SKYE Bank Plc has recognised winners of its Skye Rainbow Essay Competition across the country and presented them with state-of-the-art educational tablets.

FIRST Bank of Nigeria Limited  said it has acquired the remaining shares in FBNBank DRC Limited (FBNBank DRC), making it FirstBank’s wholly owned subsidiary. 

A BANKING expert and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Yield Limited, Mr Abiodun Oyelaja   has identified lack of knowledge as the greatest impediment to the practice of consumer banking in Nigeria

INSURANCE industry operators may have abandoned a huge transport sector business segment holding annual premium income estimated at N30 billion in the articulated haulage vehicles (trailers and tankers) due to incongruent operations risk structure.

FIDELITY Bank Plc has commenced the fifth series of the Export Management Programme (EMP), offering to assist exporters across the country to access global markets for their  products as well as provide support to comply with documentation required for export competitiveness.

As Nigeria marks its 57th independence anniversary, some members of the House of Representatives say that peaceful coexistence was crucial for the development of the country.

LAGOS—No end appears to be in sight as doctors under the auspices of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have vowed not to call off their strike which enters the second week today.

ASABA—Former Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has called on the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and others, who left the party for one reason or the other, to return home to PDP.

PORT HARCOURT— GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has strengthened the Rivers State Police Command with four Armoured Personnel Careers, APCs, to rid federal highways linking the state of criminals.

ASABA—The people of Asaba and environs in Delta State, on the platform of Asaba October 7 Memorial Group, have concluded plans to mark the 50th anniversary of 1967 Asaba killings.

ASABA—IJAW People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, a rights group in Delta State, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to invalidate the recent lopsided appoint-ments at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the rail line project to his home town, Daura.

BENIN—THE third phase ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta from Edo State have petitioned the Federal Government, alleging that N250 million was diverted from their share of the contract money awarded by former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for the protection of oil pipelines.

Nigeria is destined for greatness, and I am convinced that it will fulfil its destiny. Its destiny is to give value to the black skin just like Japan gave  value to the Asian skin and Indians are doing currently. Nigerians will not fail God that has destined that Africa’s fate lies in Nigeria doing well.

Nigeria’s Falconets on Sunday gave their compatriots a memorable Independence Anniversary celebration by crushing Tanzania 6-0 in Dar-es-Salaam in the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.

ABUJA—FORMER Vice President, Alhaji Atiku, weekend in Abuja, took a swipe at state governments for abandoning the country’s law giving permission to them to implement free education to secondary school level.