archiveJuly 2020

Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria's leading commercial bank, in collaboration with Clickatell, a global leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, today announced a unique and very personalised banking experience for existing custGomers and prospective account holders through the popular messaging app - WhatsApp. Customers can now initiate bank transfers, and...

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday announced that worship centres would reopen in the state effective August 14. He made the disclosure while giving COVID-19 updates at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta....

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday announced that worship centres would reopen in the state effective August 14. He made the disclosure while giving COVID-19 updates at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta....

The Osun Micro-Credit Agency on Wednesday granted N5 million loan to 30 Cocoa farmers in the state. Mr Bayo Babaranti, the General Manager of the Agency, while distributing the cheques to the beneficiaries in Osogbo, said that the loan was aimed at boosting Cocoa production in the state. Babaranti said...

• signs revised 2020 budget • Govt to adopt alternative project funding approach Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, explained that his administration's determination to fix the huge infrastructure deficit in the state and get the state on the right track for economic growth was behind the move...

Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday July 29, 2020 sentenced a serial fraudster, Aliyu Zakari to 53 years imprisonment for N17.1million fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on six-count charges of obtaining...

Unity Bank Plc has declared gross earnings of N22.8 billion in the period between January and June 2020, continuing an impressive run it recorded in the 2019 financials when it posted N44.59 billion. According to the retail lender’s unaudited financials submitted to the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), the half-year gross...

The West African Examination Council (WASSCE) has extended registration for private candidates to August 28, 2020. The body made the disclosure in a post via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. It said: “This is to inform intending candidates of WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2020-Second Series that the closing date...

The House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to disregard the letter recently made public by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, naming the lawmakers that allegedly cornered 60 per cent contract of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio, had on Monday, released the full version of...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the payment of €15.21 million (N6,940,081,465.20) offshore and N1.708 billion onshore as part of Nigeria’s counterpart funding for the power deal with Siemens AG, signed by the Nigerian and German governments in 2019. The total amount approved is N8,648,081,465.2. The council also...