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Access Bank Says H1 2016 Pretax Profit up 27.9% to N50.02 Bn, Offers 25 Kobo Interim Dividend

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s top tier lender, Access Bank Plc on Friday said its pretax profit for the half-year (H1) period ended June 30, 2016 climbed up 27.9 percent to N50.02 billion from N39.11 billion recorded a year ago. Similarly, profit after tax (PAT) grew 26.2 percent to N39.48 billion […]

Facebook celebrates Young African Creatives at The Loerie Student Awards

The Facebook Challenge will become an official Loerie Award in the Student Category from 2017 August 19, 2016/Facebook Facebook celebrated the creativity and excellence of young African creatives at The Loerie Awards for 2016, the premier annual advertising awards in the advertising industry in Africa and the Middle East. In […]

Nigeria to allocate $180 mln more in capital spending -finance minister

August 19, 2016/Reuters Nigeria’s government is to allocate 60 billion naira ($180 million) more spending on capital projects as part of the 2016 budget and in addition to earlier releases, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Friday, as it tries to boost the economy. Africa’s largest economy is in the […]