Newsman’s Midnight Trade-Off: Deadline vs. Darkness in hour of Up NEPA by Remmy Nweke - WeekendDigits@ITREALMS

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Introduction:

The oppressive heat of a Lagos night was a shroud in my small home library. The air, thick and still as soup, offered no comfort, carrying only the distant, rhythmic cough of generators, the weary soundtrack to my career. 

On my desk, a sprawling chaos of work reflected the three masters I served: NaijaAgroNet Online, DigitalSENSE Business Magazine, and ITREALMS Online. The final proof sheets, a towering cairn of printouts pulled from the server, and the red-penned manuscript for the weekend's lead op-ed were barely visible under the weak, dying beam of my rechargeable lamp. 

FirstBank's finest hour by Festus Akanbi - ITREALMS

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Dazzles stakeholders with growth across key metrics
Rising from a lower profit margin of N10.2billion and a debilitating Non-Performing Loan portfolio of 45 per cent in 2015, to an impressive profit of N147billion and a significantly lowered NPL rate of 5.6 per cent in 2022, FirstBank has proven that its back-to-back profit-making is far beyond recoveries made, but rather it’s a reinforcement of a well-articulated growth trajectory driven by a committed, competent and experienced Board and management team, writes FESTUS AKANBI.

There seems to be a consensus among watchers of the Nigerian banking sector that these days, the changing dynamics foisted on the nation’s economy by both the current local and international economic realities are already taking their toll on Nigerian banks.