Month: April 2017

Transcorp Group Reports 20% Growth In Revenue

Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), a leading Nigerian conglomerate, has announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2017. In the result, the Group’s total revenue increased from N13.2 billion to N15.8 billion, representing a 20% increase when compared to the Group’s performance in the corresponding period of 2016. Also, the gross…

GTBank Posts Pre-Tax Profit of N50.39b

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Gross earnings…

Runway Jazz 2017: UBA Powers Music, Business MasterClass Facilitated By Berklee College Of Music

***Nagee and Josh stone to headline the Jazz runway show ***As Donald Duke introduces daughter Xerona unto the scene The countdown has begun to the most anticipated and insightful learning experience at the Runway Jazz 2017 Music and Business Masterclass, taking place on April 29, 2017 in the Grand Ballroom of Eko Hotels & Suites,…

Peterside’s Election as AAMA Chairman Well Deserved—Rivers APC

The election of Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), as the new Chairman and President of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) last Friday has been described as well-deserved by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party congratulated Dr. Peterside in…

Pulse Nigeria Wins Best Online Media Website Award

Pulse Nigeria has emerged the Best Online Media Website, making it one of the biggest winners at the just concluded Nigerian Internet Registration Association’s .NG Awards which held over the weekend at Oriental Hotel Lagos. Other nominees in the Best Online Media Website category included Cable Newspaper Limited (thecable.ng), CFAtech (techsmart.ng), Naij (naij.ng), News24 (news24.com.ng),…

Drama As Amosun ‘Assaults’ Sympathiser At Isiaka Adeleke’s Burial (Photo)

It was shocking to sympathisers at funeral of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, when the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, was pictured to have pushed a man away. It was gathered that the unknown man had allegedly made an attempt to assault a female politician identified as Hon. Idiat Babalola, an Commissioner-nominee in Osun State, at…

Lagos-Based Lawyer Petitions Owoseni Over Threat To Life, Assault

A lawyer based in Lagos, Mrs Blessing Titty Ahmed, has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, over alleged assault and threat to her life. In the petition written on her behalf by Simeon Atunbi of Blue Diamond Law Firm, Ahmed accused a woman, Mrs Jerry Okoh, of assaulting her on April 19…