TOP 10 NIGERIAN NEWS HEADLINES TODAY-26TH APRIL 2021

NICON Insurance faults report on Senate summon

NICON Insurance faults report on Senate summon
NICON Insurance Limited has faulted a report on its invitation to the Senate over failure to remit pension fund to the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate. In a statement titled, ‘NICON Insurance faults report on senate summon’, the insurance firm recalled the report, which stated that the Nigerian Senate had summoned the firm over ‘Failure to remit N17.4bn pension fund to PTAD’

TOP 10 NIGERIAN NEWS HEADLINES TODAY: 21ST APRIL 2021

FIRS directs companies within free trade zones to file income tax returns

FIRS directs companies within free trade zones to file income tax returns
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (“FIRS”)has issued a public notice to all approved enterprises operating within Nigeria’s Export Processing and Oil & Gas Free Zones to file income tax returns for 2021 and subsequent years of assessment; and compute income tax and pay the tax due.

TOP 10 NIGERIAN NEWS HEADLINES TODAY: 19TH APRIL 2021

1. Cryptocurrency: 1m investors liquidated, altcoins crash by 20% A significant number of investors in the crypto market have had their accounts liquidated amid the sudden drop seen in a number of altcoin assets. According to a report by nairametrics, about 1,018,638 investors had their account worth about $10 billion liquidated. The largest single liquidation order happened on Binance-BTC valued at $68.73 million. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had earlier this year directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to desist from engaging in crypto transactions. Even analysts have warned that despite the inherent gains in the crypto market it continues to pose significant risk to investors’ funds.

Cryptocurrency: 1m investors liquidated, altcoins crash by 20%
A significant number of investors in the crypto market have had their accounts liquidated amid the sudden drop seen in a number of altcoin assets. According to a report by nairametrics, about 1,018,638 investors had their account worth about $10 billion liquidated. The largest single liquidation order happened on Binance-BTC valued at $68.73 million. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had earlier this year directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to desist from engaging in crypto transactions. Even analysts have warned that despite the inherent gains in the crypto market it continues to pose significant risk to investors’ funds.

TOP 10 NIGERIAN NEWS HEADLINES TODAY: 14TH APRIL 2021

TOP 10 NIGERIAN NEWS HEADLINES TODAY

Local Equities Market Dips Further By 0.3 Per Cent As NGX Launches New Brand
Negative sentiments persist in the local bourse, on Tuesday, as the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) launches its new corporate brand identity and website. The launch of the new identity followed the demutualisation of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the resulting creation of the non-operating holding company NGX Group Plc and its subsidiaries: Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, the operating exchange; NGX Regulation (NGX RegCo) Limited, the independent regulatory arm of the Exchange; and NGX Real Estate (NGX RelCo) Limited, the real estate company.

TOP NEWS HEADLINES-WEDNESDAY 31ST MARCH, 2021

Transactions on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday returned to volatility, declining by N119 billion, despite juice earnings declared by some quoted companies.