The Board of Directors and Management of Wakanow Group has appointed Mrs. Adenike Macaulay as Chief Executive Officer of Wakanow Nigeria effective January 2023. She is a transformational leader with several years of experience in the travel industry and has led commercial activities for Wakanow since July 2021 as Chief commercial officer. While announcing her…
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Guaranty Trust Bank UK reaches settlement with the FCA in connection with historical AML controls
Guaranty Trust Bank UK Limited (GTBank UK) has reached settlement with the FCA, accepting findings in relation to historical Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls in its operations in the period October 2014 to July 2019. The Bank has cooperated fully with the FCA investigation and has agreed a penalty sum of GBP7,671,800, which has been calculated…
Praises For Okowa As Leisure Park Asaba Set To Kickstart Operations
Encomiums have been pouring in for Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa following the completion of Leisure Park Asaba. Leisure Park Asaba is another innovative addition to the long list of Okowa’s infrastructural development in Delta State. Located at Anwai road, Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria, the park is the latest addition to the tourism industry…
Senate Passes 2023 Budget in Record Time
The Senate again made history on Wednesday when it passed, in record time and for the fourth time, the 2023 national budget of about N21.8 trillion. The Upper chamber also passed a supplementary budget of about N819.5 Billion for 2022 and Finance Bill 2022. The Senate, on the request of the Executive, approved an extension…
Dangote Refinery Awards Scholarship to 460 Students in Host Communities
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Limited have awarded scholarships to 460 students of secondary schools and tertiary institutions from its host communities in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. The company said the scholarship had become an annual event meant to contribute to the educational development of…
Sanwo-Olu Launches LASWA Data Centre To Enhance Safety, Security On Waterways
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, commissioned the newly installed Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre (WMDMC) at the Five Cowrie Terminal – the headquarters of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) in Falomo, Ikoyi. Commuters using the State’s water transport services are in for a fresh safety experience, with the activation of modern monitoring gadgets…
Wema Bank Brings Christmas Fun To Theatre Lovers With Duke of Shomolu’s Performances
Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank, has thrown its weight behind the Duke of Shomolu (DOS) Production, one of the fastest-growing theatre franchises in Nigeria, in its four-stage plays slated for December 2022. According to Morolake Philip-Ladipo, the bank’s Acting Head of Marketing Communications and Investor Relations, “more than giving theatre lovers a special experience…
Sterling Records Success at FINTECH Awards
Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, has been awarded the Special Leadership Award at the 2022 edition of the Nigerian Fintech Awards held in Lagos. The Nigerian Fintech Awards is Nigeria’s biggest and most recognized fintech awards and is dedicated to honoring excellence in financial technologies and services companies and products.…
Saving Imo State Zoo As A Heritage—NAZAP
The Nigerian Association of Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Parks (NAZAP) has been inundated with information of imminent closure of Imo State Zoo, Nekede. As a result, there is heightened anxiety from environmental and conservation stakeholders on the quantum of biodiversity loss that would occur in the event of such closure, which would entail massive translocation…
Duchess Hospital Marks One Year Anniversary, Restates Commitment to Affordable World-Class Healthcare
Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja has marked its first anniversary with the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital Dr Adetokunbo Shitta-Bey reiterating the hospital’s commitment to impacting the lives of all Nigerians through access to affordable world-class healthcare. At a well-attended ceremony at the Hospital’s main Auditorium on Thursday November 3, 2022 Dr. Shitta-Bey emphasised the…