From Left: Bolanle Banjo, Non- Executive Director, Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC); Afolabi Omilabu, Executive Director, Lagos LBIC; Olusola Faleye, Managing Director & CEO, LBIC; and Mr Hakeem Ogunniran, Board Chairman, LBIC, during the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos. Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC), one of Nigeria’s foremost mortgage financial institutions, has declared dividends for the first time in 12 years, following a strong financial performance in 2024. The announcement was made at the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Lagos on Thursday, September 18, 2025, where shareholders commended the board and management for steering…
Author: Oluwatoyin Mathnuel
From Left: Bolanle Banjo, Non- Executive Director, Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC); Afolabi Omilabu, Executive Director, Lagos LBIC; Olusola Faleye, Managing Director & CEO, LBIC; and Mr Hakeem Ogunniran, Board Chairman, LBIC, during the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos. Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC), one of Nigeria’s foremost mortgage financial institutions, has declared dividends for the first time in 12 years, following a strong financial performance in 2024. The announcement was made at the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Lagos on Thursday, September 18, 2025, where shareholders commended the board and management for steering…
The Executive Chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Ishola Jimoh Abiodun, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, welcomed community leaders and grassroots stakeholders to an interactive meeting aimed at fostering stronger collaboration between community development practitioners and newly elected council chairmen across Lagos State. The high-level engagement, held at Magrettas Events Hall, Ekoro Road, Abule-Egba, Agbado/Oke-Odo was organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development. It brought together community practitioners, Community Development Associations (CDAs), Community Development Committees (CDCs), and local government executives to discuss ways of deepening synergy in grassroots governance. Hon.…
Hit FM, the leading radio station in Cross Rivers state, and organizers of Calabar Entertainment Conference (CEC) has announced First Bank of Nigeria Limited as official bank partners for the flagship youth engagement program in the Creative Sector. CEC has held every year since 2017, and now in its 9th year, executive producer and CEO of Hit FM Patrick Ugbe says the creative sector “has not been in more urgent need of interventions that facilitate capacity building, funding, distribution, and thought leadership.” This year’s event will hold on the 17th and 18th of October at Hogis Royale, in Calabar, Cross River State,…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) solemnly affirms the decisive intervention of its operatives, in concert with the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), in two grievous road traffic tragedies precipitated by excessive speed and perilous road conditions induced by incessant rainfall. In the first occurrence, a lone accident involving a Ford automobile, with registration number APP 413 YH, unfolded along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road by Kofo Abayomi Junction, inward Kilimanjaro/Law School, Victoria Island. Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver, regrettably unrestrained by a seatbelt, lost mastery of the vehicle owing to reckless velocity compounded by the rain-slicked roadway. The violent…
Delta State Police command, in a combined effort with men of Operation Delta Sweep, today recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against Kidnapping in the state. On 17th September 2025 at 1100hours, the DPO Owa-oyibu received information that some kidnappers were sighted at Nniogbo Owa Ekei Boji Boji Owa. Acting on this information, the DPO led a combined team of Policemen and vigilantes alongside two teams of Operation Delta sweep and swung into action. The combined teams stormed the bush where the suspects, upon sighting the teams, opened fire, which was repelled by the teams. In the fierce gun…
The Delta State Police Command continues to record remarkable successes in its sustained fight against crime and criminality across the State. Recent intelligence-driven operations carried out by operatives of the Command, in synergy with local security stakeholders, have once again demonstrated the Command’s commitment to ridding the armed robbers and other criminal elements. Following complaints received from concerned residents on the activities of a syndicate that attacks churches at Night, and cart away church instruments and other items, the commissioner of Police Delta State CP Olufemi Abaniwonda directed DPOs to embark on an intelligence-led investigation and ensure that these suspects…
Access Bank, in partnership with Help the Woman Initiative, has launched Project UWUS (Unstoppable Woman, Unbreakable Spirit), a cervical cancer awareness and screening campaign, designed to improve early detection, promote preventivehealthcare, and empower women across Akwa Ibom State.Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Akwa Ibom, with a prevalence rate of 22.1%. Limited access to healthcare, cultural barriers, and low awareness contribute to delayed diagnosis and high mortality rates. Through Project UWUS, Access Bank is working with partners to close this gap by delivering large- scale sensitisation programme, free cervical cancer screenings, humanitarian support, and capacity…
Ups Total Cash Rewards to ₦189 MillionFidelity Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, has announced a three-month extension of its flagship savings campaign, the Get Alert in Millions (GAIM) Season 6 promo, now set to run until 30 November 2025. In a bold move to further excite and reward customers, the bank has also increased the total cash rewards from ₦159 million to a record ₦189 million. The announcement follows overwhelming feedback from customers and prospects who requested more time to participate in the campaign. Originally launched in November 2024 with a nine-month timeline ending in August 2025, the promo…
One of the branches of United Bank for Africa (UBA) in Lagos state, housed in the iconic Afriland Towers, was engulfed by fire on Tuesday, 16th of September, 2025. Although there have been no records of casualties, at the time of filing this report, Lagos fire service was still evacuating individuals trapped inside the building. In videos that went viral, some staffers of UBA were seen jumping out of the high-rise building window to save their lives and avoid being lynched by the heavy fire. This development comes few months after Nigerian prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele warned the bank to…