Rising from a lower profit margin of N10.2 billion and a debilitating Non-Performing Loan portfolio of 45 per cent in 2015, to an impressive profit of N147 billion and a significantly lowered NPL rate of 5.6 per cent in 2022, FirstBank has proven that its back-to-back profit-making is far beyond recoveries made, but rather it’s…
Ukrainian deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, says Russia’s allegations that Ukraine has begun its counteroffensive is to direct attention from Moscow’s losses around Bakhmut.The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” near Bakhmut which Russia claims to have captured last month.Russia says its forces thwarted a major offensive in…
Residents of Enugu State have defied the state government’s directives on the Monday compulsory sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as roads, schools, banks, markets and other public places were completely deserted.The state governor, Peter Mbah had on June 1 declared “no more sit-at-home in Enugu,” effective Monday, June 5,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday shunned a meeting called by the Federal Government to discuss the subsidy removal and the attendant hike in fuel pump prices across the country. The union insisted that it would not hold any dialogue with the government representatives unless a legitimate team was set up. However, the Trade Union…
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” near Bakhmut.Russia claimed to have captured the city last month after months of fighting.Russia has said its forces thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 Ukrainian soldiers and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.Two drones fell…
One year after he was kidnapped, the family of Prof Uwedinachi Iweha, have called on Governor Alex Otti of Abia State and Obi Aguocha, the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia at the National Assembly, to task security agencies in the state to bring the matter to a positive conclusion. Iweha was on Sunday, the 5th day of…
AC Milan’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he has decided to retire from playing at the age of 41 after a trophy-laden career at some of Europe’s top clubs. Ibrahimovic’s Milan contract expires at the end of June and will not be renewed following a season plagued by injuries, prompting him to end a remarkable…
Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has said he is confident that Sweden will join NATO “as soon as possible”, despite Turkey and Hungary continuing to block the northern European country’s accession to the alliance. Speaking at a United States Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on Thursday, Biden praised NATO’s unity amid the Russian…
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word “psammophile,” meaning an organism that thrives in sandy soils, in the 15th round of the contest’s finals. He edged out fellow eighth-grader Charlotte Walsh, 14, from Arlington, Virginia, who finished in second place after she…
