BUSINESS

How GTCO Increases GTBank’s Paid-Up Capital To N504 Billion

LAGOS, NIGERIA, AUGUST 29, 2025 – Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (NGX: GTCO; LSE: GTCO), today announced that it has increased its investment in its wholly owned Banking subsidiary, Guaranty Trust Bank Limited (“GTBank”) to ₦504 billion through a rights issue subscription for 6,994,050,290 ordinary shares of fifty kobo each …

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Dangote Group To Build $2.5bn Fertiliser Plant In Ethiopia, Retains 60% Ownership

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the strategic investment arm of the Government of Ethiopia, and Dangote Group have announced the signing of a comprehensive shareholders’ agreement to develop, construct, and operate a world-class urea fertilizer production complex in Gode, Ethiopia. Under the partnership structure, …

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Dangote Equips CNG Trucks With Cameras, Begins Recertification Of All Drivers

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED OBAJANA, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA – As part of its commitment to achieving zero tolerance for road accidents, Dangote Cement Plc has commenced the installation of surveillance cameras on all its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks. In a related move, the Dangote Articulated Trucks Drivers Training School (DATDTS), …

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Over 1,500 Dangote Cement Truck Drivers Undergo Fitness Screening For Safe Driving

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA -No fewer than 1,500 Dangote Cement truck drivers have undergone intensive screening to determine their mental, psychological, and physical fitness for safe driving. Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Arvind Pathak, disclosed this to journalists shortly after his presentation at the 2025 …

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From Big Ideas To Big Wins, Oxygen X Has You Covered

LAGOS, NIGERIA – There’s a moment we all wait for. The shift from almost to finally, from planning to doing, from dreaming to living – that moment when it’s your turn. At Oxygen X Finance Company, that moment has a name: You Are Next. In a country where access to …

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Zenith Bank Celebrates 35th Anniversary, Awards For Pioneer Customers, Long-Serving Staff  In Grand Style

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED LAGOS, NIGERIA – Amidst pomp and pageantry layered with a mixture of glitz and glamour, Zenith Bank Plc marked its 35th anniversary with a commemorative Chairman’s Dinner at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday, August 15, 2025. In recognition of …

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Dangote Cement Reaffirms Commitment To Road Safety, Trains Over 200 Drivers At Ibese-Yewa Plant

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The management of Dangote Cement Plc has said that it is irrevocably committed to the training and retraining of its drivers to ensure safe and smooth driving across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Speaking during the 2025 Annual Driver’s Retreat themed …

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World Humanitarian Day: Access Holdings Reinforces Culture Of Service, Community Impact (+photos)

LAGOS, NIGERIA – Every year on August 19, the world pauses to recognise the extraordinary courage and compassion of people who dedicate themselves to humanitarian service. According to the Access Holdings, “World Humanitarian Day is more than a symbolic moment on the calendar; it is a global reminder that the …

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Access Bank Awarded ISO/IEC 27701:2019 Certification for Privacy Information Management

LAGOS, NIGERIA – AUGUST 18, 2025: Access Bank has announced that it has been certified under ISO/IEC 27701:2019, the global standard for Privacy Information Management Systems. This award demonstrated Access Bank’s consistent commitment to the highest levels of data privacy, security, and compliance. The certification affirms that Access Bank operates …

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Gateway Airport: Why NCAA Grants Approval To Begin Commercial Flights

IPERU-ILISHAN-REMO, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Friday, granted approval to the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport, Ilisan-Iperu, Ogun State, to begin commercial flight operations. The approval given in line with Part 12.15.17 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs) granted an Interim Aerodrome Operational Permit …

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