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Residents of Ogombo community in Eti-Osa Local Council Development Area (LCDA), of Lagos State, now have access to potable water, courtesy of the Finance team of Stanbic IBTC Bank, who donated a borehole, with a water treatment plant and a 2,000-litre ...
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Maxifund Investments and Securities Limited, Mr. Okechukwu Unegbu, has advised members of the National Assembly not to remove the CBN’s autonomy. Unegbgu, who was a former president of the Chartered ...
Shareholders of Skye Bank Plc have endorsed the payment of N3.3 billion as dividend to the bank’s investors as proposed by the board of directors. This translates to 25 kobo dividend per share for the period ended December 31, 2012. The bank&rsqu...
Deji Fisho is the Executive Director, Fortis Micro Finance Bank. In this chat with Michael Oche, he talks about various issues affecting the micro finance banking sector, its potentials and what government need to put in place to move the sector forwar...
Eighteen months after the promise made by President Goodluck Jonathan, to extend a grant of $200 million to the Nigerian film industry, the actors and actresses are yet to see or receive the funds, even though some corporate bodies have been rumoured t...
That the entertainment industry suffered neglect in the hands of successive administrations is no longer an issue. What is relevant now is the effort to redeem the support promised to those making the industry what it is today. Anthony Ada Abraham, in ...
The aggressive paparazzo who incited Halle Berry at her daughter’s school is going to be called to the witness stand and grilled like a cheeseburger ... in Halle’s bid to move her family to Paris. Halle is getting ready to fight it out with...
The first stanza of the post-election legal tussle between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kogi State was concluded on May 17 with the former gaining an upper hand. The Justice Suleiman Anbursa-led ...
As parts of measures to forestal the occurrence of flooding in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the Kwara Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) has commenced the opening and evacuation of blockages in drainages within the metropolis. This development came j...
The people of Nasarawa State will on May 29, 2012, roll out drums to celebrate the first year anniversary of the administration of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura with grandiose and pomp having voted the candidate of their choice in the April 2011 gener...
Now that he has finally won the GOP presidential nomination, Romney should be moving toward moderation, but he’s still captivated by extremists like Donald Trump—and acting as if his captors are his friends. Mitt Romney’s long slog th...
They are called various names ranging from ‘Queens of the wheels’ to ‘Oshiomhole female drivers’. But one thing about them is that they are very diligent, dutiful and careful on the wheels- attributes that endear them to commute...
Under the yoke of bloody rampage by the militant Islamic Boko Haram sect, against the background of extreme poverty ravaging Northern Nigeria, several remedies are been bandied to broker peace and turn around the flagging fortunes of Arewaland. LOUIS A...
Ahead of next month’s governorship election in Edo state, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has given conditions the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should meet before corps members are released to serve as ad-hoc staff du...
The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has rescued a six-year-old child, Kosi Akilo, who was kidnapped recently. The victim was abducted from their residence in the river lane axis of the G.R.A, Enugu by some hoodlums and whisked awa...