Wema Bank, a leading Nigerian financial institution renowned for its innovative banking solutions and Africa’s first fully digital bank, is set to commemorate its 78th and 6th anniversary with a bang. The week-long celebration, which commences on May 1st, 2023, promises an array of exhilarating activities and competitions open to its employees, clients, and the public. Kicking off the anniversary week is the virtual launch of ALAT Alumni, a platform for former Knights to rekindle relationships and foster a sense of community that the bank can leverage. In addition, the bank will release a cascade of ALAT balloons into the…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Seyi Babaeko It was Martin Luther King Jr. who famously and succinctly declared that “we must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” It is therefore in tandem with the above declaration of Dr. King that I want to most sincerely commend the dogged and laudable intervention of Hon. James Faleke, the outstanding lawmaker representing the good people of Ikeja federal constituency of Lagos state and the Secretary of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Council, for his firm, unwavering support and his initiative to mobilize Nigerians and lovers of democracy to defend the popular mandate given to the His Excellency…
By Abiodun Komolafe Let me start by saying that I am not an indigene of Ekiti State but Oluwafunmilola, my beloved wife, is from the famous Awosusi family in Aramoko-Ekiti, which, by the by, is only a stone’s throw from Ijebu-Jesa, my Native Nazareth in Osun State. So, apart from being a stakeholder in the Ekiti project, so keen has my interest been in the _‘Fountain of Knowledge’_ that I authored a touching tribute, _‘Funmi Olayinka: Yes, I knew her’,_ to Olufunmilayo Adunni Olayinka, the late Deputy Governor of the State, who died on April 6, 2013. That said, there…
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Police Command over the weekend agreed to strengthen partnership on traffic management in Lagos State. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba disclosed this over the weekend during a courtesy visit by the Lagos State Commissioner for Police CP Idowu Owohunwa to LASTMA Headquarters, Oshodi, Lagos. Oreagba disclosed further that road users particularly motoring public would be most beneficial of this partnership in the area of efficient and effective management of traffic and checking excesses of recaltriant drivers particularly among commercial bus drivers on our roads. The…
As the reconstruction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway enters its final phase, the Federal Government has appealed for patience and understanding of motorists on account of the heavy traffic being experienced on the stretch from Toll Gate to Kara Bridge in Lagos. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN in a press release signed by his Special Adviser on Communications, Mr Hakeem Bello, said he empathized with members of the public who have had to endure longer than usual traffic as the reconstruction work in the heavily built-up stretch progresses towards the finish line. According to the…
The President-elect of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday, 29 April, 2023, gave the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, his blessings, ahead of the November 2023 elections in the state. Ododo, who emerged the Kogi APC Governorship Candidate through a direct primary election on April 14 and was ratified through a special Congress of the party on April 15, was presented to Tinubu by Governor Yahaya Bello in Abuja. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Chairman, Kogi APC, Abdullahi Bello; were among the party stakeholders who interacted with…
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commended the commitment of Otunba Mike Adenuga Jnr, Chairman of Globacom Telecommunications for his unwavering commitment to nation-building. Asiwaju Tinubu used the occasion of Adenuga’s 70th birthday to extend his good wishes to the business mogul for his many social and economic investment in Nigeria, describing him as a ‘believer in the manifest destiny of Nigeria as a great country.” While praising Adenuga’s many business successes and accomplishments as a notable entrepreneur, in telecommunications, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Aviation among others, the President-elect particularly singled out how the business man democratised and revolutionised…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated business mogul and Chairman of Globacom Telecommunications, Otunba Mike Adenuga Jnr, on his 70th birthday. The Governor commended Adenuga for his commitment to nation-building and the growth of Nigeria’s economy, noting that the renowned businessman has contributed immensely to the economy and livelihood of many Nigerians, particularly in Lagos State, where some of his companies are located. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message issued on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Otunba Adenuga through his investments in key sectors of the economy, like telecommunications, oil and gas, real estate…
The Federal Government has said that 637 Nigerian evacuated from troubled Sudan had arrived the identified safe borders at Aswan, Egypt and are undergoing necessary documentation and clearance before admission into the Egyptian territory for their eventual evacuation to Nigeria, with the second batch of the evacuees in 29 buses slated for Saturday, 29 April, 2023. A statement jointly issued on Saturday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on the evacuation of Nigerians caught up in the ongoing crisis in Sudan, said the information was made available to…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has lamented that a total of 24.8 million people, or 1 out of 8 individuals, are experiencing acute hunger this year in the country. The UN agency while disclosing that this situation is prone in 26 states of the country and the capital, Abuja, said it is scaling up to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to 2.1 million people affected by conflict and in dire need of humanitarian assistance in the Northeast. A statement on Saturday by the organisation read: “WFP is gravely concerned that years of armed conflict in northeast Nigeria…