Nigeria has a high record of unclaimed dividends, which has continually grown over the years. As of December 2021, the unclaimed dividends were about N177 billion, up from the N168 billion in 2020, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
According to Investopedia, a dividend is
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