For the records: The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has advised budding entrepreneurs not to be dissuaded by whatever challenges they might be facing presently, just as he narrated how he founded a bank with N20 million in 1990, despite the uncertain business environment during the military …

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered First Bank of Nigeria limited to pay messrs Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), a customer of the bank, the sum of N266, 368,454.85 as general damages against the bank for mismanaging the lawyer’s Share Portfolio Investment (margin loan) Account. This is a …

One of the big players in the banking sector in Nigeria, Zenith Bank Plc, is planning to increase its deposit base by 5 percent before the end of the 2018 financial year. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the financial institution, Mr Mukhtar Adam, made this disclosure recently while addressing an …

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has appointed Mrs. Josephine Anan-Ankomah as its new Group Executive in charge of Commercial Banking, replacing Mrs. Laurence Do Rego. As a member of the Group Executive Committee, Mrs. Anan-Ankomah will report to the Group CEO and will be based in the Ecobank Group office in Lomé, …

In other to serve its numerous customers better, pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced opening for business on Saturdays. In a notice to its customers on Friday, the lender, however, disclosed that banking operations on Saturdays would only be offered in “select branches across the …

Alamuwa Grammar School, Ado-Odo, has yet again emerged winners of the prestigious GTB/Principal Cup competition amongst secondary schools in Ogun State. In a highly entertaining match played at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta recently, Alamuwa defeated defending champions, Pakoto High School, Ayede-Ifo, in a dramatic 6-5 penalty shootout win …

BEING REMARKS MADE BY BARR. BIYI OTEGBEYE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT TO THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) AT THE PARTY SECRETARIAT, ABEOKUTA, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018. The Chairman of our great, Chief Derin Adebiyi, Members of the State Working Committee of our party …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED & ABIOLA RUFAI The leadership of All Progressive Party (APC) in Ogun State led by Chief Derin Adebiyi, the state party Chairman has promised to give total support for the Ogun West Governorship aspirant and Chairman of the Regency Alliance Insurance Limited, Barri. Biyi Otegbeye, popularly called …

BY GODWIN OKORO The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Iliyasu Ahmed has described the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com, Elhadj AbuSatar Idowu Hamed as a media guru who has paid his dues in the industry. The erudite police officer made this observation on Sunday August 19, 2018 …