Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2023, recording a remarkable triple-digit growth of 114% from N620.6 billion reported in Q3 2022 to N1.33 trillion in Q3 2023. This performance demonstrates the Group’s resilience and strong market share despite a very challenging macroeconomic environment.According to the bank’s unaudited third quarter financial results ... Read More »

The Canadian Government has expressed readiness to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda by supporting the humanitarian and poverty alleviation response in Nigeria. The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jamie Christoff, made this known when he led his team to visit the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu at her office in Abuja. Ambassador ... Read More »

He had explained that by the judgment of the Supreme Court on October 26, 2023, the apex court supported forgery, perjury, identity theft and illegality. The Presidency has slammed the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar noting that it was his “inordinate ambition” to be President that is doomed, and not Nigeria. The presidency in a release on Monday noted that ... Read More »

Ten years after the partial privatisation of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, the Federal Government, on Monday, admitted that the exercise had failed to meet its objectives. The government described as shameful the current generation, transmission and distribution level of just over 4,000 Megawatts. Speaking in Abuja at the 2023 NESI Market Participants and Stakeholders Roundtable, NMPSR, President Bola ... Read More »

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed a criminal charge against the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon. The decision followed the conclusion of an investigation by the anti-graft commission. In the charge sheet with number: FHC/ABJ/CR/511/2023, ICPC is arraigning the lecturer on a four-count charge bordering on sexual harassment, official ... Read More »

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Peter Obi and the Labour Party(LP) against the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), affirming the election of President Bola Tinubu. In the lead judgment read by Justice John Okoro, which has been supported by the seven-man panel, the court argued that the issues in Obi’s appeal were ... Read More »

Supreme Lacks Jurisdiction to admit PDP’s new evidence, Says Justice Okoro No issues for determination by the appellant points on certificate forgery- Justice Okoro Read More »

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The Oyo State Government announced Pastor Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king on 8th September 2023. Before this time, one of the contestants, Kabir Laoye had sued Ghandi Olaoye, noting that he was not eligible ... Read More »

The United States District Court of the District of Columbia has refused a request by one Aaron Greenspan seeking to compel US security agencies to promptly release information, including documents to him about President Bola Tinubu. Judge Beryl A. Howell, in a ruling on Monday, declined Greenspan’s request on the grounds he failed to satisfy the relevant conditions for the ... Read More »

The Group Managing Director/CEO United Bank for Africa (UBA), Oliver Alawuba has been bestowed the Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Alawuba was conferred with the highest honour for bankers during the Institute’s 2023 investiture ceremony held in Lagos at the weekend, rereceiving the award alongside other 20 distinguished Nigerians across banking, finance and aviation. l-r: Vice ... Read More »