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Zenith Bank Achieves Historic Milestones in 2023 With Stellar Triple-digit Topline and Bottom-line Growth
Nume Ekeghe Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, achieving a remarkable triple-digit growth of 125% in gross earnings from NGN945.6 billion reported in 2022 to NGN2.132…
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Fubara Now PDP Leader in Rivers, Says Odili
* Those disrespecting me will end in disgrace, governor declares * Woke slams Wike’s critics Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has declared Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the political leader of the state, praising him for defending the interests of the…
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FG Goes Granular, Defends Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Says No Personal Interest
.Explains why there was no public tender for contract .Maintains one kilometre of road to cost N4.329bn, not N8.59bn .Project is highway to fraud, waste, Atiku insists Emmanuel Addeh and Chucks Okocha in Abuja The raging controversy over…
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Naira Abuse: Bobrisky Bags 6 Months Imprisonment Without Option of Fine
Wale Igbintade Justice Abimbola Awogboro of a Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced popular Nigerian cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without option of fine for mutilation of the Naira …
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Goldman Sachs: Naira Now World’s Top-performing Currency
*Predicts further gains below N1,000/$ *Currency sustains gains, now N1142/$1 on official FX window, N1150/$1 on parallel market James Emejo and Nume Ekeghe with agency report Goldman Sachs Group, yesterday said the Naira has already…
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Olakulehin Nominated as 43rd Olubadan
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The crisis over the selection of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland may be coming to an end as kingmakers yesterday, nominated the current Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin, as…
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NLC, Abure-led NWC Sustain Battle for Labour Party Control
*Labour reveals 2022 agreements, LP justifies ownership via 2015 INEC letter *Embattled national treasurer urges Abure to honour agreements Chuks Okocha in Abuja The crises rocking Labour Party (LP) over its ownership is not by any means abating…
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In Groundbreaking Report, Goldman Sachs Predicts Nigeria to Become 5th World’s Largest Economy by 2075
· Forecast puts country ahead of Egypt, Brazil, Germany, UK, Japan, Russia, France, South Africa, others · Estimates GDP to hit $13.1 trillion · China to topple US James Emejo in Abuja A leading global investment bank, Goldman…
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Ahead of NEC Meeting, PDP Governors Move against Atiku, Wike over Control of Party’s Structures
Chuks Okocha in Abuja Amid the battle for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) between the camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubukar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr.…
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At 10th Anniversary, CAN Demands Release of Remaining Chibok School Girls
*Says incident can’t be swept under the carpet *Borno gov’t pledges to rescue 89 remaining school girls*Culture of impunity shielded abductors from facing justice, says Muhammed-Oyebode Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Wale Igbintade in Lagos…