Driven by substantial improvement on the share prices of majority of the listed equities, the value of listed equities on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), last week, rose by N152.80 billion.

Shareholders have seen the current price of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc shares as a very good buy opportunity given the growth potential in the financial conglomerate.

Bidvest Namibia said this week that inclusive black economic empowerment (BEE) is the underlying driver of its strategy as it prepares to list on the Namibian Stock Exchange on Monday, 26 October.

SHAREHOLDERS of ice-cream producer Milkworx yesterday cleared the way for agricultural and food processing firm Ububele -- which it made an offer to acquire through a share swap in July -- to list on AltX next month.

PROPOSED changes in JSE listings requirements would bring more clarity on the accreditation and sanction of auditors, an expert said yesterday.

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Despite the impressive performance of the agriculture sector, prices of fresh foodstuffs in major markets around Kigali have soared on account of high transport costs, a mini survey by Business Times has revealed.

Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon that cuts across every race and tribe; it is not an indigenous property of Nigeria.

In last week's article, "Dollar Reserves: Who Owns What?" we endeavoured to lift the shroud over the amorphous concept of Nigeria's foreign reserves. Incidentally, the Senate has lately in consonance with our position, also frowned at the illegality of the