Author: Lilian Azuh

Access Holdings PLC (“the Group” or “the Company”) today announced its nine-month ended September 30, 2025 (“Q3 2025”) results, recording gross earnings of ₦3.9trillion, which represented a rise by 14.1% year-on-year over ₦3.4trillion as at Q3 2024. This performance was driven by sustained growth in both interest and fees andcommission, reflecting the strength of the Group’s diversified earnings base andimproved performance from core operations across its banking and non-bankingbusinesses. Maintaining the same momentum, gross earnings rose by 56.2% quarter-on-quarterfrom ₦2.5trillion as at Half Year (H1) 2025. Interest income rose by 21.1% year-on-year to ₦2.9 trillion in Q3 2025, compared to₦2.4…

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By Johnson Adeleke President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his cabinet members ought to get on the first flight to Lagos on Sunday and massively occupy INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, owned by Nigerian prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele in appreciation to God for the attempted coup which didn’t materialize. The specific mention of Primate Ayodele’s church isn’t to say that is the only place thanksgiving can be done but beyond that, it would be in acknowledgement of the prophet’s spiritual credibility because amongst the thousands of prophets in Nigeria, he was the only one who saw the attempted coup coming, even before…

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Zenith Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2025, with a remarkable 16% year-on-year growth in gross earnings from N2.9 trillion recorded in Q3 2024 to N3.4 trillion in Q3 2025. The Group’s performance continues to demonstrate resilience, strong momentum, disciplined execution and an ability to deliver long-term shareholder value in spite of challenging macroeconomic environment. According to the financial results presented to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), the growth in gross earnings was driven by a sustained growth in interest income which grew by 41% year-on-year to N2.7 trillion. The growth in…

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A House of Representatives committee says terrorists have threatened to bomb the national assembly. Garba Muhammad, chairman of the committee on internal security of the national assembly, spoke during a public hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was organised to consider a bill seeking to establish the legislative security directorate in the national assembly, which will outline the qualifications and conditions of service for the sergeant-at-arms and other personnel. As alarming as this information is, Nigerian prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele, had warned about a bomb attack in Abuja some months ago. In a video released on his social media pages, the…

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NLNG has stated that new The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts will target young Nigerians with the aim of inspiring them to tell stories that redefines the nation’s image. At a press conference in Lagos, the Company announced that the Prize, a new category under its sponsored-The Nigeria Prizes will target emerging Nigerian filmmakers aged 18 to 35. The Company also stated further that the Prize will challenge young Nigerians to produce documentary films that celebrate the nation’s identity and reshape global perceptions of Nigeria through information, creativity, and visual excellence. The Prize cycle which will commence in February 2026…

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The DG, and other panelists, at the transition of African digital infrastructure for jobs and trade: Ronell Govender of Naspers; Ani Charles Bassey-Eyo of LANI Group; Manjit Dhillon Helios of Towers; Hannah Hanawanza-Redders of Data for Change Foundation; and Sam Rolland of Economist Intelligence Corporate Network. Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), declares that Africa’s economic destiny hinges on its own “compute capacity”, describing them as the foundation for sustainable digital transformation, job creation, and intra-African trade.  At the 2nd annual Sustainability Week Africa, which was held at The Westin in Cape…

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— Mr. Soji Maurice-Diya, Chief Executive Officer of NatCom Development &Investment Limited (trading as ntel), says the company remains bullish about its market comeback in Q1 2026, unveiling a renewed strategy to fill what he describes as “innovation gaps” in Nigeria’s telecoms ecosystem. Speaking during the Technology Times Thought Leadership Series, a quarterly platform powered by Digital Transformation Media Limited (DTML), publishers of Technology Times and eGovernance Nigeria Magazine, the ntel CEO shared his company’s renewed vision to re-enter Nigeria’s highly competitive telecoms market through an infrastructure-light model anchored on innovation, broadband inclusion, and youth-focused digital engagement. “We think that…

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