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-Declares a final dividend of 60kobo per share Lagos, Nigeria, April 16, 2024: Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has released its 2023 full year Audited Financial Statements, reporting a 131.5% growth in Profit Before Tax to N 124,26 billion. According to the results, which was issued to the Nigerian …

Axxela Funding 1 PLC (“the Issuer”), a funding vehicle incorporated by Axxela Limited (“Axxela” or the “Company”), sub-Saharan Africa’s leading gas and power portfolio company, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful completion of its ₦16.4 billion Series 1 Fixed Rate Bonds due 2034 (the “Bond Issuance” or the …

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has adjourned the hearing of an alleged 7 billion naira debt suit filed by Union Bank against Swift Networks. It was reported that Justice Daniel Osiagor fixed May 10, 2024, for hearing of all pending applications, including possible out-of-court settlement in the suit filed by Union Bank …

In a country with short-lived corporate excellence and a handful of centenary companies, hitting 130 years is undoubtedly a significant milestone for Nigeria’s premier financial institution, FirstBank. Experience, they say, comes with age. Nothing else aptly defines the consistent growth of First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) and its consistent reinvention …

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, achieving a remarkable triple-digit growth of 125% in gross earnings from NGN945.6 billion reported in 2022 to NGN2.132 trillion in 2023. According to the audited financial results for the 2023 financial year presented to the …

  In a country with short-lived corporate excellence and a handful of centenary companies, hitting 130 years is undoubtedly a significant milestone for Nigeria’s premier financial institution, FirstBank. GEOFF IYATSE writes.     Experience, they say, comes with age. Nothing else aptly defines the consistent growth of First Bank of …

It was reported that a recent investigative report obtained by online newspapers has shed light on WEMA Bank’s legal entanglements in 2023, with the financial institution facing penalties totaling N61.350 million for contravening seven Nigerian laws within a single year.   The revelations surfaced from WEMA Bank’s comprehensive financial statement for …

Information reaching TheCommentNG has it that Moruf Oseni’s led Wema Bank PLC has incurred over N9 Billion in court cases as at December 2023. This was revealed in the bank’s full year 2023 financial statement which was released recently. It was also gathered that the previous year’s litigation claims was …

The Director of the Financial Policy and Regulatory Department (FPRD) at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Haruna B. Mustafa has said that the reason for the exclusion of retained earnings is for banks to inject fresh capital into the system. Mustafa said this in a podcast titled ‘Banking Sector …

Digital solutions services provider, Globacom, has congratulated Nigerian Muslims on the conclusion of the Ramadan fasting period, and encouraged them to always remember thelessons of Ramadan even beyond the fasting period. In a goodwill message on Tuesday in Lagos, Globacom noted that “it is a month of sacrifice, abstinence, and, …