News
Otedola buys additional 2.22% shares as stakes in FBN Holdings
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola, the Chairman of FBN Holdings, has acquired an additional 2.22 per cent stake in First Bank.
This was disclosed in a corporate filing on the Nigerian Exchange Group on Monday.
With this latest purchase, Otedola’s shareholding in the bank has increased to 11.63 per cent, solidifying his position as the largest shareholder.
This is coming four days after he regained his position as the majority shareholder of First Bank after acquiring N18.9 billion worth of the group’s shares on the Nigerian Exchange on Thursday.
Otedola acquired 316,506,776 shares at a share price of N21.91 each, amounting to N6.935 billion and 546,674,034 shares at N21.97 each, amounting to N12.01 billion, through his holding company, Calvados Global Services Limited.
News
VIDEO: God’s kingdom is your birthright it’s not negotiable -Bishop Elim(Part 1)
Bishop Godwin Elim, the Senior Pastor at Live for Christ, aka Lifting Assembly in Abuja has said God’s Kingdom is the birthright of believers as this is not negotiable.
Naijablitznews reports Bishop Elim made this assertion on Saturday in his sermon drawing vivid examples from bible passages and real life examples.
This is part one of the series to run through the week.
Watch clip below;
News
BREAKING: APC Picks All 20 Chairmanship, 236 Councillorship Seats In Ogun LG Polls
The All Progressives Congress, APC has won all 20 Chairmanship and 236 Councillorship seats in the Ogun LG Polls.
Naijablitznews reports that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Sunday, declared all the 20 chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of Saturday’s local government elections conducted in the state.
The Chairman of the commission, Babatunde Osibodu also declared all 236 APC councillorship candidates as winners of the election while presenting the official results of the polls at the commission’s headquarters at Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.
Osibodu said the ruling party, APC, emerged victorious across all the 20 local government areas and 236 wards in the state by polling a total of 613,156 votes cast in the exercise which witnessed major political parties like the Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), participating.
Other political parties that participated in the exercise included the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
News
BREAKING: INEC declares Aiyedatiwa of APC winner of Ondo guber election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the guber election conducted in Ondo State on Saturday.
Aiyedatiwa, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
He polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival in the election, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the election.
The APC cleared all 18 local government areas.
While the PDP polled a total of 117,845 votes, the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,162 votes and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled 2,692 votes.
Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi announced the result of the Ondo governorship election at the State headquarters of INEC in Akure.
-
News22 hours ago
At last, Marketers Agree to Crash Petrol Prices as Dangote Sells Fuel at Reduced Cost after Deal
-
News24 hours ago
Just in: APC In Early Lead As INEC Uploads Ondo Election Results On IReV Portal
-
News24 hours ago
Ondo: Hoodlums attack INEC officials in Ogbagi Akoko, destr0y electoral materials, others
-
News23 hours ago
Police save abduct£d 14-month-old baby from nanny
-
News24 hours ago
ElectionsOndo Guber: BVAS malfunctions, rejects elderly voters
-
News13 hours ago
Yuletide: First Lady cautions market women against hiking food prices
-
News21 hours ago
Tinubu Set To Host Indian Prime Minister, Modi Sunday In Abuja
-
News13 hours ago
Nigeria’s external debt may hit $45bn before January