Day: 25 May 2017

Igbonla Kidnap: Lagos CP, Fatai Owoseni takes charge of rescue operation

Jide Ige

The Lagos state police command has announced that the State’s Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni is personally leading the rescue and investigation team following the abduction of 6 students from Model College, Igbonla, Lagos state. According to the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, the suspected Kidnappers early hours of today at about 05:00hrs gained entrance into Igbonla Model College School, Igbonla, near Epe Axis of Lagos state abducting six (6) students. According to Famous-Cole, investigations revealed that the criminal elements used the Imeru/Iji waterway to access…

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GT Bank wins African Bank of the Year

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Foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been named the African Bank of the Year at this year’s African Banker Awards. The Awards was presented during a prestigious gala dinner on 23rd May Ahmedabad, India, on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of African Development Bank. Now in its 11th year, The African Banker Awards is internationally recognized as the landmark finance event to reward achievements, commend best practices and celebrate excellence in African banking. The award provides a platform to bring together industry leaders from across Africa, celebrate the achievements…

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Investigative Reporting and Work of the Legislature: Locating a Nexus By Imam Imam

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@imamdimam Let begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to the organizers of this event by finding me worthy to share my thoughts on journalism and the practice of lawmaking. There may be no better time to discuss this salient topic than now when democracy in our dear country is becoming more and more consolidated. Therefore, with democratic consolidation we will naturally expect strengthening of its key institutions. I also believe that this type of discussion needs to be expanded considering the manner in which the legislature is being misrepresented in…

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Why early lesson on cashless is vital to child’s financial freedom, says Heritage Bank

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As part of effort to further deepen the Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy, Heritage Bank Plc, has called for early lessons for teens on how to perform basic banking tasks, as a basic tools necessary for children’s financial freedom.In a statement made available to the media, the bank highlighted the importance to educate children on the cashless policy by showing them how prepaid card transactions work and how to use ATM cards to deposit and withdraw.This is coming on the heels of the commemoration of the May 27 to…

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Buildcon Promises to Uphold Quality Standard 

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The Managing Director of  Buildcon Global Services Limited, Mrs. Bukunola Gadzama, has affirmed that she is delighted with the commendations made on the company’s products during this year’s  CEMCS exhibition in Lagos and promises to maintain quality standard which the company is known for in order to surpass subscribers’ expectations.   She stated that the company is driven by passion to offer subscribers’ value for money and to surpass its competitors in order to have a large market share in the lucrative real estate sector.    With this, the company…

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Read Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s Eleven “Antidotes of Corruption”

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#1 On the Relationship Between Corruption and Development: “What got me thinking was the chicken and egg puzzle that that statement immediately raises. Do countries become more corrupt because the people are poor or are the people poor because their country is corrupt? We may never be able to answer this question to everybody’s satisfaction.” #2 On Why Corruption Needs to be Viewed Through the Lens of ‘Human Development’: “If the purpose of government is to improve the quality of lives of its people, then any conversation about corruption must…

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