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By Bunmi Awoyemi, Ph.D 1. NNPC signed an MOU with Russian Mega Oil Company, Lukeoil to do Joint Venture deep offshore Crude Oil exploration and production and for the revamping of the three oil refineries in Nigeria. 2. Russia to enter into the Nigeria rail market via the Eastern Corridor …

By AbuSatar Hamed ILARO: The Nmale family of Ilaro, the family that traditionally has the prerogative right of producing the Adele Olu of Ilaro on Saturday, October 26, 2019, made history by adopting one of their illustrious sons – Abiodun Olalekan Ilo as the Adele-elect to be presented to His …

LAGOS: Access Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2019, which clearly show positive figures across most financial indicators. The breakdown is shown below. The financial statements showed that Access Bank generated N210.21 billion in net interest income as at the period ended …

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the closure of the borders was to ensure farmers in Nigeria are prosperous, urging Nigerians to endure the high cost of commodities occasioned by closure of the country’s borders. The vice president spoke at a town hall meeting in Bénin …

By AbuSatar Hamed BENIN CITY: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that harnessing the power in Nigeria’s diverse, but fascinating cultures as a major basis for national unity would help the country prevail over the challenges confronting it and spur national development. According to a release e-signed and made …

BY ABIOLA RUFAI ILARO: Prince Dapo Abiodun led government in Ogun State has been commended for its efforts towards the development of agriculture in the state. The Director of Production, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Dr. Semiu Olalekan Ogunwolu gave the commendation in Ilaro, Ogun State during a day …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED LAGOS: The Body of Bank CEOs has applauds the recent notice from the National Communications Commission (NCC) announcing the immediate suspension of end-user billing for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services. According to a release e-signrd by the Body of Bank CEOs and made available to StarTrend …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED ABEOKUTA: Ogun State Government has said that it is working on security policies that will continue to make the State a destination of choice for people coming into the country for business. The Deputy Governor, Engr. Salako-Oyedele who stated this while receiving members of the  State Community …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED ABUJA: The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has call for a great deal of inter-religious dialogue that  tends to focus on mediating the differences between various religions, creeds and positions.          According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com by Laolu Akande, Senior …

More facts have started to emerged on why Chief Executive Officers of Nigerian Banks vehemently opposed to the proposed charging customers for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data access to banking services in Nigeria. MTN had on Monday, October 21, 2019 announced a N4 charge for every 20 seconds of using USSD …