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Nigeria’s foremost agric lender, Unity Bank Plc has sustained the growth momentum demonstrated in its 2020 full year earnings as it recorded an impressive performance of 43% in both profit before and after tax in Q1-2021. In the Bank’s unaudited Q1-2021 results submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday, the retail lender’s Profit Before Tax grew by 43% to N784.3million from N550.1million recorded in the corresponding period of 2020. The Profit After Tax for the period which also grew by 43% stood at N721.5million compared to the N506.1million recorded in Q1-2020.As an outcome of increased focus on supporting local…

No doubt about it scandals sell. Social media are always quick, very observant of negative stories, scandalous and image shattering reports. No one is interested in celebrating good deeds again unless you blow your horns by yourself. Give journalists, media houses and social media influencers a piece celebrating someone who is worth celebrating, some who has done a remarkable thing and you will surely get a message that will include the invoice of the media house. But send them a scandalous story, say ‘a Nollywood great was caught pants down with an actress’- in seconds, it will go viral. It…

The Giant property company in Africa, Adron Homes and Properties begins the long awaited ‘Incredible 7’, a staff appreciation initiative organized by Adron Homes to get the best and appreciate the staffers and those who are doing well in promoting the company. The company held six seasons in the previous years before this year where the winners were heavily compensated with incredible adventures to Dubai, Houses gift, Exotic Cars among other side attractions. According to the Group Managing Director, Adron Homes and Properties, Aare Adetola Olaniyi EmmanuelKing, the season seven would have come up last year but due to the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Nnenna Akajemeli as National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SERVICOM for a second term of four years with effect from April 10, 2021. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Tijjani Umar, disclosed this at the presentation of the revised State House Service Delivery Charter on Friday in Abuja. A statement issued by the Deputy Director, Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye on Friday conveyed the congratulatory message of the Permanent Secretary to the National Coordinator on her re-appointment, saying, ‘‘she is a very hardworking person.” The Permanent Secretary also used the occasion of…

Suspected bandits have launched fresh attack on Dangani village of Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing at least one person. The attackers also abducted three children of a lecturer with the Isa Kaita College of Education, Sule Dan-huge. The attack occurred in the early hours of Friday at about 1:40 am. Local sources gave the names of the three abducted children as Abdulrahman, Ahmed, and Amina. The sources also added that another person, Ibrahim Ma’aruf, was also abducted while one Abdu Buzu was killed during the attack. The police in the state are yet to confirm the incident.

Barely 12 hours after the Chairman, Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Lagos State chapter, Rahman Shobowale, called on members to return to their duty posts, the rest of the leadership on Friday ordered the closure of all court gates across the state. The order is in compliance with the union’s earlier position for a national strike to press home its demand for financial autonomy. A visit by AIT to the State High Court, Ikeja showed that early callers at the court including litigants were disappointed as they were denied assess into the court premises. The usual hustle and bustle…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command has paraded no fewer than 26 suspects for the vandalization and theft of armored cables and other electrical gadgets worth several millions of naira. The State Commandant of the Corps, Iskil Makinde, disclosed this while speaking with reporters shortly after parading the suspects at the State Headquarters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Recently part of Ilorin metropolises like Tanke- Oke-Odo, Akata, and others were thrown into gross darkness following the vandalization of some electricity gadget supplying the affected communities by suspected vandals. However, the prime suspect, Suleman Abdulahi,…

We refer to the Central Bank of Nigeria Limited (CBN) pronouncement on the reconstitution of the Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. Further to the press conference held by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele CON on Thursday, 29 April 2021, the Boards of FBN Holdings Plc and First Bank of Nigeria Limited were dissolved and reconstituted, pursuant to its power under Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020. The Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited is now comprised as follows: 1.         Mr. Tunde Hassan-Odukale – Chairman 2.        …

Manchester United recorded an emphatic 6-2 victory over Roma in their UEFA Europa League first leg semifinal at Old Trafford. The red devils who have built a reputation as comeback kings this season showed how deserving they are of that title, coming from behind to win against the Serie A side. Barring any catastrophic capitulation, the red devils have their feet in the final, their first under manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Edinson Cavani scored a brace for the red devils and Solskjaer had some good words for the Uruguayan. Elsewhere in Spain, Arsenal were haunted by their old manager as…

President Muhammadu Buhari has again commended the sacrifices made by the Nigerian doctors in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and assured of his administration’s continued support for the entire medical profession. The President made this known while speaking at the 61st Annual General Scientific Conference and Delegates Meeting of the Nigerian Medical Association held in Jos. It was a gathering of doctors from across the nation, this time to reflect on the reality of the times that are defined by the Covid-19 pandemic. The National President of the Association, Innocent Ujah, said the conference took place at a very…