By AbuSatar Hamed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, answering questions from reporters in Kano, on Tuesday September 3, 2019, on the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa said: “Let me say first that these recent attacks are condemnable. According to a release signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

By AbuSatar Hamed Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) has called on entrepreneurs to build the profiles of their companies in order to facilitate their access to capital. This call was made by a panel of notable business leaders at the annual reception organised in Lagos by MIPAD for …

By AbuSatar Hamed   LAGOS: Despite the country’s challenging and fiercely competitive business environment, Fidelity Bank Plc delivered a solid financial performance in the first half of 2019, recording double-digit growth in key revenue lines whilst achieving significant traction in digital banking uptake. According to a release signed and made …

Zenith Bank PLC., Nigeria’s major sponsor of women basketball, delighted the victorious women’s national team, D’Tigress with cash awards during a brief reception at its corporate headquarters in Lagos. In his address at the reception, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, expressed his excitement on the feat …

In view of the publication of the Audited Financial Statement of Zenith Bank Plc for the half year ended 30 June 2019 on August 19, 2019 whereby the Board of Directors declared an interim dividend of 30k per share with a closure date of August 30, 2019 and payment date …

The Lagos State Government has partnered with the Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF), a non-governmental organisation, to provide free surgical intervention for 100 people in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Sunday, September 1, 2019, said that the surgical intervention would be for …

A policy analyst, Mr Atiku Samuel, has advised that the Federal Government should negotiate with Process and Industrial Development Ltd. (P&ID) before taking any other legal action. He said this on Sunday September 1, 2019 in Abuja while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Samuel said that getting …

Motorists who are in a hurry to get to their destination on time have been advised to steer clear of the Berger to Ogun River section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway due to rehabilitation works that might slow down traffic along the routes. According to a traffic advisory statement signed on …

The Department of State Services in Kano State has arrested, Muhammad Akazakwai, a suspected kidnap kingpin said to have masterminded the recent attack on the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Emmanuel Akabe, where three policemen and a civilian were shot dead. It was reported that Muhammad Akazakwai was arrested at …

The Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM) in the U.S. has said that President Donald Trump’s new immigration policy will, over time, reduce the number of Nigerians in strategic professional positions in that country. Chairman of the movement Prof. Apollos Nwauwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of …