Nigeria: Intercontinental Bank Bags ‘Bank of the Year’ Award
November 30, 2008 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Picture shows Dr. Erastus Akingbola, Group Chief Executive, Intercontinental Bank Plc (Middle) flanked by Brian Caplen, Editor, The Banker Magazine (Left) and Michael Burke of BBC London (Right) at the event in London.
Nigeria: Bank PHB Total Assets Surpasses the Trillion Naira Mark
November 30, 2008 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Bank PHB has joined the exclusive list of Nigerian banks with total assets in excess of a trillion naira. In its financial results for the 12 month period ended June 30, 2008, Bank PHB announced total assets of N1.038 trillion, 172% higher than N382 billion in June 2007.
Acts Win Big At MTV Africa Music Awards
November 29, 2008 by Zack · Comments Off
The first-ever MTV Africa Music Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria delivered a heavily Afro-centric show and winners’ list that has been welcomed by the continent’s industry.
Troops search Mumbai siege hotel
November 29, 2008 by tim · Comments Off
Troops comb through Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel, hours after an assault ended a bloody three-day siege there.
Thai police confront protesters
November 29, 2008 by tim · Comments Off
Protesters force Thai police to abandon a checkpoint as security forces seek to end a blockade paralysing Bangkok’s airports.
Amazon deforestation grows
November 29, 2008 by tim · Comments Off
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, officials say.
Focus on body and cell phones found on boat
November 29, 2008 by tim · Comments Off
Indian investigators probing the deadly attacks on Mumbai are focusing on a boat off the coast where the captain’s body has been found bound and lying face down along with cell phones used to call Pakistan, according to reports. Read more
Saudi Arabia wants oil price at $75 a barrel
November 29, 2008 by tim · Comments Off
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New rifts form on Antarctic ice shelf
November 29, 2008 by tim · Comments Off
Scientists have identified new rifts on an Antarctic ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, the European Space Agency said.
Dozens Killed in Election Riot
November 29, 2008 by Zack · Comments Off
Dozens of people were feared dead yesterday owing to skirmishes in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State over the result of the council polls widely believed to have been won by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Timothy Gyang Buba.
