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Polaris Bank is set to join organisations around the world in celebrating the 2026 Customer Service Week, holding from October 5 to 9, under the theme, “The Extra Mile.” For Polaris Bank, the theme represents a continuation of its longstanding commitment to putting customers at the heart of its business and continually improving the quality of their banking experience. Over the years, the Bank has used Customer Service Week not only to appreciate its customers, but also to recognise employees who consistently demonstrate exceptional service and reinforce the importance of customer-centricity across the organisation. The Bank’s Customer Service Week celebrations have evolved over the years, reflecting different dimensions of its service culture. In 2020, the Bank celebrated under the theme “Dream Team,” recognising the collective efforts of its employees in sustaining service delivery during a particularly challenging period. The 2021 celebration continued the focus on service excellenc...

L-R: The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Ogun State, Chief Yemi Sanusi; the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; and a former Local Government Coordinator for former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Hon. Tayo Otusanya, during a warm handshake in Ijebu East Local Government Area on Monday Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that construction work on the over $7 billion Gateway Deep Sea Port and Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area will commence in November this year. Abiodun made the disclosure while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Ijebu East and Ijebu North Local Government Areas, days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DP World MEA FZE in Paris, France, in the presence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governor said the groundbreaking ceremony for the project would take place in November, after which construction would commence immediately, ...

By Seyi Bakare On Thursday in Paris, thousands of kilometres from the Nigerian coastline it is ultimately designed to transform, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State stood alongside President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leadership of DP World as the Ogun State Government and the global ports and logistics giant signed Memoranda of Understanding for the development of the Gateway Deep Seaport and the Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone. The agreements envisage more than $7 billion in initial investment and the creation of over 50,000 direct jobs when the projects are fully developed. The proposed Gateway Deep Seaport will feature a four-kilometre berth and an 18-metre draft, while the adjoining Blue Marine Special Economic Zone is designed to create an integrated platform for maritime trade, manufacturing, processing, logistics and exports. (State House) It was, by any measure, a defining moment for Ogun State. But the significance of Paris cannot be understood simply by looking a...

L-R: Branch Leader, Fidelity Bank Plc, Uromi, Joseph Ero; Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Edo State, Jerry Uwangue; and Team Lead, CSR, Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; at the Fidelity Food Bank distribution event held at Udomi, Irrua, in Esan Central Local Government Area, Edo State recently.     As part of its commitment to supporting vulnerable communities and boosting food security across Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc has distributed essential food supplies to more than 2,500 beneficiaries across eight communities in Uromi, Irrua, Edo State, under its Fidelity Food Bank initiative. The intervention, held at the Uromi Town Hall in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state, underscores the bank’s continued efforts to improve the wellbeing of families and strengthen communities through targeted Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions. Speaking at the distribution event, the Divisional Head, Brand and Communications, Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Meks...

The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has raised concerns over developments surrounding the ongoing murder trial involving Alhaji Ahmed Tajudeen Akanbi and other defendants before the Lagos High Court, calling for greater procedural and administrative transparency in the handling of the case. CHSR made the position known on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at an emergency press conference held at the Liberation Centre, where its President, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, addressed journalists, representatives of civil society organisations, leaders and members of the Ajiran Community and other concerned Nigerians. The organisation said that the defendants were standing trial over the deaths of two members of the Ajiran Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State—Mr Sheriff Ishola Salami, described as a youth leader who died on April 18, 2023, and Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye, son of the Ojomu of Ajiranland, who died on August 26, 2024. Omotehinse said that the purpo...

  The Minister of Interior Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is targeting 90 percent of the registered voters in Ondo East and West Federal Constituency ahead of the general election in January 2027 for APC.   The Minister who is the Captain of the Positive Crew spoke to representatives of Ward 2, 4,5 6, 12, in Ondo East local government through the first officer of the positive Crew Otunba Bola Fisayo.   In his message, wards 2,4,5,6 12 have about sixty settlements with a high number of electorates. The Minister noted that it is time our people in the remote areas are given a sense of participation and benefits in the government of the day.   The Minister's goodwill message also stated that it is time our rural areas are integrated with urban areas and there  must be an end to discrimination in terms of development across the state.   The Representatives to over sixty villages in Ondo East had been dispatched already with the message of President Tinubu Renewed Hope...