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Warren Buffett’s Timeless Investment Lessons Every Investor Should Know

Warren Buffett is an Investor and Philanthropist, who sits as the Chairperson of Berkshire Hathaway, and American conglomerate. He is regarded as the Oracle of Omaha, currently has a net worth of about $142 billion according to Forbes, and can be said to be the greatest investor in the past several centuries. He has a cultlike following of value investors, and never ceases to teach on investing and life lessons through various mediums, including his Berkshire Annual Shareholders meeting which he has chaired for many years. He has been described as a voracious reader and avid learner, and is therefore a great source of inspiration and learning for investors any day any time. His investing lessons are applicable not only in America, but all over the world, with veritable results from some investors who have copied his style over the years across the world.   In this article we explore some of his invaluable and evergreen Investment lessons and aphorisms which he has shared in th...

Passive Income Investment Options- Dividend Paying Equity (Stocks)

One of the sweetest/orgasmic feelings one can get as an investor is the alert of cashflow into one's bank account from one's passive investments- more like getting your money to work for you while you sleep. Once the initial investment is made, without any extra effort on your part, you just receive regular inflow of cash either as interest or dividend payments. That is what a good Passive investment looks and feels like. If you have not had this feeling before, make a promise to yourself to avail yourself such privilege immediately after reading this article. You deserve it. In some of our previous articles we had outlined some passive income investment options available for investors to take advantage of- Money market funds , Commercial Papers , etc. Click on the links to read. It is always a pleasure to see testimonials from beneficiaries of information from our articles, sharing their experiences receiving their first passive investment income, and the feeling thereof. In t...

Presco PLC Appoints New CEO as Expansion Accelerates After Rights Issue

  NIGERIA: Presco PLC, Nigeria's leading fully integrated edible Oils and Fats company, has announced the retirement of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Felix Nwabuko after many years of exceptional leadership and significant contributions to the SIAT group and subsidiaries. The board announced the appointment of Mr Adewale Arikawe as a Non-Executive Director  with effect from 2nd of January, 2026, succeeding Mr Felix. Mr Adewale Arikawe has also been appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of SIAT, to oversee all SIAT subsidiaries, including PRESCO PLC, SIAT Nigeria Limited, and Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited.  Mr Arikawe has over twenty six years of leadership experience spanning across general management, commercial strategy, sales, customer development, and brand management, having held senior leadership roles at Royal FrieslandCampina, Friesland Campina WAMCO Nigeria, and Nestle Nigeria PLC. He holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management f...

Nigerian Banks Recapitalisation: First Bank & Fidelity Bank Meet CBN Capital Requirements

NIGERIA: FirstHoldCo , the parent company of First Bank of Nigeria PLC has never been the same since the shrewd investor, Mr Femi Otedola took over its reigns as Chairman of the company. He has since set out to transform the company and has made several strategic decisions and moves in line with that. Recent reports from late 2025 show that his stake in the Holdco is over 17%, with some reports placing it at over 40% considering acquisitions through his investment vehicles, making him the major shareholder. But this did not happen without a fight with the previous significant shareholders before displacing them and taking over the institution. Shareholders and investors in the company have also had good returns investing in the company since Otedola took over, with the share price rising from sub ₦20 to over ₦55 recently (52 week high). Some savvy investors who understand Femi Otedola's antecedents and the turnaround that was likely to follow with his entry, took position immediate...

GTCO Raises ₦10bn via Private Placement After 2024 Capital Raise: What Shareholders Should Know

Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC (GTCO), the parent company of Guaranty Trust Bank Limited, notified the NGX on the 30th of December, 2025 of its intention to raise additional capital through private placement of its ordinary shares, having obtained the approvals of both the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Like Access Holdings PLC, this comes as a surprise to shareholders of GTCO who had thought that the company had completed their capital raise following Central Bank of Nigeria's directive in 2024 to shore up the capital base of Nigerian banks. Recall that in a previous article, we had written about Access Holdings PLC when they released a notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting in December 2025 to get shareholders approval to raise additional capital of N40 billion  in a similar situation.  GTCO was one of the first commercial banks to meet up with the new minimum Capital base requirement of ₦500 billion ahead of the 2026...