Economy
Investment Opportunities in FGN Savings Bond
By FSDH Research
Have you ever considered how much money you could create from that your little N5,000? And most times, a lot of people blow it off, by spending it on frivolities. An adage says ‘a little drop of water makes a mighty ocean’.
The Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bond (FGNSB), just like a mutual fund, is an instrument the FGN uses to mobilize savings from low income earners for developmental purposes.
In return for investing money in the FGNSB, the FGN, through the Debt Management Office (DMO), pays interest (coupon) to the investor every 3 months.
In our previous report entitled ‘Policies to Increase National Disposable Income’, we noted that there is low savings in Nigeria compared with some other countries.
The culture of low savings is one of the reasons why the interest rate on loans is high in Nigeria. In order to increase national savings, more people need to be encouraged to save their money in addition to providing an enabling environment to create jobs so that more people can earn income from which they can save and invest.
Before the FGN introduced the Savings Bond in March 2017, the government had two major securities to borrow money from the Nigerian public: FGN Bonds and Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs).
The minimum amount required to invest in these two securities is now significantly higher than what most low-income earners can afford.
However, with the introduction of the FGNSB, which requires a minimum investment of N5,000, more people are able to invest part of their income and earn returns from it.
Although the FGNSB is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), allowing investors who need money before maturity to sell and receive cash, it is not actively traded on the NSE.
Therefore, mutual funds might be more attractive because investors may turn their investments into cash more easily than the FGNSB.
The DMO, on behalf of the FGN, issues the FGNSB on the first week of every month and it is open for 5 working days. In order to buy the FGNSB, the investor must approach a DMO-licensed stockbroker to act on his or her behalf.
The Savings Bond has the full support of the FGN and, as a result, returns are always paid regardless of the state of the economy.
Due to this, the FGNSB is one of the few types of financial investments in Nigeria that has minimal risk. This further shows that the FGNSB is a very good investment opportunity for low-income earners who do not want to expose their investment to excessive risk.
In addition, the FGNSB is also exempted from payment of all forms of taxes.
There are two different kinds of FGNSB: the one that takes 2 years before the principal is paid back to investors (known as the 2-year FGNSB) and the one that takes 3 years before the principal is paid back to investors (known as the 3-year FGNSB).
Fixed interests are paid once every 3 months (quarterly). Thus, for a 2-year FGNSB, interest is paid 8 times while interest is paid 12 times for a 3-year FGNSB. The average interest rates (coupon rates) on the 2-year and 3-year FGNSB are 11.20% and 12.20% respectively since inception, which are both higher than the savings account interest rate which is 4.13%.
Investment in FGNSB is another way to make your money work for you 24 hours a day non-stop, just the same way your investment in a mutual fund, which is managed by a professional fund manager, works for you 24 hours a day non-stop.
Our illustration shows that an investment of N100,000 in the FGNSB could grow to N1,582,382.48 in 25 years. This is possible if the interest earned and the maturing principal are reinvested at an interest rate of 11.20% annually payable every quarter.
By Adedapo Adesanya
The domestic supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, from the Dangote Refinery increased by 64.4 percent in December 2025, contributing to an enhancement in Nigeria’s overall petrol availability.
This is according to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) in its December 2025 Factsheet Report released on Thursday.
The downstream regulatory agency revealed that the private refinery raised its domestic petrol supply from 19.47 million litres per day in November 2025 to an average of 32.012 million litres per day in December, as it quelled any probable fuel scarcity associated with the festive month.
The report attributed the improvement to more substantial capacity utilisation at the Lagos-based oil facility, which reached a peak of 71 per cent in December.
The increased output from Dangote Refinery contributed to a rise in Nigeria’s total daily domestic PMS supply to 74.2 million litres in December, up from 71.5 million litres per day recorded in November.
The authority also reported a sharp increase in petrol consumption, rising to 63.7 million litres per day in December 2025, up from 52.9 million litres per day in the previous month.
In contrast, the domestic supply of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) known as diesel declined to 17.9 million litres per day in December from 20.4 million litres per day in November, even as daily diesel consumption increased to 16.4 million litres per day from 15.4 million litres per day.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) supply recorded modest growth during the period, rising to 5.2 metric tonnes per day in December from 5.0 metric tonnes per day in November.
Despite the gains recorded by Dangote Refinery and modular refineries, the NMDPRA disclosed that Nigeria’s four state-owned refineries recorded zero production in December.
It said the Port Harcourt Refinery remained shut down, though evacuation of diesel produced before May 24, 2025, averaged 0.247 million litres per day. The Warri and Kaduna refineries also remained shut down throughout the period.
On modular refineries, the report said Waltersmith Refinery (Train 2 with 5,000 barrels per day) completed pre-commissioning in December, with hydrocarbon introduction expected in January 2026. The refinery recorded an average capacity utilisation of 63.24 per cent and an average AGO supply of 0.051 million litres per day
Edo Refinery posted an average capacity utilisation of 85.43 per cent with AGO supply of 0.052 million litres per day, while Aradel recorded 53.89 per cent utilisation and supplied an average of 0.289 million litres per day of AGO.
Total AGO supply from the three modular refineries averaged 0.392 million litres per day, with other products including naphtha, heavy hydrocarbon kerosene (HHK), fuel oil, and marine diesel oil (MDO).
The report listed Nigeria’s 2025 daily consumption benchmarks as 50 million litres per day for petrol, 14 million litres per day for diesel, 3 million litres per day for aviation fuel (ATK), and 3,900 metric tonnes per day for cooking gas.
Actual daily truck-out consumption in December stood at 63.7 million litres per day for petrol, 16.4 million litres per day for diesel, 2.7 million litres per day for ATK and 4,380 metric tonnes per day for cooking gas.
By Adedapo Adesanya
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced a comprehensive revision of minimum capital requirements for nearly all capital market operators, marking the most significant overhaul since 2015.
The changes, outlined in a circular issued on January 16, 2026, obtained from its website on Friday, replace the previous regime. Operators have been given until June 30, 2027, to comply.
The SEC stated that the reforms aim to strengthen market resilience, enhance investor protection, discourage undercapitalised operators, and align capital adequacy with the evolving risk profile of market activities.
According to the circular, “The revised framework applies to brokers, dealers, fund managers, issuing houses, fintech firms, digital asset operators, and market infrastructure providers.”
Some of the key highlights of the new reforms include increment of minimum capital for brokers from N200 million to N600 million while for dealers, it was raised to N1 billion from N100 million.
For broker-dealers, they are to get N2 billion instead of the previous N300 million, reflecting multi-role exposure across trading, execution, and margin lending.
The agency said fund and portfolio managers with assets above N20 billion must hold N5 billion, while mid-tier managers must maintain N2 billion with private equity and venture capital firms to have N500 million and N200 million, respectively.
There was also dynamic rule as firms managing assets above N100 billion must hold at least 10 per cent of assets under management as capital.
“Digital asset firms, previously in a regulatory grey area, are now fully covered: digital exchanges and custodians must maintain N2 billion each, while tokenisation platforms and intermediaries face thresholds of N500 million to N1 billion. Robo-advisers must hold N100 million.
“Other segments are also affected: issuing houses offering full underwriting services must hold N7 billion, advisory-only firms N2 billion, registrars N2.5 billion, trustees N2 billion, underwriters N5 billion, and individual investment advisers N10 million. Market infrastructure providers carry some of the highest obligations, with composite exchanges and central counterparties required to maintain N10 billion each, and clearinghouses N5 billion,” the SEC added.
By Aduragbemi Omiyale
The founder and chief executive of Austin Laz and Company Plc, Mr Asimonye Austin Lazarus Azubuike, has sold off about 52.24 million shares of the organisation.
The stocks were offloaded in 11 tranches at an average price of N4.36 per unit, amounting to about N227.8 million.
The transactions occurred between December 2025 and January 2026, according to a notice filed by the company to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Friday.
Business Post reports that Austin Laz is known for producing ice block machines, aluminium roofing, thermoplastics coolers, PVC windows and doors, ice cream machines, and disposable plates.
The firm evolved from refrigeration sales to diverse manufacturing since its incorporation in 1982 in Benin City, Edo State, though facing recent operational halts.
According to the statement signed by company secretary, Ifeanyi Offor & Associates, Mr Azubuike first sold 1.5 million units of the equities at N2.42, and then offloaded 2.4 million units at N2.65, and 2.0 million units at N2.65.
In another tranche, he sold another 2.0 million units at a unit price of N2.91, and then 5.0 million units at N3.52, as well as about 4.5 million at N3.87 per share.
It was further disclosed that the owner of the company also sold 9.0 million shares at N4.25, and offloaded another 368,411 units at N4.66, then in another transaction sold about 6.9 million units at N4.67.
In the last two transactions he carried out, Mr Azubuike first traded 10.0 million units equities at N5.13, with the last being 8.5 million stocks sold at N5.64 per unit.
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