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Union Bank reports N6.9bn Q1’21 PBT

Union Bank reports N6.9bn Q1’21 PBT

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (UBN) has announced its unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 recording 12 per cent growth in pretax profit. According to the Q1 report released to the…

Ibom Air, others to pioneer domestic interline agreement in May

Ibom Air, others to pioneer domestic interline agreement in May

…experts x-ray Nigeria’s aviation challenges Nigeria is making a break-through in what is going to be the first interline/codeshare deal between domestic airlines in Nigeria as fast growing Ibom Air has concluded plans to unveil…

FG: Cryptocurrency facilitates money laundering, other crimes

FG: Cryptocurrency facilitates money laundering, other crimes

…seeks enabling regulations The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has warned that Cryptocurrency has the potential of facilitating financial crimes, especially money laundering, if not regulated. To maximise the benefits accruable from the emergence…

Facebook benefits from pandemic ad spending, Apple could spoil its party

Facebook benefits from pandemic ad spending, Apple could spoil its party

  Facebook Inc (FB.O) beat Wall Street expectations for both quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday but warned that growth later this year could “significantly” decline as new Apple Inc (AAPL.O) privacy policies will make it more difficult to…

Mexico president blasts telecoms firms over roadblocks to registry

Mexico president blasts telecoms firms over roadblocks to registry

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized the country’s telecoms companies on Wednesday for impeding an initiative to create a national biometric cellphone user registry that is opposed both by industry and rights groups.…

GtextHomes Global Brokers Conference to lift 12,000 unemployed youths

GtextHomes Global Brokers Conference to lift 12,000 unemployed youths

  In its quest in bridging the wide unemployment gap in Nigeria, one of the nation’s leading real estate firms, Gtexthomes has unveiled a multimillion naira Global Property Brokers Conference, scheduled to hold May 1.…

First Bank: Cementing its legacy with a visionary board

First Bank: Cementing its legacy with a visionary board

The ability of First Bank Nigeria Limited to successfully transform itself and keep pace with market trends has never been in doubt. The bank has reinvented its products, operations and services over the years to…

Boosting national security with technology

Boosting national security with technology

Amidst rising insecurity in Nigeria, the deployment of communication centres across the country raises the hope of immediate succor for residents in emergencies. Now in 19 states, including FCT, the telecoms regulator says the target…

Evaluating economic implication of unsafe schooling

Evaluating economic implication of unsafe schooling

With kidnapping returning to the nation’s centers of learning, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, last week, rallied stakeholders, members of organised private sectors, state governors and top security officials to…

MAN: Sustained inflation burdens manufacturers’ profits, others

MAN: Sustained inflation burdens manufacturers’ profits, others

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has disclosed that the country’s current 18.17 per cent inflation rate announced recently by the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) will further affect the profitability of the manufacturing sector…