FBNHoldings Posts N206b Half-Year Profit

FBNHoldings Posts N206b Half-Year Profit   FBN Holdings Plc (FBNHoldings) has posted N206 billion profit before tax in the first half of the year. The six-month report for the period ended 30 June 2023 showed that the company grew gross earnings and profit before tax to N656.6 billion and N206.3 billion respectively. Group Managing Director, […]

ISSUP LAGOS ADVOCATES SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, VISITS YABA PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

ISSUP LAGOS ADVOCATES SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, VISITS YABA PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL         In furtherance of its efforts to ensure that substance abuse is prevented and treated through evidence-based measures, members of the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP) Lagos Branch on Monday 17th July paid a courtesy visit to […]

PASSPORT REFORMS: NIS REDEPLOYS 15 PASSPORT CONTROL OFFICERS 

PASSPORT REFORMS: NIS REDEPLOYS 15 PASSPORT CONTROL OFFICERS       The acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Wuraola Adepoju has approved the immediate redeployment of over a dozen Passport Control Officers in a bid to deepen the ongoing Passport reform process. National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP learned that […]

Agusto & Co. affirms Fidelity Bank’s ‘A’ rating, with a Stable Outlook

Agusto & Co. affirms Fidelity Bank’s ‘A’ rating, with a Stable Outlook   Pan-African credit rating agency, Agusto & Co. has affirmed the ‘A’ rating assigned to Fidelity Bank Plc and assigned an ESG score of ‘2’ in reflection of the agency’s view that environmental, social and governance issues have minimal contribution to the Bank’s […]

Ecobank Nigeria to Appeal Honeywell’s Purported N72 billion Court Judgement

Ecobank Nigeria to Appeal Honeywell’s Purported N72 billion Court Judgement   Ecobank Nigeria Limited says it will appeal a judgement by the Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Hon. Justice Liman, which delivered a judgment in favour of Honeywell Flour against the bank and ordered it to pay the sum of N72 billion. […]

JUST IN: FG confirms first anthrax case in Niger State

JUST IN: FG confirms first anthrax case in Niger State           The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed the first case of anthrax in Nigeria, stating that the disease was detected in a farm in Niger State.   On June 13, 2023, The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government alerted the general […]

Army Nabs Ghanaian, Nigerian Transporting Truckload of Ammunition for Anambra 

Army Nabs Ghanaian, Nigerian Transporting Truckload of Ammunition for Anambra   The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja,  has commended Troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 81 Division Area of Responsibility for busting an international ammunition smuggling syndicate, while transporting a truck load of smuggled ammunition to Anambra State on […]

Tobi Amusan Shatters Meet Record with Stunning Victory at Silesia Diamond League

Tobi Amusan Shatters Meet Record with Stunning Victory at Silesia Diamond League     Lagos, Nigeria – July 16, 2023: Women’s hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, set a new meet record of 12.34 seconds to win the 100m hurdles event at the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday. The Nigerian sports icon stormed to the […]