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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 …

Crude oil production Nigeria’s crude oil production witnessed the second consecutive monthly decline since the beginning of this year, as it dropped to 1.231 million barrels per day in March, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries stated on Thursday. OPEC disclosed this in its latest Monthly Oil Market Report for …

Former CBN Godwin Emefiele at Federal High Court in Abuja… on Thursday (CREDIT: Olukayode Jaiyeola) The embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been granted bail in the sum of N50m after being charged with a 26-count bordering on alleged abuse of office and irregular allocation of $4.5 billion and …

  Kingsley Chinda   Kingsley Chinda, a member of the House of Representatives representing Obio/Akpor Constituency of Rivers State has been appointed as the Chairman, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Local Government Congress Electoral Committee for Ondo, ahead of Saturday’s governorship primaries. Chinda who is also the minority leader of …

  Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara Opunabo Inko-Tariah, a former Special Adviser on Media to the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says the current governor, Siminalayi Fubara’s policies and leadership style have endeared him to the people of the state. Inko-Tariah  while speaking to journalists in Port-Harcourt, said  …

I performed ritual using soft drink before boarding – Boat survivor, TC Virus Survivor of boat mishap which claimed the lives of of Nollywood actorJunior Pope and three others, Tochukwu Okafor, also known as TC Virus, has revealed that he conducted a ritual to the water deities before boarding the …

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 …

Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo   Popular Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo , popularly called Jnr Pope, is not dead as being speculated, says the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) on Wednesday night. Earlier in the day, there were rumours that the actor had died after the boat he was …

Nollywood has been thrown into mourning following the sad demise of Nollywood actor, Junior Pope. The actor and three of his colleagues were coming back from a movie location in a boat when they fell into Anam River in Anambra state. Their bodies have since been recovered. Hours ago, the …

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 …