Leading retail bank, Diamond Bank Plc, has again reiterated its support for Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SME) as the Bank announced its disbursement of over N1 billion under the cash flow-based SME lending scheme. Launched in January 2017 in partnership with the Women’s World Banking (WWB), the scheme features the Cash Flow-based MSME Lending Methodology,…
Information at our disposals has revealed that a senatorial aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi East Senatorial District, Senator Attai Adoko, has enlisted thugs to disrupt the forthcoming primaries of the party, this newspaper gathered. Reliable informants alleged that Aidoko, who is currently representing the senatorial district in the red chamber, has…
***Details Of A Financial Institution With A Dying Philosophy The Tomi Somefun-led Unity Bank Plc has been tagged a financial institution without a banking philosophy. Years ago, a Managing Director of Unity Bank Plc, Henry Semeniteri, was quoted saying that the financial institution was repositioning to have a South/Western outlook, as to be able to…
Since the financial crisis that enveloped the global market a decade ago, the profitability and reputation of banks has been under tremendous pressure worldwide, Nigeria inclusive. Whilst the banking industry is now regaining its health, the entrant of fintechs and neo-banks in the industry is posing a new threat. This digital disruption is changing the…
Recently, I embarked on a journey to Ugbamaka lgah, the ancestral home of senator Attai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the senate. Whirling the community without a glance on potential pay-off for producing a Senator of the Federal republic, I resorted for interrogation and a retired police officer has this to say: “This is not…
The once peaceful Isoso community in the GRA quarters of Sagamu main town has been thrown into confusion as a result of the invasion of the area by some persons suspected to be thugs. According to reports reaching, the hoodlums allegedly led by one notorious land grabber in the town, Mutairu Owoeye, otherwise known as…
Relentless preparation and long hours of practice are crucial requirement for excellent results in Mathematics competition. This is the submission of Israel Adegboyega, a participant in the on-going 2018 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics Television Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the flagship brand from Promasidor Nigeria Limited. Israel, a student of Scholars Universal Secondary School,…
The dream of Senator James Manager, the four-tenure senator representing Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State at the Senate to launch a return for the fifth time has suffered some setbacks as youths in the district have vowed to scuttle his moves to that effect. Delta South Youth Liberation Movement (DSYLM), a political pressure…
Youths in Kogi East Senatorial District have rejected the re-election of Senator Attai Aidoko as the 2019 General Elections approach. They condemned the social media propagandists, who they said spin lies and launder the image of Aidoko for political make over for 2019. “Their propaganda reflects a depressed and despondent, sad, confused, and a lost…