Integrity Reporters

Q3 2025: UBA delivers N538bn PAT, robust balance sheet The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. The bank recorded strong and impressive growth across all its key indicators as its gross earnings grew by 3.0 per cent to N2.469 trillion up from N2.398 trillion recorded in September last...

AU, AFRIMA Confirm January 7-11, 2026 for 9th Awards in Lagos     The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Executive Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have officially announced that the 9th edition of Africa's global music awards will now take place between Wednesday, January 7 and Sunday, January 11, 2026, in Lagos, Nigeria. Previously scheduled for November 25–30,...

Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri to Defect to APC on Monday From Philip Jeremiah Eke Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri is poised to formally join the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, marking a seismic shift in Nigeria's political landscape and accelerating the opposition Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) ongoing hemorrhage of high-profile members.   Sources close to the negotiations revealed to our correspondent that...

Ogbuku dissociates himself from Media reports attributing purported arrest to Governor Diri   BY PHILIP  EKE Chief Samuel Ogbuku (PhD), the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has dissociated himself from a recent report in the Media attributing his rumoured arrest to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri. In a release signed by Dr  Etim, SA Media to the...

ZENITH BANK’S GROSS EARNINGS JUMPS 16%, HITS N3.4TN AS PBT REMAINS ROBUST AT N917.4BN IN Q3 2025 RESULTS       Zenith Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2025, with a remarkable 16% year-on-year growth in gross earnings from N2.9 trillion recorded in Q3 2024 to N3.4 trillion in Q3 2025. The Group’s performance...