Nigerian billionaires, Dangote, Rabiu, & Adenuga make Forbes’ Africa richest people list

Nigerian billionaires, Dangote, Rabiu, & Adenuga make Forbes’ Africa richest people list

Nigerian billionaires, Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga were listed in the ranking of richest people in Africa by Forbes, with a joint net worth of $27.6 billion, accounting for 32.5% of the total 18 billionaires on the list. The wealth of African billionaires has grown significantly in 2021 despite the effects of the […]

Oando appoints two new independent non-executive directors

Oando appoints two new independent non-executive directors

Oando Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs Ronke Sokefun and Mrs Nana Mede as independent non-executive directors effective December 23. The company notified the public of the new appointments in a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Communications, Alero Balogun. The statement, titled ‘Notification on the appointment and resignation of directors,’ said “The […]

Renewed profit-taking drags stock market indices by N20bn

Renewed profit-taking drags stock market indices by N20bn

Following renewed profit taking activity, the equities market halted five days gaining streak to close on a downturn yesterday, causing market capitalisation to plunge by N20 billion. Specifically, at the close of trading yesterday, the NGX All-Share Index depreciated by 37.83 basis points to 43859.30 points from 43897.13 points reported the previous day. Similarly, market […]

Billionaire, Aliko Dangote makes N218 billion after Dangote Cement’s buyback program

Billionaire, Aliko Dangote makes N218 billion after Dangote Cement’s buyback program

Alhaji Aliko Dangote The chairman of the Dangote Group and African Billionaire, Aliko Dangote, gained a massive N218 billion from his Dangote Cement Plc stake after the cement company completed a share buy-back program on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). The richest man in Africa currently holds the majority stake in Dangote Cement Plc, to […]

Dangote Cement Plc announces completion of Tranche II Share buy-back programme

Dangote Cement Plc announces completion of Tranche II Share buy-back programme

Dangote Cement Plc has announced the completion of its second tranche of share buy-back programme which lasted for two days, from January 19 – 20, 2022. The Tranche II of the programme entailed the repurchase of 126,748,153 units of shares, representing 0.74% of the Company’s issued and fully paid ordinary shares, at an average price […]