Nigeria Law
Companies of Record

Banking · democracy · Founded 1990 / 1990

Zenith Bank / GTCO (Guaranty Trust)

Status: Operating.

Why it is on record

The two flagship "new generation" banks; both listed on the London Stock Exchange (GTBank 2007 — first Nigerian company on the LSE main market via GDRs; Zenith 2013). GTCO's 2021 holding-company restructure and Zenith's scale records are documented in NGX filings.

Record held

First Nigerian LSE listings; consistently Africa's most profitable banks by ROE (documented rankings).
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Redline

Wikipedia is never a source.