Asset Quality: Banks to Raise Impairment Charges on Credit Losses. The United Capital Plc, a leading investment banking firm headquartered in Lagos, said it expects non-performing loans (NPL) in the banking sector to increase significantly due to substantial exposures to hardest sector.

Union Bank to Support Communities with Portable Water. Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN), said on Friday that it would provide potable water to six different communities in the six geo-political zones in the country as part of its support and Corporate Social Responsibility to Nigerians.