Nigerias NGX Market Value Could Reach US$168.9bn By End 2026 Says CEO
Nigerian Exchange Group CEO Temi Popoola projects the equity market could reach N230 trillion by the end of 2026, up...
August 8, 2026Nigeria news in English from The Rio Times — Lagos and Abuja politics, economy, oil and markets.
Nigerian Exchange Group CEO Temi Popoola projects the equity market could reach N230 trillion by the end of 2026, up...
August 8, 2026
Femi Otedola has lifted his stake in First HoldCo, parent of First Bank of Nigeria, to 25.87 percent and says...
August 8, 2026
Tinubu says the whole of NNPC will be listed. But he named no date for the NNPC listing, and the...
August 8, 2026
Nigeria's NAICOM recapitalisation has licensed 43 insurers that met capital floors of up to ₦35bn (about US$26m), leaving up to...
August 6, 2026
Nigeria’s SEC has approved tokenized equities trading on the NASD OTC Securities Exchange, with the first public digital securities offering...
August 6, 2026
Project Gazelle 2 refinances Nigeria's US$3.3bn oil-backed facility, adds US$3bn in liquidity and cuts pledged crude by 12.5% to 78,750...
August 5, 2026
Nigeria has ordered all federal ministries, departments and agencies to appoint Data Protection Officers, with fines and enforcement now in...
August 4, 2026
NNPC profit fell 35.4% to N2.28 trillion, about US$1.7 billion, in the first half of 2026, with Federation Account remittances...
August 4, 2026
Nigerian banking stocks added N288.44 billion in market value in a single session, reversing prior-week losses even as most equities...
August 4, 2026