ACQUISITION

Access Bank gets final nod to acquire Kenyan Transnational Bank

Access Bank Plc says it has secured final approvals of all relevant regulatory authorities in…

Onyema grateful to Buhari as Air Peace acquires B737-800 aircraft

Mr. Allen Onyeama, the Chairman of Air Peace airline has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu…

Rivers Govt acquires SPDC’s 45% interest in OML 11

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the Rivers State…

PepsiCo offers $1.7 billion to buy South Africa’s Pioneer Foods

  PepsiCo has made a 1.7 billion dollars (1.35 billion pounds) offer to buy South…

Saudi Prince buys 50 per cent of London's Savoy Hotel

A firm owned by the Gulf emirate of Qatar has acquired a 50 percent stake…

Singapore's GIC to buy US IndCor for $8.1 bn

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will buy IndCor Properties, one of the biggest industrial landlords…

Yahoo buys video ad platform for $640 mn

Yahoo on Tuesday announced it is buying video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million to…

Facebook closes WhatsApp deal at $22bn

Facebook on Monday completed its buy of mobile messaging application WhatsApp, with the mostly stock…

US giant AbbVie buys drugmaker Shire for $54bn

by Roland JACKSON LONDON (AFP) - Shire Pharmaceuticals has accepted a £32-billion ($54-billion, 40-billion-euro) takeover…