E-commerce continues to thrive in Africa and in recent times, the conversation has shifted from whether it can work to how the work done can be sustained. While the market is still far from what is obtainable in the developed world, online marketplaces have contributed to the continent’s economic growth …
Read More »GTCO Plc Releases 2021 Full Year Audited Results…reports Profit Before Tax of ₦221.5billion
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO Plc” or “the Group”) has released its Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group’s balance sheet remained well structured and resilient with total assets and …
Read More »2021: Dangote increases sugar production by 9.2% to 811,962 tonnes
For the full year ended December 31, 3021, the Management of Dangote Sugar has revealed that the group’s production volume increased by 9.2 percent to 811,962 tonnes in contrast to 743,858 tonnes, in the corresponding period of 2020. This volume was said to be achieved on the strength of improved …
Read More »Tinubu: If elected, I’ll rule Nigeria for 8 years, turn things around
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that when elected as president of Nigeria in 2023, he will rule for eight years. Tinubu, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC, stated that after he might have ruled for two terms, he …
Read More »Mercy Aigbe lied! She’s been dating my husband since 2010 – Adeoti’s first wife
Mercy Aigbe lied! She’s been dating my husband since 2010 – Adeoti’s first wife Oluwafunso Asiwaju, the estranged wife of Nollywood movie marketer, Kazim Adeoti, has alleged that her husband had been having sexual relations with actress Mercy Aigbe, who was now his second wife. In a statement on her …
Read More »CBA FOUNDATION LAUNCHES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE TO TAKE INTERVENTION AMONG UNDERPRIVILEGED WIDOWS TO NEXT LEVEL
If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at a …
Read More »2023: Some politicians canvassing support today should be in jail – OBJ
Obasanjo Olusegun Obasanjo, elder statesman and Nigeria’s former president, has argued, in what seems like a veiled reference to Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Anyim Pius Anyim, among others currently seeking to be president, that some aspirants currently moving freely around the country for consultations ahead of the 2023 presidential election …
Read More »BREAKING: ASUU to extend strike till April
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may likely extend its nationwide strike until April. Recall, it was reported that ASUU embarked on the strike on February 14th to press home their demands from the federal government. However, several engagements between the union and representatives of the government have ended …
Read More »JAIZ Bank Chairman Umaru Mutallab Dragged to Court Over Unremitted N75 Million Rent
In a bid to recover unremitted sum of N75mllion collected as rent, a limited liability company GORI Nigeria Limited has dragged the Chairman of Jaiz bank Plc Alhaji (DR) Adamu Umaru Mutallab before a Lagos high court. In a statement of claim accompanied by statement witness on oath of the …
Read More »Airtel offers free calls for Nigerian families, friends in Ukraine
Airrtel Nigeria has announced customers on its network can call their loved ones, family members and friends in Ukraine for free and without any conditions attached. The gesture, it said, is to provide unhindered access to everyone who needs to reach out and connect with their loved ones in Ukraine …
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