The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday said the honourable thing for Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki was for him to vacate his seat as the President of the Senate since he has relinquished the membership of the party that threw him up. Oshiomhole said this …
Read More »UBA’s Leo launched on WhatsApp
Pan-African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) who recently clinched the Euromoney awards as the Best Digital Bank in Africa, is once again asserting itself as a pace setter, moving in leaps and bounds in unchartered territory. UBA’s chat banker, Leo has launched in pilot mode on WhatsApp and …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC wins Best Investment Bank in Nigeria at Euromoney Awards
Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC (“Stanbic IBTC”), reaffirmed its position as the leading investment banking institution in Nigeria by winning the Best Investment Bank in Nigeria award at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2018 held in London recently. Standard Bank, to which the Stanbic IBTC belongs, was …
Read More »BREAKING: Court orders arrest of INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, for failing to appear in court. Justice Stephen Pam issued the warrant of arrest on Thursday after Mahmood’s absent in court for the third time. The judge …
Read More »Ecobank reacts to fire incident at headquarters
Felix Onajite The management of Ecobank on Tuesday said the fire incident at its head office in Victoria Island on the early hours of Tuesday (today) didn’t affect any major equipment and document as speculated on social media. The bank in a statement made available to THE WITNESS said the …
Read More »You can’t sack us, Kwara APC tells Oshiomhole, NWC
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has rejected and dismissed the purported dissolution of party at the ward, local government and state levels in the State by the Adams Oshiomole-led National Working Committee as not only outrightly unlawful but also null and void. The position of the party was …
Read More »FBN Holdings grows earnings, reports 293.3 billion in H1 result
FBN Holdings Plc (FBNHoldings) says its profit margin increased by 13.7 percent year on year (y-o-y) for the half year ended June 2018, “despite high inflationary environment”. This is contained in the group’s unaudited results, which were largely positive for the period under review. According to the results, profit after …
Read More »I’ve no hands in Governor Ortom’s impeachment notice – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the impeachment notice served on Benue Governor Samuel Ortom by eight members of the State House of Assembly. Buhari’s reaction was contained in a statement Tuesday morning by his spokesman, Femi Adesina. It read: “Even while attending the ECOWAS/ECCAS Summit in Togo, strident attempts …
Read More »TRANSCORP HOTELS PLC HY 2018 PROFIT AFTER TAX EXPANDS BY 85%
ABUJA, NIGERIA, 24th July 2018 The pride and pearl of the Nigerian Hospitality Industry, Transcorp Hotels Plc. (“Transcorp Hotels”) has announced its Unaudited Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2018. The company showed significant growth over same period last year recording a turnover of N8.01billion, Profit Before Tax of N2.02billion and Earning …
Read More »World Friendship Day: Kizz Daniel, Phyno, Simi for Calabar show
Rave-of-the-moment singers, Kizz Daniel, Phyno and Simi are billed to perform at the City of Friends event to mark this year’s World Friendship Day in Calabar and Lagos. Tagged ‘City of Friends’, the event which is scheduled to hold at the Municipal Gardens in Calabar, this Saturday, July 28 and …
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