Jaiz Bank Plc held a virtual Annual General Meeting today where Managing Director/CEO Dr Haruna Musa presented the bank's audited results for the year ended December 31, 2025, before taking questions from the media. Musa highlighted a 19 per cent rise in total assets to ₦1.29 trillion, a 24 per cent jump in customer deposits …
Jaiz Bank Plc has reported a 28 per cent growth in profit before tax to ₦31.24 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, up from ₦24.44 billion in 2024, as the non-interest bank posted across-the-board growth in earnings, deposits and assets despite a tough macroeconomic environment. Disclosing the bank's audited results at a press …
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepen collaboration on local content, as the gas giant's Train 7 project reached 90 percent completion and pre-commissioning activities got underway. The renewed commitment was made on Wednesday when NLNG's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Engr. …
Family-owned businesses across Africa are growing faster than their global counterparts, even as inflation, tax complexity and supply chain disruptions weigh on the operating environment, according to PwC's Africa Family Business Survey 2025. The survey, which sampled 79 family businesses across East, West and Southern Africa, found that 66% reported sales growth in the past …
In a remarkable demonstration of community-led environmental action, more than 60,000 primary school students across Lagos have collected over 1 million used MILO plastic wrappers out of drainage systems and dumpsites, transforming them instead into functional school gear. The exercise was part of the MILO Elevate Recycling Initiative, a school-based competition designed to mark World …
Nigeria’s worsening security crisis escalated on multiple fronts on Monday as at least 22 people were killed in a deadly attack on a Plateau State community, suspected kidnappers launched coordinated raids in Ondo State, and angry protesters shut down major roads in Ibadan over the continued captivity of abducted schoolchildren and teachers. The developments came …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has firmly declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, remains one of its most valuable political assets and is not available for any form of political transfer to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party made the declaration while reacting to recent remarks …
Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has alleged that he has been receiving threats following his recent criticism of political leadership and governance challenges in Northern Nigeria. The activist made the claim in a video posted on his official social media page, where he expressed concern over what he described …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled another industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep inside a forest in Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national and four Nigerian collaborators in what authorities described as a major blow against an emerging transnational drug manufacturing network. The discovery was made at Tapa Village in …
France has confirmed its first case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), raising concerns as the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to battle a deadly outbreak that has already claimed hundreds of lives. The French Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that a doctor who recently returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of …
