In line with the disclosure requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nigerian Exchange Limited, Access Holdings Plc , Africa’s leading financial services group, has announced the award of 23.8 million ordinary shares to some of its senior executives and executives of Access Bank, its flagship subsidiary. This is in pursuant of the…
CBN Governor, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks to stop charges on cash deposits until September 30, 2024. The apex bank disclosed this in a circular dated May 6, 2024, signed by its Director of Banking Supervision, Adetona Adedeji. Customers of some of the Deposit Money Banks raised concerns that…
Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31st March 2024, with an impressive triple-digit growth of 189% in Gross Earnings, from ₦270 billion reported in Q1 2023 to ₦781 billion in Q1 2024. This is despite the challenging operating environment and tightening monetary policy stance. From the unaudited statement…
The former manager, First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to a cumulative of 121 years in prison for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer to the tune of N112,100,000 (One Hundred and Twelve Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira only) for his personal use. Justice S. N. Odili of…
CAPTIONand Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR (Centre) flanked by the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu (Right) and the Deputy Managing Director, Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji, OON (Left) during a court-ordered Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held virtually from the Zenith Heights, Zenith Bank Plc, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday …
• Re-elect Olusegun Ogbonnewo, Ojinika Olaghere as a Non-Executive Directors The shareholders of Access Holdings Plc (“Access Holdings” or “the Group”) at the 2nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Friday, April 19, 2024, unanimously backed the Group’s plan to establish a capital raising programme of up to US$1.5 billion as well as the subset…
UBA America 1 – l-r:– Client Leader for the Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory practice, Fred Curry; United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Jose W. Fernandez; Chief Executive Officer, UBA America, Sola Yomi Ajayi; and Group Managing Director/CEO, United Bank for Africa; Oliver Alawuba, at the Business Council for International…
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 trillion in 2023. According to the audited financial results for the 2023 financial year presented to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), this impressive…
In a country with short-lived corporate excellence and a handful of centenary companies, hitting 130 years is undoubtedly a significant milestone for Nigeria’s premier financial institution, FirstBank. GEOFF IYATSE writes. Experience, they say, comes with age. Nothing else aptly defines the consistent growth of First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) and its consistent reinvention…
….Declares N2.30 kobo Final Dividend ….Total Assets Rise by 90.2% to N20.65 trillion ….Shareholders’ Funds Hits N2.0tn, achieving an impressive growth of 120.2%. In another unprecedented performance, Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has released its audited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2023, showing exceptional and impressive performance…
