July 16, 2019 – National Infinity Magazine

Passengers injured, seven cows die as bus crash into cattle in Ekiti

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Jide Ige

No fewer than four occupants of a Mazda commercial bus that rammed into a herd of cattle on the Efon Alaaye-Esa Oke Road were injured on Monday. Sources said seven of the about 1,000 cows, which were moving on the road, were killed in the crash. One of the sources, who said the accident occurred on a steep part of the road close to the border between Ekiti and Osun states, said the bus, which was on high speed, somersaulted and landed in the ditch due to the impact of…

Access Bank Wins 2019 GBA Women’s Market Champion Impact Award

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Jide Ige

Access Bank Plc. has emerged winner of the 2019 GBA Women’s Market Champion Impact Award for its efforts towards providing opportunities for women. The award is organized by the Global Banking Alliance for Women (now Financial Alliance for Women) in Paris, the award contributes to a growing list of recognitions for Access Bank, including the National Women in Finance Magazine’s Outstanding Banking Initiative Awards; the Global Banking Alliance (GBA) Women’s Market Champion Award; CBN Excellence in Women Economic Empowerment Award; National Council for Women Society Nigeria’s Dedication to Women Entrepreneurship…

Non-Oil Exports: Fidelity Bank, NEPC, LBS Trains 100 MSMEs In Kano

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Jide Ige

· Set To Unlock Potentials of Northern Export Market Fidelity Bank Plc, top Nigerian lender is training over 100 SMEs at the 8th edition of the highly acclaimed Export Management Programme (EMP) with the aim of providing impactful, world-class support to Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kano State. Organised by the bank in strategic partnership with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Lagos Business School (LBS), this programme currently in its third year was designed specifically to enhance the competitiveness of export-oriented businesses. The programme has since graduated over…

UBA Marketplace 2019 holds in Abuja

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Africa leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to host over 20,000 visitors, 120 small and medium enterprises and leading private and public sector players from across Africa, at the continent’s biggest entrepreneurial fair tagged #theUBAmarketplace2019 in Abuja, Nigeria. The event, which will be held on July 26th and 27th 2019, on the sideline of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Forum, will host businesses and business owners in various industries including food, fashion, beauty, home/interior and gadgets. The event will offer plenary sessions and discussions on the…

Buhari replies Obasanjo

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Jide Ige

President Muhammadu Buhari has replied former President Olusegun Obasanjo who accused him of not doing enough to tackle the widespread insecurity in the country. In an open letter on Monday, Obasanjo criticised Buhari’s government, saying killings could not be swept under the carpet. Obasanjo said the rate at which things were going, Nigeria could experience a situation similar to Rwanda where there was genocide in 1994. “To be explicit and without equivocation, Mr. President and General, I am deeply worried about four avoidable calamities,” he wrote. “Violent uprising beginning from one…

Assets: How Oyo Gov., Makinde got his N48.1bn

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday made good his campaign promise to publicly declare his assets. The governor, who visited the Oyo State office of the Code of Conduct Bureau in Ibadan to receive a copy of the asset declaration form, said his decision to make the assets public was in fulfilment of his electoral promise. Details of the assets as contained in the CCB 1 with the name Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, was declared at the High Court of Oyo State, on May 28, 2019. The assets declaration…

Ogun Police arrest three herdsmen who killed farmer after grazing his farm

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Jide Ige

The police in Ogun state have arrested three herdsmen for allegedly killing a farmer Rafiu Sowemimo, 40. The suspects, Muhammed Adamu, Saliu Ismail and Saliu Adamu allegedly killed Sowemimo on Sunday at Adao village in Alabata, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were said to have allowed their cattle stray into the farm of the deceased thereby destroying his crops, an action Sowemimo protested. He was said to have accosted the herders, querying their destructive attitude which led to an altercation. Angered by the confrontation, the herders…