Business News

Resort Saving blames suspension in trading for delay in Milost deal

Resort Savings and Loans Plc has attributed the delay in Milost Global injecting funds to a technical suspension on its stock.

Published

2 years ago

September 20, 2018

Onome Ohwovoriole

Resort Savings and Loans Plc has attributed the delay in Milost Global injecting funds to a technical suspension placed on its shares.

The company made this known in a notice it sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). According to the release, the bank had obtained a binding and first drawdown agreement of $10 million, with a provision of immediate release of $1 million. Resort had in March this year announced a $250 million financing agreement with Milost Global.

“The release of the fund is being delayed by the inability of the bank to value its shares through market forces. The stock is currently on technical suspension.”

In order to expedite the lifting of the suspension and the recapitalisation, the company has taken the following steps:

The bank’s financial statements for 2015, 2016, and 2017 are being audited.
Appointment of parties to the issue in view.
Execution of Escrow Agent Agreement with Milost Global Inc and the Escrow Agent in Nigeria.
Forwarding of Audited Financial statements to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before being transmitted to stakeholders.

Will Milost be third lucky?

The private equity firm has so far been unable to seal a definitive agreement with two companies listed on the exchange.

Plans to invest $1 billion in Unity bank, were terminated due to what it termed threats. The Bank denied it had any binding definitive agreement with Milost Global and stated that both parties were only engaged in a preliminary discussion. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has since begun investigations into the aborted deal.

Japaul Oil and Maritime Plc then pulled out of its agreement with the company. Acting Managing Director, Akin Oladapo, disclosed that the company took the decision in view of the several red flags associated with the planned equity injection.

Milost Global, founded by Mandla J Gwandiso in 2015 is an American Private Equity firm that is headquartered in New York City, with more than $25 billion in committed capital.

Related Topics:Milost Global Resort Savings and Loans

Onome Ohwovoriole

Onome Ohwovoriole has a degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Benin and prior to joining Nairametrics in December 2016 as Lead Analyst had stints in Publishing, Automobile Services, Entertainment and Leadership Training.He covers companies in the Nigerian corporate space, especially those listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).He also has a keen interest in new frontiers like Cryptocurrencies and Fintech. In his spare time, he loves to read books on finance, fiction as well as keep up with happenings in the world of international diplomacy.You can contact him via [email protected]

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Energy

Nigeria breaks transmission record again, hitting 5,801.60 MW

The TCN has broken its own transmission record three times in the space of a week.

Published

48 mins ago

March 3, 2021

William Ukpe

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The Transmission Company of Nigeria announced another record, as grid transmission hits a peak of 5801.60 MW.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Power, Engineer Sale Mamman in a statement on Tuesday evening.

“Back-to-Back Peak Transmission, Yesterday, 1st of March at 9:30 pm, we hit a new HIGH,” he said.

He added that 5801.60 MW transmitted at a frequency of 50.09 hz.

“Next Level heights for the Power Sector. Kudos to all at the TCN & MoP striving towards stable energy for Nigerians,” he added.

Back-to-Back Peak Transmission, Yesterday, 1st of March at 9:30pm, we hit a new HIGH!
5⃣,8⃣0⃣1⃣.6⃣0⃣Megawatts transmitted at a frequency of 5⃣0⃣.0⃣9⃣Hz💡⬆️ 🇳🇬
Next Level heights for the Power Sector. Kudos to all at the TCN & MoP striving towards stable energy for Nigerians.👏🏾
— Engr. Sale Mamman (@EngrSMamman) March 2, 2021

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Nairametrics reported yesterday that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced that it hit another record milestone on transmission, as it recorded a national peak of 5,615.40MW.
On March 1st that the TCN announced it has broken its transmission record once again, after hitting a record of 5,584.40 MW.

Coronavirus

COVID-19 Update in Nigeria

On the 2nd of March 2021, 479 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria

Published

11 hours ago

March 3, 2021

Samuel Oyekanmi

The spread of novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria continues to record significant increases as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reveal Nigeria now has 156,496 confirmed cases.

On the 2nd of March 2021, 479 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

To date, 156,496 cases have been confirmed, 134,551 cases have been discharged and 1,923 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

A total of 1.54 million tests have been carried out as of March 2nd, 2021 compared to 1.49 million tests a day earlier.

COVID-19 Case Updates- 2nd March 2021,

Total Number of Cases – 156,496
Total Number Discharged – 135,136
Total Deaths – 1,923
Total Tests Carried out – 1,544,008

According to the NCDC, the 479 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (153), Enugu (75), Rivers (50), FCT (40), Kaduna (18), Ebonyi (17), Plateau (17), Edo (17), Borno (16), Oyo (12) Kano (11), Abia (10), Cross River (10), Taraba (9), Nasarawa (7), Bauchi (4), Bayelsa (3), Delta (3), Ekiti (2), Niger (2), Ogun (2) and Akwa Ibom (1).

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 56,001, followed by Abuja (19,274), Plateau (8,911), Kaduna (8,531), Oyo (6,746), Rivers (6,544), Edo (4,607), Ogun (4,398), Kano (3,764), Ondo (2,983), Kwara (2,931), Delta (2,576), Osun (2,433), Nasarawa (2,234), Enugu (2,078), Gombe (2,051), Katsina (2,030), Ebonyi (1,881), Anambra (1,726), and Abia (1,530).

Akwa Ibom has recorded 1,519 cases, Imo (1,497), Borno (1,292), Bauchi (1,232), Benue (1,188), Niger (917), Taraba (813), Ekiti (804), Bayelsa (772), Sokoto (769), Adamawa (762), Jigawa (496), Kebbi (377), Cross River (334), Yobe (268), Zamfara (219), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.

Lock Down and Curfew

In a move to combat the spread of the pandemic disease, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days, which took effect from 11 pm on Monday, 30th March 2020.

The movement restriction, which was extended by another two weeks period, has been partially put on hold with some businesses commencing operations from May 4. On April 27th, 2020, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari declared an overnight curfew from 8 pm to 6 am across the country, as part of new measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19. This comes along with the phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in FCT, Lagos, and Ogun States, which took effect from Saturday, 2nd May 2020, at 9 am.

On Monday, 29th June 2020 the federal government extended the second phase of the eased lockdown by 4 weeks and approved interstate movement outside curfew hours with effect from July 1, 2020. Also, on Monday 27th July 2020, the federal government extended the second phase of eased lockdown by an additional one week.

On Thursday, 6th August 2020 the federal government through the secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 announced the extension of the second phase of eased lockdown by another four (4) weeks.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State announced the closed down of the Eti-Osa Isolation Centre, with effect from Friday, 31st July 2020. He also mentioned that the Agidingbi Isolation Centre would also be closed and the patients relocated to a large capacity centre.

Due to the increased number of covid-19 cases in Nigeria, the Nigerian government ordered the reopening of Isolation and treatment centres in the country on Thursday, 10th December 2020.

On 26th January 2021, the Federal Government announced the extension of the guidelines of phase 3 of the eased lockdown by one month following the rising cases of the coronavirus disease in the country and the expiration of phase 3 of the eased lockdown.

On 28th February 2021, the federal government confirmed that the first tranche of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in Nigeria on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021.