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 …
Read More »FirstBank: 130 Years of Enabling Success
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 …
Read More »Nollywood actor Junior Pope not dead, he’s alive, survives boat mishap
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 …
Read More »Popular Nollywood actor, Junior Pope, dies in a boating accident
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 …
Read More »Moruf Oseni’s WEMA Bank Faces Legal Woes, Pays N61.350 Million in Penalties Amidst Regulatory Scrutiny
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 …
Read More »EFCC’s Fresh Charges Link Emefiele To Four Lagos Registered Firms
No fewer than five firms have been linked with former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in the latest 26-count charge of alleged fraud and corruption filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). At least four of the firms have Lagos addresses, our investigations …
Read More »Son Of Ex-Gov Idris Of Kogi Dies In Abuja
The Honourable Mohammed Ibrahim Idris, a former member of the House of Representatives and the son of a former governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris, died today, Wednesday, in Abuja. He represented Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala federal constituencies at the lower chamber of the National Assembly. It was gathered …
Read More »Moruf Oseni’s Wema Bank Incurs Over N9 Billion In Court Cases
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 …
Read More »Ahmad Belgore, Former Appeal Court Judge, Passes On
Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA), has passed away. The news of Belgore’s demise was announced on Tuesday night by the chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, Esq. “Information reaching me now indicates that Hon. Justice Ahmad …
Read More »Some Airlines In Conspiracy Against Air Peace Slashed Lagos-London Flight To $100 –Chairman, Onyema
Onyema, while featuring on Channels TV on Tuesday night said that there was an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines to use lower pricing to eject Air Peace from the Nigeria-London route it recently started. Allen Onyema, Chairman of Nigeria’s indigenous carrier Air Peace, has berated foreign airlines operating the Nigeria-UK …
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