……Proposes dividend of 35 kobo Per Share Lagos, Nigeria, April 1, 2022: Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has recorded 35.7% growth in Profit Before Tax for its 2021 financial year to close the year at N38.1bn according to the bank’s recently issued financial result. Analysis of the results indicates that …
Read More »APC Convention: Over 120 aspirants not yet refunded
The All Progressives Congress, APC has not yet refunded the aspirants who stepped down for consensus candidates during the convention of the party over a week ago, as promised. President, Muhammadu Buhari, had persuaded the party to embrace consensus, which was the model adopted to fill most of the 78 …
Read More »EFCC nabs Cubana Chief Priest over alleged money laundering, tax fraud
Popular nightclub owner and Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu popularly called ‘Cubana Chief Priest’ has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering and tax fraud. He is said to have been arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday. More to come…
Read More »Kwara: Lai Mohammed’s loyalists abandon APC, as crisis in party worsens
Lai Mohammed Loyalists of Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, in the Kwara state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), have announced their defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The faction, which styled itself as ‘APC Loyal’, announced its defection at a news conference in Ilorin on Saturday, …
Read More »Akwa-Ibom: Crises rock PDP, APC over alleged imposition plots, zoning
The races towards the 2023 gubernatorial tickets of both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have already peaked with chieftains of the two political parties now at war over who should fly the parties’ banners at the next governorship election in Akwa Ibom …
Read More »Niger Emir rescues two girls from forced marriage
Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu The Emir of Agaie in Niger state, Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu, has rescued two girls from their parents who wanted to force them into early marriage. Nuhu disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a sensitisation campaign on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on Saturday in Agaie Local Government Area of …
Read More »Second Niger Bridge: Buhari’s Iconic Gift To South-East Region
When President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, 2020 made a promise to Nigerians that his administration would complete and commission the Second Niger Bridge before the end of his tenure in 2023, not many people took his promise seriously. And the reason why many people took the promise made by …
Read More »ASUU May Extend Strike By 4 Months, Says FG Has Zero Feelings For Students, Parents
Share The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that its ongoing warning strike may be extended for 16 weeks due to failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said if at the end of its two months strike the government has …
Read More »2023: God has not told me there will be election – Adeboye
Pastor Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says he doesn’t know whether there will be a general election in 2023. The leader of the Pentecostal church said God has not told him whether there would an election next year. He said God …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC responds to ‘N1.2trn Unclaimed Funds: House Committee Asks Stanbic IBTC, First Bank to Remit N97bn to Govt’
The attention of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC (the Bank) has been drawn to press reports alleging that a sum of “N83 billion” of what was termed to be “unclaimed funds” had been discovered in the Bank, as part of the hearing by the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on recovery …
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