The Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, Senator (Dr.) Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru has cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on South Africans and their investments in Nigeria. Basiru who is representing Osun Central Senatorial District at the Senate warned that reprisal attack on South Africans and …
Read More »Ogun Govt. Pledges To Pay Farmers Upkeep Allowances Until First Harvest
By Raymond Osho The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday September, 2, 2019 identified Cassava, Maize and Rice as produce of interest under the State’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). The Governor assured that some farmers would be issued their certificates of occupancy this week. A statement issued by …
Read More »Attacks On Nigerians Reckless, Run Against Ideals South African Leaders Fought For, Says Osinbajo, Says Violence Unfortunate, Recalling Nigeria’s Role In Pulling Down Apartheid
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 …
Read More »MIPAD Educates Entrepreneurs On Dynamics Of Accessing Capital
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 …
Read More »H1 2019: How Fidelity Bank Posts Double Digit Growth In Earnings, Profitability, Deposits & Loans As Profits Soars By 16% To Hit N15.1bn; Gross Earnings N103.7bn
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 …
Read More »Day Zenith Bank Rewards D’Tigress With Cash
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 …
Read More »Why Zenith Bank Revises Payment Date of H1 2019 30k Interim Dividend
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 …
Read More »How Lagos Government, NGO Partner On Free Surgery To Mark Sanwo-Olu’s 100days In Office
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 …
Read More »Analyst Wants FG To Negotiate With P&ID Over $9.6billion Judgement Debt
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 …
Read More »Motorists In Haste Advised To Avoid Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Sept. 2 To Dec. 15
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 …
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