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Friday Ehime ALEX

Alex is a business journalist cum data enthusiast with the Pinnacle Daily. He can be reached via ealex@thepinnacleng.com, @ehime_alex on X

First HoldCo Plc has announced a series of board appointments across its non-commercial banking subsidiaries. The parent company of First Bank of Nigeria Limited disclosed the development in a statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Friday. It said the appointment is part of a broader strategy to strengthen governance and position its businesses …

Bad Loans Slash First HoldCo Profit by Over 93%

Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote, has escalated an alleged corruption case against the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The petition was submitted through Dangote’s legal representative, barely 24 hours after he …

Access Holdings, Oando and Conoil ranked among the worst-performing equities on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) during the 2025 trading year, as several stocks recorded steep declines in market value. Other equities that completed the bottom ten list include VFD Group, Sunu Assurances, Africa Prudential, Lasaco Assurance, Haldane McCall, Industrial and Medical Gases Nigeria, and …

Floor of the Nigerian stock market

KPMG has flagged key concerns over the Nigeria Tax Act (NTA) and the Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA), warning that several provisions could create legal uncertainty. The firm outlined the errors and gaps in a recent report titled ‘Nigeria’s New Tax Laws: Inherent Errors, Inconsistencies, Gaps and Omissions.’ Pinnacle Daily reports that the implementation of …

KPMG

President Bola Tinubu has commended corporate Nigeria, market operators and investors for pushing the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) past the ₦100 trillion market capitalisation milestone. The President described the achievement as a source of inspiration for participants in the money and capital markets. He made the remarks in a statement issued on Thursday by his Special …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu

Nigeria’s non-oil exports rose by 21 per cent to $12.8 billion in the first half of 2025, data from the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment showed. The figures were contained in the ministry’s 2025 activity review and outlook for 2026, which assessed Nigeria’s economic repositioning under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The ministry said …

Non-oil export

The Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) has dismissed public criticism of the repeal and re-enactment of the 2024 and 2025 Appropriation Acts. In a statement on Wednesday, BOF Director-General Tanimu Yakubu said the actions did not constitute a constitutional breach, fiscal illegality, or a denial of access to budget documents. Yakubu emphasised that while …

2026 budget presented by President Tinubu

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared the operations of Voya Investment Management (VIM) fraudulent, warning that the platform is designed to deceive unsuspecting investors. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Commission said it neither licensed nor approved the operations of Voya Investment Management. The SEC noted that the online investment platform operates …

T+2 Settlement Cycle in Nigerian Capital Market Begins November 28 - SEC

A Lagos State Rapid Transit Bus (BRT)  was gutted by fire on the Third Mainland Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, disrupting traffic around the Adekunle axis inward Iyana Oworo. The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in a post on its official X account. “A high-capacity bus is on fire on …

BRT Bus Fire

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