Skye Bank Empowers Entrepreneurs, SMEs On Growth & Development

As part of its efforts to support and promote the growth of the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) as the growth engine of the Nigerian economy, Skye Bank Plc has organized a capacity building seminar for entrepreneurs and other small scale business owners to help them succeed in their businesses.

The maiden Skye SMEs seminar with the theme “It is Possible”, had in attendance many operators in the SMEs sector who came to gain fresh and new insights and trends into the operations, financing and management of SMEs.

Winners Chapel’s School In Tax Evasion Mess***Staff Assault Ogun Tax Officials

Bishop David Oyedepo

The school is alleged to be owing six years worth of taxes.

The Living Faith Church Worldwide, known as Winners Chapel, is in trouble with the Ogun State Government, following an accusation of tax evasion and alleged violent attack on officials of the state government who were at the church premises to effect the payment of outstanding taxes. The outstanding taxes cover six years according to Ogun officials.

Ex-Kwara SSG, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiyu Olododo-Cook Caught With Three Prostitutes In Hotel

Abdul-Ganiyu Cook Olododo

Former Secretary to the Kwara State Government around 2009, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Cook Olododo was at Princess Luxury Hotel in Ilorin last Friday night to catch fun and he had it abundantly.

Sources who partook in the revelry told orijoreporter that Cook, also a former Chief of Staff to Ex-Governor Senator Bukola Saraki came into the hotel located at Tanke Area with three prostitutes. Among the revelers was Biodun Baraje, son of the factional leader of PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje.

Cook, now the Kwara State Deputy Chairman, Subsidy Reinvestment & Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) lodged at Room 107 and after joining the three prostitutes for sex in a threesome and heavy drinking, he was seeing fighting one of them outside the room.

It was further gathered that the prostitute he fought with was the one he didn’t like and left out of the sex party.

Council Boss, Julius Oloro Moves Into Nmulti Million Duplex Within 2yrs***Acquires 3 Land For N25m, Erects New Hotel

Julius Oloro

Julius Oloro, the victim of a flood that sacked him from his humble abode about four years ago is now a local council boss.

He is the chairman of Ojodu Local Government area. He assumed the position about two years ago.

GTBank and SCB Coordinate Commercial Bank Tranche of USD6.75 Billion Debt Financing for Dangote’s Refinery and Fertilizer Projects

MD/CEO GT Bank, Segun Agbaje

Dangote Industries Limited on Wednesday, 4 agreement with a consortium of both local and international banks to the tune of  $3.3billion for the purpose of constructing the biggest Petroleum Oil Refinery & Petrochemical/ Fertilizer Plants in Nigeria.

The plants, which will cost a total of $9 billion will generate up to 9,500 direct and  25,000 indirect jobs, in addition to reducing current volumes of refined fuel imports by around 50 per cent and effectively stopping the importation of fertilizer.

Customs Close NAHCO, SAHCOL Over Illegal Exit of Goods

The Nigeria Customs Services, NCS, Murtala Muhammed International Airport command, on Wednesday ordered the closure of two cargo warehouses at the airport.

The warehouses were the Skyways Aviation Handling Company Limited, SAHCOL, and the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO.

AMCON Seeks Buyers For Mainstreet Bank

The Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, said it was seeking prospective investors to buy 100 percent of its share-holding in Enterprise Bank, the first of Nigeria’s three nationalised lenders to be put up for sale.
“Bad bank” AMCON, which holds non-performing assets of troubled banks, in July appointed Citigroup and Africa-focused investment bank, Vetiva Capital to manage the divestment.

BREAKING NEWS: UBA Positions For Pan African Banking Leadership

Rasheed Adegoke General Manager in charge of Group Information Technology

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the Pan-African bank with operations in 19 African countries and New York, London and Paris, announces the launch of Project Alpha – the Group’s next stage focus of strategic transformation.

UBA has for [8] years executed a dedicated strategy of local, regional and global expansion, whose implementation has seen the Group transform from a national player to an institution of international prominence. Project Alpha is a 3 year route map of key transformation initiatives, designed to consolidate the Group’s strategic positioning and fully capture the opportunities from Africa’s economic renaissance and the Group’s unique platform.