Embattled Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, Representing Delta North senatorial zone has declared that the Federal High Court in Abuja lacks jurisdiction to order an interim forfeiture of...
Embattled Senator Peter Nwaoboshi is swimming deeper in troubled waters, as an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of his...
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has signed a medium term N200 billion loan facility with seven Nigerian banks for a period of seven years. Speaking at the...
The 2019 general elections and the heated political climate in the country have taken a toll on the nation’s stock market, as investors on the Nigerian...
Access Bank Plc Thursday disclosed that its business combination deal with Diamond Bank Plc, which aims to produce Africa’s largest retail lender by customers will be...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted approvals in principle for the merger of Access and Diamond banks....
The nation’s stock market, for the first time in 2019, posted slight gain after the close of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange...
The ongoing merger process between Access and Diamond banks has impacted negatively on the shares of Access Bank Plc, as it emerged the biggest loser at...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the merger of Diamond Bank with Access, returning a no Objection verdict. The CBN gave the approval in...
There are conflicting reports trailing the move by Access Bank Plc to acquire Diamond Bank Plc, after denials by both banks that they are in merger...
Global rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has said the operations of banks in Nigeria are being constrained by the operating environment in the country. Fitch, which stated...
By Reuben Abati … A week ago, I stumbled on an article titled “Africa and the burden of Leadership” (The Guardian, Nov. 7), written by Aigboje...
Two commercial banks in the country, Diamond Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc have denied reports that the two banks are in merger or acquisition talks....
Access Bank is set to add Diamond Bank’s portfolio to its assets in the next few months, The Nation has learnt. Talks on the acquisition are...
Activities at the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday closed on a negative note amid renewed profit taking in market bellwether after recording...
Despite the improving macroeconomic environment, the banking industry seems likely to continue to grapple with Non-Performing Loans (NPLs), in the short-term at least, as financial results...
As Nigerian banks prepare for a new cycle of capital raising, Access Bank Plc has secured shareholders’ approval to raise up to $1.5 billion under a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the duo of Idakwoji Cyril Ameh and Oboma Chisolm, formerly of Access Bank, before Justice Adamu Turaki...
Nigerian equities closed in the negative for the second consecutive trading session as investors continued their sell down in a momentary period before the main inflow...
Nigerian equities were overtly in a bullish mood on Monday as the stock market reopened to increase in bargain-hunting from investors taking positions ahead of the...
Access Bank will be distributing N7.23 billion to its shareholders as interim dividend for the first half of this year after the commercial bank sustained impressive...
A consortium of banks led by Access Bank PLC have taken over the Etisalat Nigeria, one of the telecommunication company in the country. The take over...
Nigerian equities surged ahead of most global equities in the immediate past week as considerably impressive first quarter earnings by quoted companies quickened investors’ appetite for...
Shareholders of Access Bank Plc have approved a total dividend payout of N18.8 billion for the 2016 business year. At the annual general meeting in Lagos,...
Access Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the full year ended 31 December, 2016 and proposed a final dividend of 40 Kobo per share...
Allan Gray Ltd., the largest manager of non-government investment funds in Africa, has increased its stake in Zenith and Access Banks. The South African investor, based...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied detaining the wife and 8-month-old son of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, at Access...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will this Thursday announce that Nigeria’s spiraling inflation has throttled to its highest in 11 years. Most analysts predicted that...
The kids are expected to take the centre stage on Friday at on-going 2016 Access Bank-UNICEF Charity Shield Polo Tournament with a special Children Day event....
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday stormed the head office of Access Bank in Victoria Island, Lagos and arrested its Managing...
By Ope Banwo…We at Change Vigilantes International have closely followed the ongoing national discussions on the allocation of the scarce foreign exchange earned by the Nigerian...
Shareholders of Access bank Plc would receive a total of N15.9 billion as cash dividend for the 2015 business year as the commercial bank braced the...
In from Success Allantee . . . Access Bank Plc on Wednesday released its third quarter earnings report indicating significant growths in incomes and profitability. The...
In from Ali Smart … Access Bank PLC has hinted of plans to raise fresh funds from the capital market shortly after it realised N41.8 billion...
In from Success Allantee … Access Bank’s recent rights issue was undersubscribed by almost a quarter as the bank was able to raise N41.8 billion out...
