BUSINESS

LAGOS, NIGERIA – OCTOBER 30, 2025: Access Holdings PLC (“the Group” or “the Company”) today announced its nine-month ended September 30, 2025 (“Q3 2025”) results, recording gross earnings of ₦3.9trillion, which represented a rise by 14.1% year-on-year over  ₦3.4trillion as at Q3 2024. According to Sunday Ekwochi, the Company Secretary …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED LAGOS, NIGERIA – October 2025: Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO or “the Group”) has announced its Unaudited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, filed with both the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The results …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – OCTOBER 27, 2025 – The Alternative Bank (‘AltBank’) has announced the launch of The Alternative Bank-Utiva Women in Tech Scholarship, a landmark initiative designed to empower women entrepreneurs with digital skills, innovation design, and business growth training. The announcement was made during a high-level virtual convening held …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED LAGOS, NIGERIA – Dangote Cement Plc has posted an impressive financial performance for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, recording a 164.8% surge in earnings per share (EPS) from ₦16.55 to ₦43.80. The strong results underscore the company’s resilient operations, efficient cost management, and successful expansion …

…Plans NGX Listing to Empower Nigerians BY ABU-SATAR HAMED LAGOS, NIGERIA – The President of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has announced plans to expand the Dangote Petroleum Refinery from its current 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity to a massive 1.4 million bpd, positioning it as the largest …

LAGOS, NIGERIA- OCTOBER 24, 2025: Access Holdings Plc (“the Group” or “the Company”)  today announced its half-year audited financial results for the period ended June 30, 2025. According to a release e-signed by  Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary, and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine and online platform by the media …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED  LAGOS, NIGERIA – The Dangote Group has denied reports circulating on social media and some online platforms linking it to a truck involved in a recent road accident in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. In a statement e-signed and made available to StarTrend …

  LAGOS, NIGERIA – The Création Africa 2025Forum concluded in Lagos after three days of high-level dialogue, exhibitions, and artistic showcases that celebrated Africa’s creative power and deepened France-Nigeria relations, following its successful debut produced by Mansa productions in Paris in 2023. Held from October 16–18, 2025, at the Federal …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Ogun State Water Corporation has warned residents of the state against illegal water connections, meter bypasses, and other revenue leakages across the State, saying that violators risk heavy fines. The corporation, which handed down this warning issued by the Special Adviser on SDGs & …

FCT, ABUJA, NIGERIA – Ogun State Government and two leading renewable energy service companies (RESCOs) have entered into a landmark partnership agreement to generate around 1,100 MW of solar power in the state to strengthen its industrial base. The companies are: Tranos Contracting Limited, which is to establish 600MW solar …