Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performances across all financial indices, reaffirming the bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Profit before tax stood at N231.7billion, representing ... Read More »

L-R Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; General Manager & Divisional Head, Operations, Fidelity Bank PLC, Martins Izuogbe; Founder, Silverbird Group, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce; Executive Director, Corporate Bank, Fidelity Bank PLC, Obaro Odeghe; and Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki at the 2019 Silverbird Man of the Year Awards ceremony, where Fidelity Bank was adjudged Bank of the year, ... Read More »

Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, has reportedly prepared air tickets for 300 guests to grace the birthday party of his mother, Alhaja Lateefat Olufunke Gbajabiamila, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . SaharaReporters said Gbajabiamila is already warming up to stage an elaborate party for his mother’s 90th birthday starting from today, March 2.. The report added ... Read More »

L-Rrnor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; General Manager & Divisional Head, Operations, Fidelity Bank PLC, Martins Izuogbe; Founder, Silverbird Group, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce; Executive Director, Corporate Bank, Fidelity Bank PLC, Obaro Odeghe; and Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki at the 2019 Silverbird Man of the Year Awards ceremony, where Fidelity Bank was adjudged Bank of the year, ... Read More »

Popular Nigerian prophet, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, has announced that the days of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded Islamist group, Boko Haram, are numbered. Ayodele, in a release on Friday, 21st of February, 2020, said Shekau would be arrested ‘soon’ by the Nigerian soldiers, and paraded. The cleric, who is famous and respected for prophesying accurately on national and ... Read More »

  ————- The Bank for Africa (UBA) last Friday, officially added a new touch point to its network. UBA operates in 20 African countries and in the United Kingdom, the USA and France. The new branch in Afriland towers on the Lagos Island was commissioned by the Executive Governor of Lagos state, his Excellency Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Chairman ... Read More »

MTN Nigeria on Friday released their full audited financial report which shows that the company made profit of N202.1 million, recording a profit growth of 38.8 per cent in 2019. The telecom company declared a final dividend of N4.97 kobo per share as recommended by the Board of Directors. In the year ended December 31, 2019, mobile subscribers increased by ... Read More »

It was announced that Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, the Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited had been honoured with the coveted and renowned Cranfield School of Management Distinguished Alumnus of the year Award 2020. The recognition which was celebrated across Nigeria – the highpoint being the commendation by the country’s President, Muhammadu Buhari – was recently presented to Dr. Adeduntan ... Read More »

  First Bank of Nigeria Limited was recently presented with the Oil and Gas Banker of Year 2019 award at the Patrons’ Dinner and Industry Awards of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit held recently at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The four-day event, comprising conference and award dinner, is acclaimed to be Nigeria’s Government official platform for the petroleum industry gathering which has evolved ... Read More »

The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N20 million bail to a musician, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, with the stage name Iyanya. Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile granted him bail with one surety in like sum. The judge said the surety must own a landed property in Lagos, adding that Iyanya must perfect the bail ... Read More »