ECOBA Rewards Exceptional Edo College Students

Some students of Edo College, Benin City, have been recognized and given awards by the Edo College Old Boys Association (ECOBA) for their exceptional performances in different subjects in the last academic session. The award plaques and cash prizes were given to the deserving students at the graduation/ prize giving ceremony organized by the management…

Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses Going On Strike Is Fundamentally Wrong, By Adewole Kehind

Workers’ strikes involve the collective withholding of labour/services by a group of workers for the purpose of extracting certain concessions or benefits and are usually intended for the economic benefits of the strikers. In Nigeria, the law allows all workers to form or join unions, with the exception of members of the armed services, the…

Sekibo, Others to Discuss Ways of Unlocking Infrastructure Financing at FICAN Conference

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, will lead others to proffer solution to the challenges of infrastructure financing in the country, at the 2017 annual conference of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN). Other speakers for the event include President/Chief Executive of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Andrew…

Wema Bank in N5.2b Mess as EFCC Detains Officials

***We are innocent—Wema Bank Staross Energy Limited and Wema Bank Plc have engaged each other on allegations and denial of dud cheques infraction involving about N5.2 billion transactions in crude oil sales. The allegation of Staross Energy Limited was contained in its petitions sent to the Senate, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Central…

Stanbic IBTC Draws N413.62b Capital Inflows Into Nigeria

In the second quarter of this year, Stanbic IBTC, a member of Standard Bank Group, facilitated a staggering $589.84 million capital inflow into the country, ranking it first among financial institutions that imported capital into Nigeria. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Capital Importation Q2 2017 Report, stated that Stanbic IBTC accounted for…

Fidelity Bank Transforms Maternity $ Child Welfare Clinic in Bauchi

Top Nigerian lender Fidelity Bank, is touching lives and impacting positively on communities, pan-Nigeria, with its Fidelity Helping Hands Project (FHHP); an initiative that enables the bank and its staff to carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions. Last week, it was the turn of a community in North Eastern part of the country to…

6 Hacks For Planning Hitch-free Group Adventure

Planning a trip or adventure can be stressful. At the same time, adding a few extra people makes group travel planning all the more stressful. But it doesn’t have to be. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares hacks for planning a hitch-free or stress-free group travel. Appoint a group travel leader Appointing a…