Fashola, the refusal of IOCs to sell crude oil to Dangote will be a big challenge to the $20bn refinery, even as he acknowledged that the IOCs also have other business commitments.

“The non-supply of crude is a big challenge for Dangote. You know Dangote cried out too. The international oil companies too will have their reasons; you know they have their commitments too.  It’s not like they will start feeding Dangote only. People should understand that. I think Dangote should consider that. I know this prompted Dangote to go outside the soil of Nigeria to seek crude oil. You know when he keeps bringing crude oil from the United States, that is another cost. That is another problem we are scared of because it will still boil down to the high cost of petrol, unlike where he can source the crude locally in Nigeria,” Fashola said.

To resolve this, the IPMAN leader asked the Federal Government to assist Dangote with the supply of crude oil. This, he said, would solve the problems Nigerians face with fuel availability and affordability.

“I will advise that the government should assist Dangote in the supply of crude oil. If Dangote can get an adequate supply of crude oil locally, I think the whole problem will be solved somehow. I don’t think there will be any need for anybody to go and bring in petrol again, especially if Dangote is selling at a reasonable price,” he added.Fashola, however, enjoined Dangote not to monopolise the petroleum if he eventually got the support of the government, saying the refinery must sell PMS at a reasonable price.

“Dangote too should not see it as an advantage to start monopolizing the market by raising fuel prices. Dangote has to come with a clean mind by selling at a reasonable price to the public, otherwise, people will still go and start importing if Dangote’s price is high. But if the price is normal and anybody who brings in product from abroad knows that he would run at a loss, nobody will venture into it. Dangote should be sincere, and the government should support him,” he stated.

On pricing, Fashola expressed the hope that the refinery would close the price gap between major and independent marketers, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited Retail outlets. He also opined that there would be a marginal price reduction, subject to local crude availability.

“I don’t want to start predicting, but we envisage a situation where the price gap would be closed somehow, unlike what is obtainable now when the NNPC sells at N568 in Lagos and independent marketers sell at N650, N700 or more. I believe that the gap will be closed. Even if there is a price differential, it won’t be as wide as it is now.

“We also expect that there may be a little bit of a reduction in the price, but I believe that the price will be unified somehow. I don’t want to mention figures, I like to say something accurate. For now, I cannot mention any price, but I know that there may be a little reduction and there may be a little bit of uniformity in the price. It won’t be like what we have presently,” he noted.

While saying the independent marketers are ready to buy fuel from Dangote in the next two to three ]]></description>
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        <title>Collected $30M For Helping Gov’t Recover $300M – Afe Babalola</title>
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