Year: 2019

Examining Stanbic IBTC vis-à-vis Banking Industry Compliance And Corporate Governance Practices

At a recent function in Abuja, the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, delivered a lecture where he revealed that there has been a consistent decline, over the past three years, in the recorded rate of successful fraud incidences, thefts and forgeries in the banking industry. Specifically, Ibrahim said…

Cowbellpedia Semi-Finalist Emerges Overall Second Best In 2019 UTME

A semi-finalist in the 2018 editions of Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, Master Emmanuel Chidiebube Igban has emerged the second-best candidate in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) According to the results just released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), 16-year-old Emmanuel scored 346 out of a maximum of 400…

How Jide Omokore’s Atlantic Energy Duped FG $1.6bn

Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Nigeria Limited, an oil firm owned by Olajide Omokore, that allegedly swindled billions of dollars from the flagship subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, is to refund $1.6bn to the oil firm following recent judgments obtained by the NNPC. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, said…

Shareholders, Workers Rate Performance of Managing Director of GWVSL Low

The family of Late Captain Romeo Itima, majority shareholder at Global West Vessel Specialists Limited (GWVSL) have expressed disappoint over what they termed as ‘the lacklustre performance’ of the incumbent Managing Director/ CEO of the company, Captain Winfred Itima. Speaking on behalf of the family in an interactive session with some workers of the firm…