With a significant reduction in its impairment charges (which translates into a clean loan book) in its 1Q, 2022 results, after successfully reducing its non-performing loan to 6.1% in its 2021 full year performance, analysts say FirstBank’s impressive performance in the first quarter not only demonstrated consistency in its rebound […]
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A Lagos mobile court at Bolade Oshodi, headed by magistrate T. O. Fashina, has jailed for three months (3-months) a 32-year-old environmental offender, Abubakar Sanni, who posed under the guise of cart pushing, to vandalise and steal iron rods at Karim Kotun area of Victoria Island, Lagos. The Managing Director/CEO […]
The alleged fraud in sales and allocation of Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) shops has been ordered to be investigated discreetly. This follows a media report suggesting that several POWA stores were sold fraudulently to multiple bidders, sparking a quarrel among the buyers and prompting the petitioners to seek the […]
Holds eWorld Forum ‘22 Nigeria’s pioneer ICT journalist and chronicler, Mr Aaron Ukodie, is set to unveil one of the most authoritative and comprehensive books on the industry. The unveiling of the book, scheduled to hold on July 7, 2022, at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos, comes with a seminal discussion, […]
The trove of garlands for the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, swelled again as he received the “Leadership Excellence and Economic Impact Award”. This time, the honour came from the African Leadership Organisation (ALO), publishers of The African Leadership Magazine. The conferment […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed the issuance of the final letters of award of the Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum Licences to MTN and Mafab Communications, winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction conducted by the Commission on Monday, December 13, 2021. Management of the Commission led by its Executive […]
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been alerted to an attack on one of its highway workers (sweepers) at Isolo Road, Isolo, by some unscrupulous elements bent on disrupting the Authority’s ongoing efforts to establish a cleaner and healthier environment in the state. The worker was seriously injured with […]
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for collaboration in organizing the 2022 Information, Communication, Technology, and Telecommunications (ICTEL) Expo. This was the topic of discussion between the two organizations during a recent courtesy visit by delegates from the LCCI to the […]
Nigeria’s premier banking institution and leading financial services inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has won two awards: Best Bank in Nigeria 2022 and Best Banking Digital Transformation Nigeria at the International Investor Awards 2022, a print and online publication that provides insights, news and visual informative pieces with topics […]
The Government of Oyo State in partnership with the Advocacy Unit of MEDIA AND DIGITAL SKILLS CENTRE, NIGERIA will commence a pilot training programme on CODING, ROBOTICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DRONE TECHNOLOGY for 3 Public Secondary Schools in the state on the 9th May 2022. The training programme is coming […]