Author: Lilian Azuh

Projection… …Reinforces Investor Confidence Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc (“Sterling HoldCo” or “the Group”) has sustained its growth momentum, projecting gross earnings of N149.27 billion for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2025. This projection builds on the Group’s performance in the first half of the year, when profit after tax rose by 157 percent, gross earnings climbed 39.7 percent to N212.61 billion, and earnings per share rose to 89 kobo from 56 kobo. Together, these results highlight a strong year-to-date trajectory, reinforcing profitability and boosting investor confidence in the Group’s long-term outlook. According to the filing on the Nigerian Exchange, Sterling HoldCo expects interest income…

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has announced a public review session for the Draft Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Live Events and the Draft Technical Standard for the Nigerian Data Exchange (NGDX). The event is scheduled to hold on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Digital Economy Complex, NCC Building, Mbora, Abuja, by 9:00 am. NITDA’s Rule-Making Process (RMP) aimed at co-creating regulatory instruments that are trusted, inclusive, and sustainable, while aligning Nigeria’s digital transformation with global best practices. The Draft DPI Live Event has been developed to support the seamless deployment of national digital public infrastructure, strengthen e-Government…

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L-R: Branch Leader, Akure, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Angela Akeju; Team Lead, CSR, Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; Regional Bank Head, Southwest 1, Fidelity Bank Plc, Folaranmi Jemirin; and Chairman, Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Prince Biyi Poroye, at the Fidelity Food Bank distribution event held in Igbokoda Community, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, recently.  Provides Essential Food Items to 2,000 Residents Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has extended its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, the Fidelity Food Bank Initiative, to Anambra State, providing essential food supplies to over 2,000 vulnerable residents in…

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Musk Oracle co-founder, Larry Ellison, has toppled Elon Musk to become the world’s richest person, ending the Tesla boss’s nearly year-long reign at the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bloomberg reports that Ellison’s fortune surged by a record $101bn on Wednesday after Oracle reported quarterly results that beat expectations and signalled further growth in its cloud business. The increase lifted his wealth to $393bn, putting him ahead of Musk, whose net worth now stands at $385bn. The 81-year-old tech billionaire’s gains mark the biggest one-day jump ever recorded on Bloomberg’s index.Oracle’s shares, which had already risen 45 per cent…

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Jonathan The reported 2027 ambition of former President Goodluck Jonathan has split the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-South into two camps, with the stakeholders holding divergent positions on the issue. While some party members believed Jonathan should not contest against President Bola Tinubu, various political pressure groups drummed support for the ex-leader. Aides to the former President have been quoted in the media that their principal was consulting on whether to throw his hat in the ring in 2027. He was said to have been asked to contest the presidency by the PDP, the New Nigeria Peoples Party and…

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