Herbert Wigwe Group MD Access Corporation Access Holdings Plc has declared an interim dividend for the first half of the year, on the back of rising profits. In the audited account submitted to the Nigerian Exchange on Saturday, the company posted gross earnings of N940 billion, higher than the …
Read More »Why Investors Of Today Will Smile To Bank In 5 Years-Adeduntan, First Bank Boss
World leaders from 198 countries converged in New York last week for the 78th United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) where the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDG) took the centre stage. The world has 7 years left out of the 15 years timeline to achieve these universally agreed objectives, which …
Read More »AFRIMA Mourns Mohbad, Calls For Institutionalization of Music Industry in Africa
All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has emphasized the importance of regulating and institutionalizing the music entertainment industry as it joins millions of African youths and music fans to express grief over the demise of Nigeria’s singer, Mohbad, (real name Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba). Mohbad died in a mysterious circumstance on Tuesday, …
Read More »Moniepoint agent held over N16.3m POS fraud
A Moniepoint agent, Olumide Remilekun Owolabi, has been arrested by operatives of the Zone Two Police Command, Onikan, over alleged N16.3 million Point of Sale (POS) fraud. Owolabi was apprehended following a petition from one Raphael Alabi to the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of the zone, Ari Mohammed Ali. …
Read More »FIRSTBANK SPONSORS THE AFRICA INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXHIBITION (A.I.T.E 2023), NEW YORK, PROMOTES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE CONTINENT
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, sponsored the Africa International Trade Exhibition (A.I.T.E 2023), held on 21 and 22 September 2023 at the Hilton Hotel Midtown, New York, U.S.A. The event was themed “the imperatives of global trade for African SMEs as a …
Read More »Flutterwave Hacked: Providus, Kuda Customers Complain of Frozen Accounts
There is growing concern that reports about Flutterwave’s financial scandals will have a negative impact on its growth prospects. Reports emerged early this week that Africa’s largest fintech lost almost N3 billion in customers’ funds, alleged to have been stolen by hackers. This quagmire amidst the economic crises …
Read More »Mohbad died day his Canadian visa was approved, says promoter
A show promoter based in Canada, Prince George, has disclosed that singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, a.k.a Mohbad, died the day his Canadian visa was approved. George reportedly said this while speaking at the candlelight procession organised by Nigerians in Toronto, Canada on Saturday night. He said that he had planned to …
Read More »NLC mobilises chapters for total strike, FG plans talks Monday
NLC members occupy entrance of Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja… on Wednesday. State chapters and affiliate unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress are already gearing up for a possible declaration of a nationwide strike following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum given the Federal Government to provide palliatives to …
Read More »Impeachment: Akeredolu should remove saboteurs not deputy – Lawyer
A legal practitioner, Mr Allen Sowore, has condemned the alleged plan to remove the deputy governor by the Ondo State House, describing the allegation against Lucky Aiyedatiwa as bogus. The House, during its plenary, alleged that Aiyedatiwa was involved in gross misconduct while in the office as an acting governor. …
Read More »‘Avoid Making Trouble,’- Govt Cautions Organisers Of Mohbad’s Candlelight Procession
The Abia State government has warned those organizing the candle light procession for the late Lagos based musician, llerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad to conduct themselves in a peaceful manner to avoid a breakdown of law and order. The government in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to Governor on …
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