Business
Jaiz Bank tops stocks as equities close at N485bn
Jaiz Bank tops stocks as equities close at N485bn
Nigeria’s premier and largest non-interest bank, Jaiz Bank Plc, was the most sought after stock at the stock market as investors scrambled to take positions in the bank after official confirmation of its recent recapitalisation.
The board of Jaiz Bank announced that the bank plans to scale up its capital base to N70 billion, after it successfully raised additional N10.4 billion new equity capital through a recent private placement.
The new capital brought the bank’s share capital and share premium to N18.7 billion, N1.3 billion below Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s new minimum capital requirement of N20 billion.
Jaiz Bank is one of the three banks with highest relevant minimum capital base, as defined by the CBN. Banks have up till March 2026 to comply with the new minimum capital requirements for their various licenses.
Jaiz Bank was the most active stock at the stock market in a rebound that saw Nigerian equities closing weekend with net capital gain of N485.4 billion.
Transactions on Jaiz Bank accounted for 686.93 million shares valued at N1.49 billion in 955 deals, the highest by any stock for the week. Cutix Plc occupied a distant second with a turnover of 232.07 million shares worth N1.44 billion in 822 deals. FCMB Group placed third with a turnover of 220.7 million shares worth N1.71 billion in 924 deals.
Altogether, the three most active stocks accounted for 1.14 billion shares worth N4.63 billion in 2,701 deals, representing 40.32 per cent and 10.93 per cent of the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.
Total turnover at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) rose to 2.827 billion shares worth N42.366 billion in 44,277 deals last week as against 2.765 billion shares valued at N85.230 billion traded in 40,796 deals two weeks ago.
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The banking-led financial services sector accounted for more than three quarters of transactions at the market, with a sectoral turnover of 2.179 billion shares valued at N30.667 billion traded in 25,260 deals, representing 77.08 per cent and 72.38 per cent of the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The industrial goods sector was a distant second with a turnover of 246.921 million shares worth N2.039 billion in 2,068 deals while the oil and gas sector placed third with a turnover of 107.218 million shares worth N1.704 billion in 3,128 deals.
Benchmark indices indicated average gain of 0.87 per cent during the week, equivalent to net capital gain of N485.4 billion. The All Share Index (ASI)-the value-based common index that tracks all share prices at the NGX, rose from its week’s opening index of 99,671.28 points to close at 100,539.40 points.
Aggregate market value of all quoted equities also increased correspondingly from the week’s opening value of N56.441 trillion to close weekend at N56.929 trillion. The market capitalisation was slightly moderated by the delisting of three companies during the week.
The market sentiment was generally positive with more gainers that losers. There were 37 gainers and 34 losers last week compared with 34 gainers and 38 losers recorded in the previous week.
Chairman, Jaiz Bank Plc, Alhaji Mustapha Bintube, last week said the bank plans to grow its capital base to N70 billion by the end of this year.
He pointed out that the bank is also poised for another impressive performance in 2024, noting that half year profit for 2024 had already surpassed the bank’s full-year profit of N11 billion in 2023.
According to him, from its humble beginning of initial capital of N6 billion in 2012, Jaiz Bank has grown consistently to become a dominant ethical bank in the West African region.
Bintube said the bank would continue to reflect its growth in dividend payment to shareholders, promising to increase the dividend payouts in the years ahead.
Managing Director, Jaiz Bank Plc, Haruna Musa, said the bank was working to be the first bank to complete its recapitalisation process.
According to him, the bank would soon launch a public offer to raise additional equity capital.
Jaiz Bank tops stocks as equities close at N485bn
Aviation
Disaster averted as bird strike hits Abuja-Lagos Air Peace flight
Disaster averted as bird strike hits Abuja-Lagos Air Peace flight
An Abuja-Lagos flight was on Thursday aborted following a bird strike on the airplane belonging to Air Peace, forcing the authorities to ground the aircraft.
The bird strike experienced in the early hours reportedly prompted a ramp return to ensure the safety of passengers onboard.
All the passengers quickly disembarked and were calmed down before they were moved into another plane for the one-hour journey.
A bird strike is a collision between a bird and an aircraft, or other airborne animal, while the aircraft is in flight, taking off, or landing. And it can be a significant threat to aircraft safety.
Air Peace in a statement by its Head of Corporate Communications, Ejike Ndiulo, said the bird strike occurred at 6:30am, and all passengers disembarked normally.
The statement read, “We wish to inform our esteemed passengers that our Abuja- Lagos 06:30 flight experienced a bird strike before take-off, prompting a ramp return as a safety measure. All passengers disembarked normally.
“We have deployed a replacement aircraft for the affected flight in order to minimize disruptions, thus ensuring that passengers continue their journeys promptly.
“We appeal for the understanding of our valued passengers impacted by this development, as well as those on other flights that may experience delays.
“At Air Peace, we are committed to providing safe, comfortable, and reliable air travel for all our passengers.”
Business
NNPC achieves 1.8mbpd crude oil production
NNPC achieves 1.8mbpd crude oil production
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and its partners have revved up crude oil and gas production to 1.8million barrels per day (mbpd) and 7.4standard cubic feet per day (scfd).
The company which announced this at a press briefing said the feat was achieved in compliance with the mandate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Speaking on the development, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mele Kyari, congratulated the Production War Room Team that anchored the production recovery process.
“The team has done a great job in driving this project of not just production recovery but also escalating production to expected levels that are in the short and long terms acceptable to our shareholders based on the mandates that we
have from the President, the Honourable Minister, and the Board,” Kyari explained.
Giving details of the efforts of the Production War Room, the Chief War Room Coordinator and Senior Business Adviser to the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lawal Musa, disclosed that the feat was achieved through the collaborative efforts of Joint Venture and Production Sharing Contract partners, the Office of the National Security Adviser, as well as government and private security agencies.
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He said the interventions that led to the recovery of production cut across every segment of the production chain with security agencies closely monitoring the pipelines.
He stressed that when the Production War Room team was inaugurated on 25th June 2024, production was at 1.430mbpd, but the team swung into action, culminating into sustaining the production recovery to 1.7mbpd in August and hitting the current 1.808mbpd in November.
“We are confident that with this same momentum and with the active collaboration of all stakeholders, especially on the security front, we can see the possibility of getting to 2mbpd by the end of the year,” he stated.
Also speaking on the development, Chairman of the NNPC Ltd Board of Directors, Chief Pius Akinyelure, who also congratulated the team, said he was happy to be part of the production recovery process, adding: “today, I will leave this place with my heart full of joy”.
He charged the Company’s Management to come up with a cashflow projection based on the new production figures to facilitate planning, stressing that he was looking forward to further production increase to 3mbpd.
On his part, the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, expressed satisfaction with the performance of the team and pledged the Federal Government’s support for the company to do more.
NNPC achieves 1.8mbpd crude oil production
Business
FG gets fresh $134m loan from AfDB for agric projects
FG gets fresh $134m loan from AfDB for agric projects
The Federal Government has secured a loan facility of $134million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help farmers boost seeds and grain production in the country.
This is contained in a statement issued by Anthonia Eremah, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, on Thursday, in Abuja.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, made his know at the unveiling of the 2024/2025 National Dry Season Farming in Calabar, Cross River State capital.
Kyari explained that with the re-introduction of the national dry season farming to boost year-round agricultural production, the loan would be handy and guarantee national food security in the country.
The minister said the initiative is under the National Agricultural Growth Support Scheme-Agro Pocket (NAGS-AP) Project.
He said the federal government had declared an emergency on food production to enable all Nigerians to get easy access to quality and nutritional food at affordable rates.
Kyari also said government wants to use the agricultural sector for national economic revival through increase in production of some staple food crops such as wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, soybean, and cassava during both dry and wet season farming.
He added that 107,429 wheat farmers were supported under phase 1 of the 2023/2024 dry season, and 43,997 rice farmers under the second phase of the 2023/2024 dry season.
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The minister said recently, government supported 192,095 rice, maize, sorghum/millet, soyabean and cassava farmers under the 2024 wet season across the 37 States including the FCT.
He said Cross River was leading 16 other states in wheat production, adding that over 3000 wheat farmers have been listed to benefit from the support to grow the grain.
Kyari noted the Cross River government’s commitment to wheat production.
He said it informed why the federal government is partnering with the state to kick start the maiden wheat production and enlisting them among states commencing the current 2024/2025 dry season farming.
“The 2024/2025 dry season farming, the project is targeted to support 250,000 wheat farmers across the wheat-producing states with subsidised agricultural inputs.
“This is to cultivate about 250,000 hectares with an expected output of about 750,000 metric tonnes of wheat to be added to the food reserve to reduce dependence on importation of the product and also increase domestic consumption.
“Equally the programme will provide support to 150,000 rice farmers under the second phase to cover all the 37 states, including FCT, with an expected output of about 450,000 metric tonnes,” he said.
FG gets fresh $134m loan from AfDB for agric projects
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