FirstBank Hits N1 Trillion in Transactions Processed through its Firstmonie Network; spearheads the Financial Inclusion drive by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Nigeria’s premier financial services provider and Bank of first choice, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its Firstmonie network has processed a cumulative transaction value of N1 trillion from its relaunch in January 2018. The network also achieved nationwide coverage in record time, enabling access to financial services for many locations that never…
SHAREHOLDERS COMMEND FBNHOLDINGS FOR A SUCCESFUL AGM AS MANAGEMENT ASSURRES OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE
The shareholders of FBN Holdings Plc have been assured of brighter future and enhanced dividend at the 7th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos. Speaking at the meeting in Lagos, Dr Oba Otudeko, FBN Holdings Group Chairman, assured the shareholders that the company had mapped out strategies aimed at ensuring enhanced value creation for the…
Jite Okoloko’s Notore Records N1.9b Half Year loss
Despite the growth in operating profit, Notore Chemical Industries Plc has ended the first half, H1 2019 with a loss of N1.942 billion due to its net finance cost of N6.57 billion. The Company in its six months unaudited results sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE reported an operating profit of N4.63 billion for…
Alleged drug trafficking! Zainab Aliyu regains freedom from Saudi Arabia Prison
Zainab Aliyu,with officials of the Nigerian Consulate in Jeddah, shortly after she was freed from Saudi prison Zainab’s release came after President Buhari directed the attorney general of the federation to take necessary action on her detention by Saudi Arabia. It was learnt she was falsely accused of drug peddling in Saudi Arabia and was…
NDLEA unearths airport cartel planting hard drugs in passengers’ luggage
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a cartel, which specialised in planting illicit drugs in travellers’ luggage. The NDLEA Chairman, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (rtd), disclosed this in a statement. The cartel was uncovered after NDLEA detectives embarked on investigation of a Nigerian lady identified as Zainab Aliyu. Zainab was accused of entering Saudi…
Woman, husband sell their six-hour-old baby for N850,000
OPERATIVES of the Imo State Police Command have apprehended five members of a child trafficking syndicate who allegedly sold a six-hour-old baby for N850,000 shortly after he was born. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Rabiu Ladodo, who paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Owerri on Saturday, described the crime as “absurd…
UBA Rewards 20 more Customers with N30m in Wise Savers Promo
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has rewarded another 20 customers who emerged winners in the second quarterly draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo with N1.5 million each, bringing the total amount won by 40 customers so far to N60 million. The electronic raffle draw which was held at UBA House on Thursday 18th of April, was…
9th Assembly Speakership: North-Central aspirants defy APC
 •As govs, N-PDP camps flex muscles over Senate Presidency, Speaker •President has not endorsed any candidate—Ndume camp  The unfolding intrigues and gerrymandering in the race for the Senate Presidency and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which appear to have deepened, are already raising fears of fresh crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress…