Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has assured investors and analysts community that the top Nigerian lender will deliver better returns in the 2018 financial year. Okonkwo gave this assurance in Lagos recently during the Half Year Investors and Analyst Conference Call. He said the bank will maintain the…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissociated itself from the governorship primary of the party held in Lagos State on Monday, October 2, 2018. This position was made known by Chairman of the Lagos Governorship Electoral Panel, Chief Clement Ebri. According to a statement issued by the committee, accreditation…
Immediate past Governor of Delta State and Delta South Senatorial hopeful, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan has said that his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) would put to an end the era of the party’s “barrenness” in winning elective positions and also terminate the reign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State.…
Information filtering in from the political circle in Kogi State revealed that the three senators currently representing state at the red chamber under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have taken their re-election bid to an unimaginable level as they feared that their constituents no longer needed their services. Reliable informants alleged that Senators Attai Aidoko…
Budding African entrepreneurs of the Next Titan Housemates have been encouraged to talk to small and medium enterprise (SME) desks of banks because the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has a policy for disbursing money to banks for SMEs sector. This appeal was made by the Managing Director of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, while…
Drums would be rolled out on Sunday, October 20, 2018 for the silver jubilee celebration of Iyara Day organised by Iyara Development Movement (IDM) in Kogi State. On that from 10am, sons and daughters of the community will gather at the Iyara Town Hall Premises for the special celebration. According to a statement dated September…
The first television commercials to be broadcast across various platforms to educate the teeming Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria on how to access loans through the various Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) have been launched by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN). The series of 60 Second TV Commercials aptly recount the struggles…
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Group, have joined together to strengthen health systems and raise awareness of immunisation across Africa, starting in 2018 with Nigeria. “We are delighted to work with the UBA Foundation to help protect children across Nigeria against…
Foremost platform for celebrating outstanding women in the society, Women of Rubies, on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, marked its 3rd anniversary. The platform, since its inception through the Newspaper column and award winning blog, www.womenofrubies.com, has showcased over 300 exceptional Women in Nigeria and globally. Women of Rubies (WOR) is a capacity building and inspirational…
Leading financial services group, United Capital Plc, has launched its new, improved online investment platform, InvestNow. The company, which prides itself in being innovative and customer-centric rolled out this platform as part of its retail strategy and unwavering commitment to excellent service experience. The platform was first released in 2014 as a securities trading platform…