Over a hundred years since banks came into Nigeria, services rendered to small and medium scale businesses were limited to core banking services and transactions. However, those that cared to look further were able to stand the test of time, reinventing themselves with cutting edge financial services that remain key to sustaining its relevance to not just its host communities but the global community.
As the race towards 2023 general election begins to take a decisive shape, Senate President of Nigeria, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Governor of Yobe State and APC’s National Chairman, Interim Caretaker Committee/Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni and Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (MON) the Governor of Jigawa State, are all set to decamp to the opposition's Peoples Democratic Party.
Progressives youths in the All Progressives Congress (APC) met in Lagos at a parley between young business stakeholders, political aspirants from the 6 Southwest states and Kwara and their counterparts in government.
The attention of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) has been drawn to a vexatious post circulating on WhatsApp purporting that the GAC, party leaders and stakeholders have settled for a replacement for Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu.
Barring any last minute changes, there are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will reinstate the suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mrs Hadiza Bala Usman.
Mr Fani-Kayode is charged alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday detained the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was reportedly detained over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of ₦1.3 billion.
The National Defence College (NDC) of Tanzania has commended Dangote Cement for fueling job creation in the country. The Commandant of the College, Major Gen. IM Mhona, stated this when he led a delegation of participants from the institution as part of the one-year course for high-ranking army officials. The NDC is the highest strategic learning and primary training institution for the Ministry of Defence and National Service, in Tanzania.
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has said it will organize an award in early February, known as the Sterling Heart Fellowship Award, for tech founders whose businesses employ innovative solutions to tackle challenges in the HEART sectors and have been selected to partake in the Founder Institute Lagos Virtual Spring Program.