Wema Bank has been awarded Best SME Bank in Nigeria and Excellence in Digital Innovation at the recently held 2024 Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards. The bank said that the awards underscored its commitment to empowering businesses and delivering transformative digital solutions that cater to evolving customer needs, a statement from the bank on Thursday indicated. The Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards celebrate institutions that are reshaping the financial services landscape through impactful innovations and customer-centric approaches. Commenting on the awards, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Wema Bank, Moruf Oseni, expressed pride in the recognition. He said, “Receiving these awards is…
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No fewer than 26 agripreneur startups shared NI00million as grants to boost their businesses in providing food security to the people of Lagos State and the entire nation as a whole while creating job opportunities for the unemployed youths. Winners of a group of selected startups that participated in the grand finale of the competition for the grand prize were shared the NI00million largesse to help grow their agribusinesses as a unique opportunity to reshape the future of farming and food value chain. Each of the winners went home with as much as N7million but no less than N1million to…
Residents of Araromi in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State may soon breathe a sigh of relief as a House of Representatives member, Babajimi Benson, has initiated the rehabilitation of their community road. A visit to the community during the ceremony marking the commencement of the rehabilitation project learnt that the Araromi-Adamo road had been neglected by successive governments since 1996. Benson, representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is expected to complete the 1.3-kilometre road project within three months. The serving federal lawmaker, represented by Muyideen Sanwo-Ola, Executive Assistant on…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced five women to two years in prison each for illegally importing 6.96 kilograms of “Ghana loud,” a potent strain of cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana. The convicted women are Basirat Olarigbibe (also known as Basirat Feyisara Olaribigbe), Fatima Garuba (aka Fatima Ladidi Abogun), Amudalat Adekunle (aka Amudalat Ajetunmobi), Oloye Arafat Awele (aka Akanni Balikis Oluwatoyin), and Ademola Bola (also known as Tolulope Oluwaseun Osibeluwo or Tolulope Ademola). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke convicted and sentenced them after they all pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy and unlawful importation, charges brought…
Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in a fire at Anibaba Road, inward Iyana School in the Iyana Iba area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the fire started in the early hours, and also said to have engulfed a bungalow which had 10 rooms and two shops in it. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Damilola Oke-Osanyitolu, who confirmed the incident later in the day, stated that the agency received a distress call at about 6:44 am. The LASEMA boss further disclosed that, although the cause of the fire had yet to be…
Homeowners whose properties were demolished at WinHomes Global Estate in Okun Ajah, Lagos State, by the Federal Ministry of Works, have called on the House of Representatives to investigate the circumstances surrounding the demolition. It was learnt from a petition dated October 14, 2024, addressed to the Chairman of the House Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, that buildings worth millions of naira, mostly owned by Nigerians in the diaspora, were demolished despite not violating any regulations. Residents of the community had expressed concerns over what they described as the illegal diversion of the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Expressway through their area by…
By Hannah Ojelabi Quite unknown to many, lime has lots of health benefits to improve human medical status. From being great source of antioxidants, boosting immunity, promoting healthy skin to reducing risk of heart disease, lime has the natural power to make human health better. Despite the fact that limes come in sour taste and be hard if eaten whole, their zest and juice are often used in marmalades, jams, salad, dressing, sauces, fish, meat and cocktails. Lime belong to the Rutaceae family also known as the citrus family. They come in several varieties, including Persian limes and key limes.…
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, granted N10m bail to a businessman, Kenneth Ugwu, over alleged N7m fraud. Justice Mohammed Kala, in his ruling on the bail application, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N10m, with two sureties in like sum. Ugwu is standing trial on two counts of alleged stealing and obtaining by false pretences. He was accused of allegedly obtaining the sum of N7m, from one Cosmos Ugwuanyi under the false pretence that he was an importer of curtain material, a representation he knew to be false. Earlier, when the matter came up…
Tension gripped the residents of Sam Ethnan Air Force Base in the Ikeja area of Lagos State after a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle struck and injured an unidentified Nigerian Air Force operative. Immediately after the crash, the BRT driver reportedly fled the scene upon realising that the impact had left the Air Force officer in a critical condition. An eyewitness, who requested anonymity due to the situation’s sensitivity, said that the incident occurred around 2:00 p.m. on Friday near the Air Force Base. At the time of filing this report, the driver’s identity remained unknown. The fleeing driver was reportedly…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has truncated an attempt by a syndicate to smuggle illicit drugs worth N1.183 billion into the country in four 40-foot containers through the Apapa Port, Lagos. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Usman Abubakar, a Chief Superintendent of Customs, three of the containers were seized at AP Moller Terminal, while the seizure of 236,783 bottles of cough syrup packed in 2,174 cartons in one container was made at Kachicares Bonded Terminal. Giving further details on the seizures, Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, described it as a fallout…