Month: October 2021

#CustomerServiceWeek: Unity Bank Boss Restates Commitment to Delight Customers, Rewards Frontline Staff

In a bid to firmly entrench a customer-first attitude with enduring service culture, Unity Bank has launched a new service charter and Hall of Fame for staff. This is to create an exceptional customer experience as the Bank celebrates the 2021 Customer Service Week. Unveiling the Service Charter, the Managing Director/CEO of Unity Bank Plc,…

President Buhari Presents 2022 Budget To National Assembly On Thursday

President Muhammadu Buhari would on Thursday present the 2022 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, gave the hint on Tuesday after reading and referring President Muhammadu Buhari’s submission of the revised 2022-2024 Medium Term Fiscal Framework to the Committee on Finance for legislative input. President Buhari…

Rite Foods Sponsors Felabration 2021 in Commemoration of Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Rite Foods Limited has taken another giant step in promoting the entertainment industry by sponsoring this year’s Felabration, commemorating the late Afrobeat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, taking into cognizance the legacy the music icon has left behind for posterity. With the theme “Viva Nigeria Via Africa,” and to hold from October 11 to 17, Felabration…

Senate Confirms EFCC Board Nominees

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of five nominees as members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Board. The confirmation followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes. The Senate received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari on September 21, 2021, to confirm the appointments of the…

Fiscal Federalism: Lagos Demands One Percent in Revenue Allocation Formula

Lagos State Government on Monday demanded for one percent share in the revenue allocation formula, maintaining that the special status of the State and its prosperity directly or indirectly has multiplying effects on the South-West region and the entire country. The Government also proposed that the revenue sharing formula should be 34 percent for Federal…

Student’s Death: Ogun Pulls Down Distressed School Building

The Ogun State Government has pulled down a block of classrooms at Nazareth High School, Imeko in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of the state. The building which recently became distressed and partially collapsed on a group of students killing one and injuring two others in the process was demolished over the weekend on the…

Heritage Bank Director Seeks Sustainable PPP Model For Financing Advertising Sector

The Executive Director, Heritage Bank Plc, Jude Monye disclosed that one of the ways out-of-home advertising industry can attain massive growth was via the adoption of public-private-partnership (PPP) model to ensure its sustainability. He stated this at the 2021 Out-of-Home Advertising Conference and Exhibition organised by the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) in…

OPEC Hinges Attainment of Global 6.9mbpd Refining Capacity Addition on Dangote Refinery

Dangote’s 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) oil refinery project has been identified as one of the oil distillation companies that would boost global refining capacity by 6.9 million barrels per day between 2021 and 2026. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which made this disclosure in its 2021 World Oil Outlook released recently, said Africa’s…

King Segun Blessing (KSB) Plans World Class Concert on October 10

King Segun Blessing (KSB) a talented Juju musician of international repute popularly known as Mr. Laka is planning something big like never been seen in this part of the world tagged- Invasion Party. The talk of the town coming event will herald the re-launch of his company known as BigTr33 Entertainment- a one stop hub…