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The Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, Mr. Uzoma Dozie, has described trust as an important factor for the acceptability of any electronic banking solution. He spoke during a panel session at the 2018 Annual National Conference of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN), with the theme: “Banks, Fintechs...

  As part of its mandate to engage electoral democracy in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) observed the Supplementary Governorship Elections which took place on the 27th of September, 2018. TMG deployed observers across the seven polling units across the four-local government councils, namely Orolu, Ife North, Ife South...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $50 million line of credit to Nigeria’s Sterling Bank Plc to support micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in strategic sectors, including agriculture, renewable energy and social sectors such as health and education. The facility, approved by the Bank’s Board...

  The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met  in Abuja on Thursday over the conduct of the rerun governorship election in Osun State and rejected it and said  that the Thursday election was one of the worst days in the history of Nigeria. It described the election as...

  The crème de la crème of the nation’s capital market will gather in Lagos on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, for the maiden awards ceremony to recognize and reward excellence among companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The...

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced the collection of N12.66 billion revenue less than a month into the unveiling of its account substitution policy of defaulting taxpayers. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Tunde Fowler, disclosed this at the weekend when he received the new Minister of...

  *Interest-free loans for petty traders now in 9 states and the FCT   As the Buhari administration’s TraderMoni continues to expand across the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will on Saturday formally launch the initiative in Owerri, Imo State capital. TraderMoni, which is part of the Federal Government’s...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Bamigboye family on the death of retired Brigadier-General David Bamigboye, the first military governor of Kwara. The president’s condolence message was made available in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. The...

  The Minister of Communications, Adabayo Shittu, has said that he has no case to answer for not participating in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme, arguing that his case was different from that of the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. Shittu, who spoke to...

The European Union (EU) Election Observers say they will monitor Saturday’s governorship election in Osun with an eye on vote-buying. Mr Ketil Karlsen, the EU ambassador to Nigeria, said this at a news conference on Friday in Osogbo. Karlsen said that the EU was hopeful that the modalities put in...