GTCO declares N221.5bn profit in 2021
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc. (GTCO Plc) has released its audited financial report for the year ending December 31, 2021. The group, in a notice to the Nigerian Exchange Group, declared a profit before tax of N221.5 billion. This represents a dip of 7.0 per cent from N238.1 billion recorded in December 2020. It said the company’s balance sheet remained well structured...
Russia destroys Ukrainian airport as Zelenskyy urges no-fly zone
A barrage of Russian missiles destroyed a civilian airport in Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. “I have just been informed about a missile strike on Vinnytsia. Eight rockets … The airport was completely destroyed,” he said on Sunday, the 11th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The claim could not be independently verified as Russia...
Russia to open humanitarian corridors in Ukraine
Russia's military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday, the Defence Ministry said, after fighting halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casualties from Russia's invasion mounted. The corridors will opened at 10 a.m. Moscow time (700 GMT) from the capital Kyiv as well as the cities of Kharkiv and Sumy and are being set...
Ekiti govt secures N2.6bn FG fund to construct 550 housing units
As part of efforts to ensure provision of affordable houses for the people, the Ekiti State Government has secured N2.6 billion housing fund from the Federal Government under the Family Home Fund to build 550 housing units in the state. The Executive Secretary of Ekiti State Mortgage Board, Oludayo Olorunfemi, disclosed this in Abuja recently during a meeting with estate...
Veteran Nigerian broadcaster, Fabio Olanipekun, is dead
Veteran Nigerian broadcaster, Fabio Olanipekun, has been confirmed dead. The demise of the renowned sports journalist was confirmed by an NTA official on Sunday. Further details on the death of the veteran broadcaster had yet to be ascertained as of press time. The death of Olanipekun is coming four days after celebrating his 80th birthday. His demise comes barely a week after another...
Catholic Bishops to Nigerians: Get your PVCs, vote competent leaders
The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, has advised Nigerians to ensure they get their Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs) ready and vote only candidates who have shown capacity to lead and unite the country ahead of the 2023 general election. Akubeze gave the advice on Sunday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the...
Pope appoints Ugorji Archbishop of Owerri
Pope Francis has appointed former Catholic Bishop of Umuahia and Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara Diocese, Most Rev. Fr. Lucius Ugorji, as the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Diocese in Imo State. The appointment was disclosed by Archbishop Antonio Filipazzi, the representative of the Pope in Nigeria during the ongoing first plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in...
PDP denies release of timetable for 2023 general election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “fake” the reports making the rounds that it has released the timetable for the 2023 general elections. An election timetable purported to have been signed and released by the National Organizing Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Umar M. Bature, as the schedule of activities and timetable of the main opposition party for...
Obaseki to PDP leaders: Accept my leadership or leave party
Governor Godwin Obaseki has told leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State who are uncomfortable with his leadership of the party to leave. Obaseki, who spoke at the weekend, said he has no plan of defecting from the PDP. The governor stressed that the constitution of the party bequeaths him with the leadership of the party in the state,...
Buhari: APC’ll surprise critics with national convention
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would surprise critics over the conduct of the March 26 national convention. The president spoke against the belief of critics that the APC lacks the capacity to conduct its national convention. Buhari said: “Well, they (critics) should wait and see. How did we come as a party to take...
