The World Bank Group, on Wednesday, denied that the Bank disagreed with Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, over the borrowings by the Nigerian Government to stimulate the economy and finance infrastructure projects in the country. In a mail to the Minister by the Senior Communications Officer of the World Bank, Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud, the Bank averred that the ... Read More »
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Must Read!Inispiring Speech of Otunba Gbenga Daniel as he declares to be PDP Chairman
PDP: Time for a fresh start By Gbenga Daniel As a loyal party man who desires the best for our great party, the PDP. I have done informed study of the myriad of problems which confronted our political party in the last few years, especially the one which had cost us several electoral victories since 2011 and most especially ... Read More »
GTBank Releases 2017 Q3 Unaudited Results, Reports Profit Before Tax of N150.03Billion
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited financial results for the 3rd quarter ended September 30, 2017, to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the 3rd quarter performance shows positive growth across all key financial metrics and improved strategic positioning of the brand. Despite non-recurrence of significant FX revaluation gain during the period, the Bank ... Read More »
Gov Ahmed expresses shock over ex-minister’s death
Kwara state Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has described the death of a Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and one time Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Saidu Isa as a big loss to the state and the country as a whole. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba, the governor said the deceased ... Read More »
Airtel, Lagos State Partner to Curb Domestic, Sexual Violence
Leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with the Lagos State government to curb the menace of domestic and sexual violence across the metropolis. Through the Shortcode, 6820, both organizations are encouraging victims and other residents to report cases of domestic violence, sexual violence and child abuse. Lagos is leading the campaign through the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team ... Read More »
Isedowo Has Boosted Our Businesses ˗‒ Winners
Isedowo Has Boosted Our Businesses ˗‒ Winners Beneficiaries of Isedowo empowerment initiative of Goldberg lager beer have affirmed that the scheme has indeed provided them huge relief from financial challenges hitherto faced in expanding their businesses. So far, 32 artisans and small scale business operators have been supported with N300,000 each by Isedowo in Osun and Ekiti States, while the ... Read More »
Heritage Bank’s premium customer services earn senior executives ICA awards
Lagos, Nigeria, October 16, 2016: Institute of Credit Administration (ICA) has conferred distinguished awards on two senior management executives of Heritage Bank Plc at the Nigeria Credit Industry Awards and Postgraduate School of Credit and Financial Management (PSCFM) graduation ceremony held at the weekend in Lagos. The awardees are Mr. Jude Monye, an executive director of the bank ... Read More »
PDP National Chairmanship: Gbenga Daniel Continues Consultation, Visits T. Y Danjuma
As part of his consultations and campaign to be elected as the next National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Gbenga Daniel has visited, Gen. TY Danjuma (Rtd.) Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State, popular called OGD visited the former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff in his residence in Lagos. The visit to the respected ex-army general ... Read More »
TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION (TEF) WRAPS UP 2017 TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM – LARGEST GATHERING OF AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS
TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION (TEF) WRAPS UP 2017 TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM – LARGEST GATHERING OF AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS 3RD ANNUAL TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 13-14 IN LAGOS 1,300 AFRICAN SMEs, POLICYMAKERS, INCUBATORS FROM 54 COUNTRIES IN ATTENDANCE Lagos, Nigeria, October 16, 2017 – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on ... Read More »
SUBVERTING DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES IN THE RUN UP TO THE PDP NATIONAL ELECTIVE CONVENTION.
The December date fixed for the PDP National Elective Convention is no longer news. The news however, is the apparent inability of the party to draw lessons from the quagmire in which its culture of impunity had brought upon the party with the attendant reversal in status from a ruling party to a minority and opposition in government. That scenario ... Read More »