Nigeria’s tier 1 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…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has backed the emergence of a southerner as a president in 2023. He made this known at a dinner with the All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants in Abuja. A source privy to the meeting told our correspondent that Buhari failed to name any consensus candidate. He also said…
A group of aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state has organized a protest at the party headquarters, Wadata Plaza in Abuja. The protest is coming after the National Working Committee announced the cancellation and rescheduling of House of Representatives primaries that took place on 22nd May, 2022. According to PDP National…
*As Mustapha Withdraws Petition The All Progressives Congress (APC) Appeal Committee for the Governorship Primary election in Lagos State on Tuesday declared that the process was free, fair, peaceful and transparent, just as the sole petitioner, Mr. Ahmed Olorunfemi Mustapha withdrew his petition and promised to support the party and its governorship candidate in the…
Mallam Ya’u Darazo, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Special Duties, has urged Nigerians, especially members of the All Progressives Congress, to ignore the malicious attempt by the 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…
By Sam Adurogboye Permit me to start this conversation with a reference to the statement credited to Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most iconic leaders who ever lived. While this is in no way an attempt to make comparisons, Gandhi’s timeless words and his calm, peaceful approach to tackling some of the world’s most intractable…
The Multimedia Publishers Association of Nigeria (MPAN), has commended the performance of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). Gambo Jagindi, National Chairman of MPAN, gave the commendation in a statement on Friday, in Abuja. Jagindi said the FIRS, under the leadership of Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chaiman, had exceeded expectations by crossing the N6 trillion…
With a significant cut in its impairment charges (which translates into a clean loan book) in its 1Q, 2022 results, after it successfully brought down its non-performing loan to 6.1 per cent in 2021 full year performance, analysts say the repeat of the impressive performance of FirstBank in the first quarter did not only show…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it will commence the process of enforcement and recovery of unremitted tax deductions owed by some States and Local Governments in Nigeria. This decision is contained in a Public Notice, signed by its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, where the tax authority noted that most States and…
