Elevates the Retiring CEO Parminder Vir to the Advisory Board The Board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading philanthropic organisation empowering African entrepreneurs, announced the appointment of Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu as Chief Executive Officer at the end of its Board Meeting on December 12. This appointment takes effect from April 1, 2019. Ifeyinwa…
The yearnings of the people of Lagos for freedom was reaffirmed last weekend when the venue of “Experience 13” celebration organised by the House on the Rock Metropolitan Church in Lagos erupted in frenzy when Jimi Agbaje, the People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2019 gubernatorial election in Lagos State was introduced to the…
Senior Pastor at Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla, has warned the country to pray against military interruption of the nation’s democracy as citizens prepare for the 2019 elections. The cleric gave this prophetic warning at a church function, where he further said Nigerians should pray and fast on Thursday and Friday for the forthcoming…
One of Nigeria’s financial institutions, STERLING BANK PLC, is in the news again for the wrong reasons. This time, a customer of the Abubakar Suleiman-led Sterling Bank has again lost over N2.4 million to an official of the bank. The staff, one Ebenezer Alonge, a cashier with Sterling Bank’s Ado-Ekiti branch, alongside his wife, Isakunle…
A lifestyle and leading real estate solutions company in Lagos, Desarrollar Limited, has partnered with Union Trustees Limited, First Bank Trustees Limited and Banwo & Ighodalo and The Lodt Legal Partners to improve real estate services and solutions. The partnership which was signed on Monday, in Lagos, will unveil Nigeria’s most secure and institutionalized real…
Recently, Ladies of Order of Knights of St. Mulumba provided some medical service equipment to a health facility in Lagos State. The items were donated by the group to aid healthcare delivery in the metropolis. It is part of efforts of Ladies of Order of Knights of St. Mulumba to ensure women living in the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted media reports that it detained a former Chairman of Skye Bank Plc, (now Polaris Bank,) Tunde Ayeni. Yesterday, a national daily, The Punch Newspapers, claimed that the anti-graft body detained the former banker for alleged fraud. However, it has been reliably discovered that Tunde Ayeni was…
As the holidays approach, Nigeria’s digital content distribution company, Publiseer, has been working hard on developing new features and partnerships based on the feedback it received so far this year. In the spirit of the holidays, today, Publiseer announces that it will now deliver digital content to over 3,000 book libraries around the world, including…
December is here and a good number of people love the last month of the year regardless of their religious beliefs. This is because there will be quite a handful of holidays, a lot of giving, gifting and sharing not only by individuals but also by corporate organisations and the ambience will be celebratory. Interestingly,…
As a further demonstration of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afrexim) mandate to facilitate the growth of intra-Africa trade and support the development of African businesses, Afrexim signed financing facilities totalling $600 million with the Heirs Holdings Group, a pan-African proprietary investment holding company. Heirs Holdings has significant investments across Africa, in the financial services, resources,…