Zenith Bank Plc has been named as Nigeria’s most customer-focused bank by KPMG the leading advisory and consultancy firm. KPMG in its 2016 edition of the annual banking industry Customer Satisfaction Survey recently released, Zenith topped other Nigerian banks in the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) with a total of 74.6 points to clinch the first position in the retail banking category. By this, the …

Folake sokoya Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) is a network of 49 civil society organisations spread across Nigeria, and committed to promoting police accountability and respect for human rights. It was established in 2000 to provide opportunity for civil society input to police reform, and the enhancement of safety, security and justice in Nigeria. NOPRIN National Coordinator, Mr. …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has announced the replacement of Abdulmumin Jibrin from Kano State as the House Committee Chairman on Appropriations. Announcing the resignation on Wednesday, Dogara said that the Chairman, House Committee on Housing, Rep. Mustapha Bala Dawaki also from Kano State and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would replace Rep. Jibrin as chairman of the appropriations …

FRIDAY EKEOBA Lafarge Africa Plc, one of the leadingcement manufacturer in the domestic economy has posted a material loss of N28.0billion in its second quarter financial result for the year end June 2016, even as it attributed the dip to foreign exchange losses that impacted negatively on its operations to the tune of N27.5billion. In a filling to the Nigerian StockExchange on Wednesday for verification, …

The International Monetary Fund lowered its world growth estimates for 2016 and 2017 on Tuesday, citing the negative impact of Britain’s vote to quit the European Union. Here are the IMF’s new forecasts for percent growth of gross domestic product, with the change in percentage points from April in parentheses. Country/region 2016 2017 World 3.1 (-0.1) 3.4 (-0.1) Advanced economies …

Diseases such as colorectal cancer, liver cancer ,helicobacter pyloris and other infections that occur in the gastrointestinal(GI) tract are usually not easy to detect when looking out for signs and symptoms. And even when the symptoms are obvious its often to late to treat. That is the situation in our hospitals at the moment and doctors treating GI diseases are …

The Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards are the prestigious awards of the European Organisation for Sustainable Development (EOSD) in conjunction with the Government of Karlsruhe (the official “Most Sustainable City” in Germany). The awards, which can be referred to as the Oscars of Sustainability, honours financial institutions and organisations with significant contributions to the field of sustainable finance. The awards aim …

Sabina Nnaji is an On-Air-Personality who has been around the radio and gospel music industry for some time. In this interview, she entertained questions from a Christian group; Christian Talent Community (CTC), coordinated by OBUS ZALEE, during which she instructed talents on how to market their works and also comport themselves in their various industries. Excerpts: Obus: Many talents today …

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, over the weekend arrested the suspected member of an eight-man robbery gang, Abdullahi Olanrewaju, 30, during their operations at Abeje and Onibeju Streets, off Capitol road in Agege Local Government area of the state. The operatives, who were led to the scene of the robbery by Inspector Anthony Inege, noted …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed its determination to raise the participation of retail investors in the Nigerian Capital market as that is one of the critical ways of deepening the market. Director General of SEC, Mounir Gwarzo stated this when the Management of the Commission visited the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) on an advocacy visit on the 10 year Capital Market …