Dangote Sugar
14 Jan
Bearish sentiments persisted on the stock market on Tuesday, making investors incurred a loss of N1.1 trillion. Selloffs in MTN Nigeria, Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO), Dangote Sugar and United Capital, among others, declined equities further drove the market to a negative terrain. Specifically, the market capitalisation of listed equities, which opened…
1 Dec
Badan Enterprises Ltd, owner of 500 acres of land, has dragged Dangote Sugar Company, the Nasarawa State government, and Awe Local Government Area to court over non-payment of compensation for land ceded to Dangote Sugar Company. Black Peak Chamber, counsel to the plaintiff in the suit at the State High Court, disclosed that the plaintiff…
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The banking index led the losers' chart at the end of last week's transactions on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) with 6.51 per cent occasioned by price in United Bank for Africa and GTCO.
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