Business

ETI’s PBT up 53% to N135.5bn, hits N8trn in total assets

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2019

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has reported a 53 per cent increase in Profit Before Tax (PBT) to N135.5 billion in 2018 financial submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday. The pan-African financial institution had reported N88.3 billion PBT in the 2017 financial

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ECOWAS revises single currency road map to meet 2020 deadline

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2018 0

The implementation of single currency drive of the Ecowas sub region has continued to be an Herculean task with the failure of most member states in meeting major criteria for the unification. This prompted the need to revise the road map, and constitute a presidential task force to accommodate new challenges and fast track the […]

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AI raises alarm over plan secret trial of 10 Cameroonians

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

The Amnesty International has revealed that life of 10 leaders of the independent movement in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon could be at risk of torture and unfair trials if extradited from Nigeria, where they have been arrested and detained in secret for one week. The human right’s group said that on 5 January, 2018, […]

News

Making Phone Calls at Petrol Stations a Criminal Offense – Police

Ihesiulo Grace 31 December 2017 0

The Nigeria Police Force has termed it a criminal offense to make phone calls at filling stations, Punch reports. This was made public by the force’s Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, who said anyone violating the rules could be arrested. According to Punch, Moshood described petrol stations as public spaces where, because of the inflammable […]

Africa

Cameroon seizes ‘farming tools’ as separatist attacks get deadlier

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2017 0

Security forces in Cameroon have been conducting raids in the homes across the southwest region in the wake of deadly attacks by separatists. The country’s Anglophone regions – northwest (capital, Bamenda) and southwest (capital, Buea) are under curfew following deadly attacks on security forces last week. The BBC reports that residents in Munyenge – a […]

Africa

U.N. Human right urges Cameroon to respect rights of Anglophone protesters

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

The United Nations (UN) Human rights body has urged Cameroon to respect the rights of Southern Cameroon in their bid to express their right to self determination. The concern was raised by the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights who recently commented on the political and security crisis in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions calling for caution […]