LAGOS: The United Bank for Africa (UBA) last weekend officially added a new branch in Afriland towers on the Lagos Island. The new business office was commissioned by the Executive Governor of Lagos state, his Excellency Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Chairman of UBA, Mr Tony O. Elumelu. Sanwo-Olu who …

The former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that Nigeria owes very much to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, saying no individual has bestrode the Nigerian political space as positively and purposefully as the former President. He stated this in a tribute to the former President on his 83rd birthday, on …

CALIFORNIA: Prince Michael ‘Blanket’ Jackson clocked 18 on February 21, 2020, and it did not take him long to ‘fly the nest’ as he purchased his first home just days after his birthday. Blanket bought a six-bedroom house in the city of Calabasas, California, and the property reportedly cost $2.6 …

LAGOS: Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc., Herbert Wigwe has said that the Bank is committed to supporting the creative industry through improved funding and capacity building for artistes. Wigwe was of the view that lender’s support for the creative industry is part of its contribution to help the …

LAGOS: Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019, to both Nigerian and London Stock Exchange markets. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA: The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that in order to build local capacity to compete favourably with scientifically advanced economies, there is an urgent need to refine processes for funding research and innovation in the country. According to a press release e-signed and …

By AbuSatar Hamed LAGOS: A delegation from the Bank of Beirut led by its Managing Director, Sophoklis Argyrou, on Monday, March 2, 2020 paid a courtesy call on the management of Fidelity Bank Plc., to seek areas of collaboration between the two institutions. According to a press release e-signed and …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that a clear cut set of strategies to curb and curtail the proliferation of small and light weapons would be developed soon in the country. According to a press release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & …

By AbuSatar Hamed LAGOS: Top Nigerian lender, Fidelity Bank Plc was on Friday, February 38, 2020 honoured for its innovative digital banking solutions and consistent support for Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country at the 2019 Silverbird Man of the year awards. According to a press release e-signed …

LAGOS: In confirmation of the much publicised prophecy of Prophet TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), that Nigeria should get ready to receive a shower of rain that will wipe away the fear of the unknown, the prophecy seems to be true as some areas …