By JKNewsMedia HAVING SECURED the 2025 Development Bank of Nigeria Innovation Award in the Deposit Money Bank category, Fidelity Bank Plc has reinforced its position as a leading driver of inclusive financial solutions for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises across Nigeria. The award, conferred at the Service Ambassadors’ Awards ceremony in ...
By JKNewsMedia THE NIGERIAN National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced that the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) commenced a scheduled maintenance shutdown on 24 May 2025. According to a statement issued on Sunday by Olufemi O. Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, the maintenance exercise includes ...
By JKNewsMedia THE NIGERIAN Exchange Group (NGX) has formally dismissed allegations of insider trading levelled against Fidelity Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, following her recent acquisition of 18 million units of the bank’s shares. A regulatory letter dated 22 May 2025 confirmed that the transa...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s EQUITIES market stirred from its recent quiet spell with a Friday morning surge, sparked by investor interest in Fidelity Bank Plc shares. By 11am, the Nigerian Exchange All Share Index (ASI) had climbed 0.19 percent to 109,385.94 points, driven largely by gains in Fidelity Bank stock. The share price rose to N18.60, ...
By JKNewsMedia A CIVIC outcry has followed government proposals to merge Nigeria’s top intellectual accolade, the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA), with the broader National Honour Award (NHA). The Conscience Foundation (CF), a non-profit championing democracy, human rights, and governance, has sharply rejected the move, warning it risks ...
By JKNewsMedia MORE THAN 4,500 residents of Abere and Modakeke communities in Ile-Ife, Osun State, received essential food items during a two-day distribution programme organised by Fidelity Bank Plc. The initiative, delivered in partnership with the Ministry of Cooperatives and Empowerment and the Esther Adeleke Foundation, forms part of the ...
By JKNewsMedia TECHNOLOGY BELONGS to everyone, and girls must claim their space in it. That was the rallying message at the 13th Girls in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Day celebration in Lagos, where telecommunications giant Globacom urged young ladies never to give up on their ambitions. The event, organised by E-Businessli...
By JKNewsMedia MANAGING DIRECTOR and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has acquired 18 million additional shares in the bank, a transaction worth approximately ₦366 million, executed at ₦20.35 per share on 19 May 2025. The strategic move coincided with the publication of an unverified online report regardin...
By JKNewsMedia ROBUST FINANCIAL performance continues to silence sceptics as Fidelity Bank navigates a court-supervised dispute involving the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited. Despite a judicial gag order prohibiting media discussion—backed by stern warnings against contempt—the bank’s scale and resilience speak lou...
By JKNewsMedia SOARING INVESTOR confidence pushed Fidelity Bank Plc back into the trillion-naira market capitalisation club after its share price surged 5.3% to ₦21.00 on May 13, 2025, up from ₦19.95, according to Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) data. This rally increases the tally of Nigerian companies in the elite bracket to 19. The bank bri...
