A Lagos-based businessman, Johnbosco Odoh, has shared the story of his difficulty in having a child after years of marriage following a strange gift of N2,000 and a charm in an envelope he and his wife received at their wedding. A visibly excited Odoh who hails from Ikem Nkwo …
Read More »VFD Group publishes 2024 Q1 Unaudited Financial Results
VFD Group Plc., a leading proprietary investment company in Nigeria, today announced its Q1 unaudited financial results for the year 2024, reporting ₦2,620 billion profit after tax. According to the result published on the NGX portal, the company’s balance sheet improved in the period under review as total assets hit …
Read More »DJ Cuppy celebrates appointment by British monarchy
Billionaire heiress and Nigerian disc jockey, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy has expressed delight over her recent appointment by British monarch, King Charles III. DJ Cuppy was appointed as a King’s Trust International Ambassador to King Charles III during a reception at Buckingham Palace on Friday in celebration …
Read More »EFCC boss Ibrahim Lamorde dies at 61
Ibrahim Lamorde, the third Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is dead. Lamorde, a police officer who served as EFCC chairman between 2011 and 2015 died in Egypt where he had travelled for medical treatment, PREMIUM TIMES reported early Sunday morning quoting an unnamed source. However, …
Read More »FIRSTBANK PARTNERS WITH PROPARCO ON CLIMATE PERFORMANCE
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, in partnership with Proparco, a Development Finance Institution is mainstreaming climate initiatives into its business operations and strategy. This is aimed at achieving a holistic integration of climate action on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction through an articulated strategic pathway to position the Bank as …
Read More »Appointments: New chair, Awomolo, accused of dictatorship as fresh crisis hit Body of Benchers
A fresh crisis is brewing within the Body of Benchers, the apex regulatory body for the legal profession in Nigeria, as the new chairman, Asiwaju Adegboyega Awolomo SAN, is accused of unilaterally reconstituting all committees without the customary approval of the Board. Awolomo’s decision to dissolve all existing committees and …
Read More »Court Seizes $4.7m, N830m, Multibillion Assets Linked To Emefiele
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several properties linked to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on Thursday, May 23, 2024, following an …
Read More »70 winners emerge from Stanbic IBTC Bank’s award-winning Reward4Saving April draw
L-R: Marian Odidika, Middle Market and Youth Segment Officer, Stanbic IBTC Bank; Alice Adeyemo and Remi Adebayo, both winners in the Reward4Savings 3.0 April draw and Sadiya Ojo, Head, Entrenchment, Stanbic IBTC Bank, at the cheque presentation ceremony which was recently held at Stanbic IBTC Towers, Walter Carrington Crescent, Lagos. …
Read More »Capital Trust Investment, Seyi Oke’s accounts, assets frozen over N6.2bn debt
The bank accounts and assets linked to Capital Trust Investments & Asset Management Limited and its founder, Seyi Oke, have been frozen by a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged N6.2bn debt. The court, also restrained the banks from dealing with the defendants, their agents, privies, subsidiaries, sister companies or the …
Read More »Why money isn’t key to happiness – Banky W
Banky W Nigerian singer turned clergyman and politician, Olubankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has said that contrary to popular belief, money isn’t the key to happiness. According to the Empire Mate Entertainment boss, if money was the key to happiness, billionaires would not commit suicide. He stated this …
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