Lagos Schools Dominate Western Conference of MILO Basketball Championship
Lagos Schools Dominate Western Conference of MILO Basketball Championship David Hall College, Obalende, Ikoyi, and Topfield College, Ajegunle, Apapa, both in Lagos have dominated the Western Conference of the 22nd MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship. Their wins have qualified them to play in the National Finale of the Championship this year. Hard fighting David Hall College, Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos, defeated the girls from Oshogbo Grammar School, Oshogbo, Osun State, 31 to 15 to emerge Champions in the girls category. In the …
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Access Bank To Fund Entrepreneurs To Boost Economy
Access Bank To Fund Entrepreneurs To Boost Economy Access Bank Plc has pledged to fund entrepreneurs, and create market access for small businesses across the country. A statement by the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, Mr Victor Etuokwu, in Abuja on Friday, said the bank remained resolute in its drive to engage and empower Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Etuokwu made the pledge during an interactive session with customers in the MSME sector. He said the bank viewed MSMEs as critical segments of the economy, noting that …
Tiwa Savage: Olamide declined feature after writing 49-99
Tiwa Savage: Olamide declined feature after writing 49-99 Tiwa Savage has revealed how rap star and record label executive, Olamide declined a feature after writing her 2019 single, 49-99. Savage made this known during a chat with Ayo Shonaiya for a documentary on Afrobeats entitled Afrobeats the Backstory. The 42-year-old singer and mother of one revealed that the song was written by Olamide and when she asked him to feature on it, he declined to say he wrote and composed the song for her not for him to feature or perform it. Savage also reve…
Buhari’s senior aide rallies support for Tinubu
Buhari’s senior aide rallies support for Tinubu Mallam Ya’u Darazo, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Special Duties, has urged Nigerians, especially members of the All Progressives Congress(APC), to ignore the malicious attempt by opponents of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to misrepresent what he told party leaders and delegates in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday. Darazo, in a statement he signed in his personal capacity as supporter of the presidential ambition of Tinubu, noted the distortion of what the frontline presidential…
Stanbic IBTC Holdings links earnings rise to loans growth
Stanbic IBTC Holdings links earnings rise to loans growth Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Demola Sogunle has linked the bank’s uptick in earnings in the 2021 financial year to increased loan volumes and assets growth. Speaking during the bank’s 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, the bank chief said: “We attained a record high of N946.3 billion (N665.3 billion in December 2020) on our gross loans, as we prudently grew loan volumes by 44 per cent. This further stabilised our earning capabilities for the foreseeable future, as we…
*FirstBank - Reaping the Benefits of a Solid Legacy*
*FirstBank - Reaping the Benefits of a Solid Legacy* FirstBank delighted investors with a pleasant surprise when it announced stellar results confirming that its turnaround strategy pinned on the pillars of innovation, resilience and digging deep is working. Its profit after tax spiked 108% to N32.4billion on the back of massive loan recoveries and a sharply lower level of non-performing loans (6.1%). Its capital adequacy ratio (CAR) increased to 17.4%, giving it the much-needed buffers required to withstand financial shocks and turbule…
Access Bank Reiterates Funding For SMEs…
Access Bank Reiterates Funding For SMEs… Access Bank Nigeria’s top financial lender, Access Bank, has pledged to fund entrepreneurs and create market access for small businesses by putting them in the right community. Speaking during a conversation with customers in the micro-, small- and medium-scale category, Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank, Victor Etuokwu, said the bank remained resolute in its drive to engage and empower MSMEs by providing access to funds, markets and knowledge, noting that these objectives were at the heart of t…
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