POLARIS Bank has  disbursed more than N1billion to customers less than four months after introducing the Salary Advance (SALAD) solution. Polaris Salary Advance enables employees get up to 50 per cent of their net monthly salary to meet basic needs before the next pay day.  The service, which is available on telecommunication networks, has helped many families secure short-term finance ... Read More »

Zenith Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to support local Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) with the introduction of the ‘Zenith Bank SME Digital Workshop’. The programme provides free digital training for business owners. The initiative, which is being organised in partnership with social media giant Facebook, will provide free training on how SMEs can use digital platforms such ... Read More »

Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle has lost his ward chairman, Alhaji Bala Roka and about 3,000 other members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Maradun local government to All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. A former governorship aspirant of the APC in the state, Alhaji Aminu Sani Jaji, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said the former ... Read More »

.. Minister drops $2bn tax demand from Telco Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday struck out a N3bn fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by telecommunications firm, MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd, against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke made the order following a resolution of a $2billion dispute between MTN ... Read More »

Chairman of MTN Group, Mr Mcebisi Jonas, has disclosed that the telecommunications giant will take nothing less than $1.6 billion from its operations in Nigeria to strengthen its network and systems. Mr Jonas, during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, said the leading GSM network provider was interested in boosting the nation’s ... Read More »

Pix 1. MD/CEO, Fidelity Bank PLC with the ​ “World’s Greatest Maths” Teacher, Michael Sowunmi   MD with the Youth Empowerment Academy (YEA) beneficiaries Head, CSR& Sustainability, Fidelity Bank PLC, Chris Nnakwe (3rdright) and CEO, Gazelle Academy, Muna Onuzor, consultant to Fidelity on CSR with YEA beneficiariesYEA Beneficiaries ​ Fidelity Bank Plc has brought succor to physically challenged Chemical Engineering graduate, ... Read More »

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has increased the monthly allowance of corps members to N33, 000. Corps members were getting N19, 800 until the latest review. Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, announced the increase during a working visit to the NYSC secretariat in Bauchi. He said the increase is in line with the new minimum wage ... Read More »

Stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo state under the aegis of Unity Forum(UF) otherwise called ‘Estranged/Aggrieved’ members have faulted the statement credited to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu that the party would lose the coming governorship election if he was not picked as candidate. The governor, while speaking with reporters last weekend in Abuja, was quoted as saying he ... Read More »

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) to resign over their inability to safeguard the lives and property of Nigerians since 2015. He insisted that Buhari and the APC had told Nigerians to stone them if they fail and that “it is now time to pick stones to stone ... Read More »

………N2M Up For Grabs Every Quarter ………N100,000 Monthly Shopping Allowance Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Tuesday, launched the ‘UBA Bumper Account’, a hybrid account, targeted at transforming the lives of its customers. The new account  is in line with the bank’s mission of creating superior value for its stakeholders while encouraging saving cultures among ... Read More »