Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe
5 May 2024
In line with its upward growth trajectory, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has posted an impressive 120.1% growth in Profit Before Tax from N17.9bn at the end of Q1 2023 to N39.5bn for Q1 2024. This was made known in the Bank’s unaudited financial statements released on the issuer portal of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Tuesday, 30 April 2024.
20 Mar 2024
After decades of taking the backseat, Nigeria's banking sector is witnessing a powerful shift, with women shattering multiple glass ceilings to lead the boardrooms of multi-billion dollar assets. This journey began in 1984 with the late Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, who was the first female chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA). She became the first…
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Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria, according to the Vanguard Newspaper. It will be recalled that Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court on charges related to organ harvesting. The former Deputy Senate President was sentenced to 10…
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US President Donald Trump ordered federal employees of diversity offices to be put on paid leave by Wednesday night, and called a Washington bishop "nasty" after she asked him to "have mercy" for migrants and LGBTQ children. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that US government workers in diversity offices must be put on…
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Borussia Dortmund have fired head coach Nuri Sahin in the wake of Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League loss at Bologna, saying they had "lost faith" in him. Dortmund were beaten finalists in the competition last season, but the loss on Tuesday was the club's fourth successive defeat in all competitions. In the Bundesliga, Dortmund sit 10th,…
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Arewa group, under the umbrella of Northern Professionals, has expressed their support for the decision by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, to re-award the contract that was revoked on a section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway to a new construction company. According to the group, the decision to re-award the road contract on such an…
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The "Chess in IDP Camps" initiative in Adamawa State, Nigeria, is changing lives through the power of chess. Spearheaded by Vivian Ibrahim, a former beauty queen and founder of the Queen Vee Chess Academy, the programme introduces children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps to the game of chess to build critical thinking skills, and…
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Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in the state following a tip-off. DSP Mansir Hassan, the state’s police spokesperson, made this known in a statement on Tuesday as he explained how the arrests were carried out. The four armed robbery suspects, Abubakar Alkamu (age 29), Hassan Isa…
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Sudan's army-aligned government has issued new banknotes in areas it controls, reportedly aimed at undermining its paramilitary rivals but causing long queues at banks, disrupting trade and entrenching division.
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The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has killed the village head of Malam Boulamari, a locality situated between Mainé Soroa and Chetimari in the Diffa region of Niger Republic. Security analyst and counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a post he shared on his official X account on Wednesday. Makama said images…
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Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal's phone and agreed to pay him "substantial damages".
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr Kayode Opeifa as the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). Opeifa's appointment was announced on Wednesday morning in a statement by the Renewed Hope United Kingdom, which said it's a decision widely praised for its strategic importance. Dr. Opeifa, a seasoned transportation expert and former Lagos State…