The Bishop of Catholic Church, Ondo, Archbishop Latunji Lasebikan has commended Ogbenini Rotimi Akeredolu giant strides in the delivery of dividends of democracy to the people of Ondo State. Archbishop Lasebikan gave the commendaton at a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate the first year in office of the governor at the …
Read More »Police Nabbed Suspected Kidnapper In Akure
A suspected kidnapper was arrested in the early morning of Monday August 27, 2018 around Orita-Obele Estate, along Roadblock, Akure, Ondo state. It was gathered that the suspect was caught by some good Nigerians who have been on his trail for about two weeks. The people suspecting him to be …
Read More »*Pomp, As Ibadan Stand Still For Olubadan At 90, Ajimobi, Others Eulogised Monarch
With scores of eminent personalities, including first class traditional rulers across Yorubaland, sons and daughters of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital celebrated the first class monarch, Oba Saliu Adetunji Ajeogungunniso I, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, who clocked 90 years in grand style at the International Conference Centre of the University …
Read More »Day Fidelity Bank, ABS Promoted Cultural Heritage With Sitcom
For the records: Fidelity Bank Plc has sponsored a television comedy (Sitcom) dubbed ‘Nduka’ produced by the Anambra State government through the Anambra State Broadcast Service (ABS). The television series based on the Igbo language, which airs every Wednesday with repeat broadcast on Sundays, is aimed at the preservation and …
Read More »Private Jet Ziggy: Atlast! Davido Eats Humble Pie
After initial boast, which was punctured by an investigative report, that he would be taking delivery of a private jet he had purchased a couple of months ago, the pop star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has not only eaten the humble pie but also regurgitated it in humility …
Read More »Ovia Recounts How Zenith Bank Was Established With N20m
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 …
Read More »FHC Grants Judgment In Favour Of Olisa Agbakoba In Margin Loan Case; Orders First Bank To Pay Damage
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 …
Read More »Zenith Bank Maps Out Strategies To Achieve 5% Deposit Growth In FY 2018
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 …
Read More »Josephine Anan-Ankomah Appointed Ecobank TI’s New Group Executive, Commercial Banking
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, …
Read More »Why UBA Starts Saturday Banking Operations
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 …
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