How to start investing in the Nigerian stock market in 2026. Step 1: Choose a licensed stockbroker. Step 2: Open an account and get your CSCS number. Step 3: Fund your account. Step 4: Buy your first shares. That is it. Four steps. Under 30 minutes on your first try. Everything below explains each step in plain language.

What does MeCure Industries sell? 💊 (9M 2026) Acute medicines: ₦40.2bn (57% of revenue) OTC: ₦14.6bn (+28%) Multivitamins: ₦5.7bn (-32%) Narcotics: ₦2.8bn (2.7x last year) Short-term, fast-selling medicines lead. Multivitamins slipped.

Austin Laz describes three divisions: ice machines and engineering, thermoplastic coolers, and aluminium roofing sheets. 🏭 The turnover note shows revenue from only one: the Engineering Division (₦227.2m). No revenue is shown for the other two.

From zero to ₦227.2m. 🔄 Austin Laz & Co. had NO revenue in 2025 and lost ₦16.2m for the year. In 9M 2026 it reports revenue of ₦227.2m and a profit after tax of ₦10.9m.

If you bought MeCure shares hoping for quarterly cash dividend alerts, you'll need to wait.

Is MeCure widely owned by the public? Not really. Who owns it: Udani family: 85.21% Stanbic IBTC Nominees: 9.78% Just 4 accounts control about 95% of the company. Free float: 13.89% This includes about 9.8% held through Stanbic IBTC nominees. All other shareholders hold only 4.09%. Free float is the share of a company available to the public. The smaller it is, the harder it is to buy or sell, and prices can swing on small orders.

₦105.8bn on advertising in 9M 2026. That's ₦388m a day, about ₦16m every hour, to remind you that you're thirsty.

Nigerian Breweries spent ₦465.2bn on raw materials in 9M 2026. That's ₦1.7bn every day.

Rent and invest the bulk. With ₦200m you can put most of it into solid money market funds or T-bills currently yielding around 18 to 21%. That alone can generate ₦36m to ₦40m a year, more than enough to cover a very comfortable rent, while your capital stays liquid and keeps compounding. Building locks the money up, exposes you to construction delays and cost overruns, and usually delivers lower net returns than the fixed income options available right now. You can always build later with a bigger pot.

Where does your ₦100 go when you buy a beer? 🍺 Nigerian Breweries' 9M 2026 results (unaudited) answer that, and they teach you how to read any company's profit. For every ₦100 of sales: 🏭 ₦56.70 → cost of making the beer (grains, packaging, plant) 🚚 ₦21.90 → selling, distribution and adverts 🏢 ₦5.40 → admin and overheads 🏦 ₦0.70 → net finance costs (interest, FX) 🧾 ₦5.20 → tax 💰 ₦10.30 → profit left for shareholders (Rounded, with a little other income making it add up.) 📘 3 terms to remember: Gross profit = sales minus the cost of making the product. NB: ₦477.9bn (43% margin). Operating profit = gross profit minus selling and admin costs. NB: ₦179.2bn. Net profit = what is left after interest and tax. NB: ₦114.1bn. 💡 Why it matters: two companies with the same sales can have very different profits. Check the margin at each step. Here, profit jumped 33% on only 5% more revenue, mainly because the company paid off its loan and its interest bill fell. Next time you read results, ask: where does each ₦100 go? Not investment advice.

NGX Market Movers: Wednesday, 28 October 2026 TOP GAINERS (start → close) SOVRENINS: ₦1.80 → ₦1.98 (+10.00%) UPDCREIT: ₦19.25 → ₦21.10 (+9.61%) AUSTINLAZ: ₦2.39 → ₦2.61 (+9.21%) UBA: ₦40.25 → ₦43.00 (+6.83%) CMFC: ₦3.15 → ₦3.33 (+5.71%) TOP LOSERS (start → close) FIRSTHOLDCO: ₦155.00 → ₦139.50 (-10.00%) TRIPPLEG: ₦2.54 → ₦2.40 (-5.51%) FTGINSURE: ₦1.68 → ₦1.60 (-4.76%) ROYALEX: ₦1.05 → ₦1.00 (-4.76%) #NGX #NigerianStocks #TopGainers #TopLosers

Rent and invest the rest. Wish I knew this before.

You just got your first ₦200 million. Do you BUILD a house or RENT one? 🏠💰

Go for Risevest Dividend Income Plan

₦5M CAN EARN ₦5.75M IN 5 YEARS. HERE'S THE MATHS. I noticed some people misunderstood my previous post, so let me clarify. If you put ₦5 million into Risevest's Naira Vault at the displayed rate of 23% per annum for 5 years: Yearly return: ₦1,150,000 5-year estimated returns: ₦5,750,000 Your original ₦5,000,000 + ₦5,750,000 returns = ₦10,750,000. So, the estimated profit is ₦5.75 million, not ₦750,000.

Oh now I understand The 5,750,000 is the total interest earned for 5 years excluding principal So, in total you get 10,750,000 after 5 years Not a bad investment

The naira strengthened officially, but the gap widened The NFEM rate improved 1.09% to ₦1,352.87 per dollar, while the average BDC rate weakened 0.72% to ₦1,385. The gap between the two markets jumped to 2.37% from 0.54%.

Some banks surged, but the Banking Index barely moved Wema Bank rose 4.01%, Access Holdings 3.26% and Stanbic IBTC 3.06%, yet the Banking Index gained just 0.01%. The Insurance Index fell 2.44%.

Three indexes, three different stories The All Share Index rose 1.07%, the Proshare cap weighted index rose 2.41% and the float adjusted index rose 0.73%. Meanwhile 36 stocks fell and only 20 rose. Which index you read changes the mood.

One stock was 94.30% of the day's trading value First Holdco traded ₦416.29bn of the market's ₦441.44bn, with 4.88bn units, or 93.19% of volume. Total value rose 1,634.54% on the day, so one stock drove the headline.

Dangote Cement hit a 52 week high after three straight rallies DANGCEM rose 9.80% to ₦1,341.90 from ₦1,222.10, lifting the Industrial Index 5.50%. That is roughly a 33% climb in three sessions, by my calculation.