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FG Won’t Hike Taxes To Achieve 18% Tax-To-GDP Ratio – Adedeji

The Acting Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zacch Adedeji, has allayed business owners’ fears about the moves by the federal revenue agency to increase the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio to 18% from 10.86%, saying attaining the target will not necessarily involving raising tax rates. Adedeji, who restated the President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s […]

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Bulls Regain Control Of NGX, As Investors Gain N61Bn

Nigerian equities market closed on a bullish note as investors revved up their drive for blue-chip stocks with the attendant positive impact on the market’s breadth.. The All-Share Index (ASI), the benchmark index, traded 0.16% higher to close at 66,548.99 index points as against 66,439.53 index points recorded in the previous day’s trading session. Similarly, […]

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NGX Closes Negative, As Market Cap Dips By N84Bn

Trading at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) opened negative on Tuesday amidst buy-interests and sell-offs as bears dominated the trading session, thereby driving down the broad market’s value Consequently, the equities market’s All-share Index (ASI) slumped by 0.28% to close at 55,035.39 points while the market capitalization declined by N84 billion to close at N29.436 trillion. […]

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Equities Market Closes Week Positive, As Investors Gain N165Bn

Trading on the Nigerian equities market ended positive on Friday amidst buy-interests and sell-offs by investors as bulls dominated the session, driving up the broad market’s index. Data from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the local bourse’s supervisory institution,  indicated that at the end of the day’s trading, the All-share Index (ASI) surged by 0.55% […]

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Equities Market Opens Positive, As Investors Gain N84Bn

Trading on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) opened positive on Monday as bulls dominated the trading session, thereby growing the All-share Index (ASI) by 0.28% to close at 54,367.74 points. Available data from the market’s supervisory institution showed that at the end of the trading session, market capitalization grew by N84 billion to close at N29.612 […]

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NGX Sustains Positive Trend, As Investors Gain N272Bn

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed positive for the second consecutive day on Thursday amidst buy-interests and sell-offs by investors as bulls dominated proceedings, driving up the broad market’s index. Available data from the market’s moderating institution showed that at the end of the trading session, the All-share Index (ASI) appreciated by 0.93% to close at […]

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Exxon Mobil Opens Divestment Talks On Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Fields

Exxon Mobil, the U.S Texas-based company and one of Nigeria’s major upstream operating companies, has opened talks on the sale of a suite of oil and gas fields in Nigeria as it focuses on new developments in U.S. shale and Guyana. A news report by Reuters on Tuesday indicated that already the company was exploring […]