H1 2019: How Fidelity Bank Posts Double Digit Growth In Earnings, Profitability, Deposits & Loans As Profits Soars By 16% To Hit N15.1bn; Gross Earnings N103.7bn

By AbuSatar Hamed   LAGOS: Despite the country’s challenging and fiercely competitive business environment, Fidelity Bank Plc delivered a solid financial performance in the first half of 2019, recording double-digit growth in key revenue lines whilst achieving significant traction in digital banking uptake. According to a release signed and made …

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Day Zenith Bank Rewards D’Tigress With Cash

Zenith Bank PLC., Nigeria’s major sponsor of women basketball, delighted the victorious women’s national team, D’Tigress with cash awards during a brief reception at its corporate headquarters in Lagos. In his address at the reception, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, expressed his excitement on the feat …

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How Lagos Government, NGO Partner On Free Surgery To Mark Sanwo-Olu’s 100days In Office

The Lagos State Government has partnered with the Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF), a non-governmental organisation, to provide free surgical intervention for 100 people in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Sunday, September 1, 2019, said that the surgical intervention would be for …

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Analyst Wants FG To Negotiate With P&ID Over $9.6billion Judgement Debt

A policy analyst, Mr Atiku Samuel, has advised that the Federal Government should negotiate with Process and Industrial Development Ltd. (P&ID) before taking any other legal action. He said this on Sunday September 1, 2019 in Abuja while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Samuel said that getting …

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Motorists In Haste Advised To Avoid Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Sept. 2 To Dec. 15

Motorists who are in a hurry to get to their destination on time have been advised to steer clear of the Berger to Ogun River section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway due to rehabilitation works that might slow down traffic along the routes. According to a traffic advisory statement signed on …

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Kingpin of Nasarawa Deputy Gov’s Attackers Arrested At Mother’s House

The Department of State Services in Kano State has arrested, Muhammad Akazakwai, a suspected kidnap kingpin said to have masterminded the recent attack on the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Emmanuel Akabe, where three policemen and a civilian were shot dead. It was reported that Muhammad Akazakwai was arrested at …

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Group Allege Trump’s Immigration Policy’ll Reduce Number Of Nigerians In Strategic Professional Positions

The Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM) in the U.S. has said that President Donald Trump’s new immigration policy will, over time, reduce the number of Nigerians in strategic professional positions in that country. Chairman of the movement Prof. Apollos Nwauwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of …

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Experts Describe Agriculture An Important Element That Makes Human Activities Compatible

By AbuSatar Hamed Sustainable Agriculture has been described as an important element in the overall effort to make human activities compatible with the demands of the earth’s ecosystem. According to a paper presented by the trio of I.B. Allinson, Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Agricultural Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun …

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