Target me no banker — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

The Naira is so worthless these days that putting the currency in a bank is a bloody waste of everybody’s time.  Who even wants to put in a bank Nigeria’s Naira that has been globally declared as the worst performing…

Wahala! My wife can’t get pregnant and the woman I got pregnant says pikin is not my own

They say karma is a bitch! If it is called a bitch then it must be a woman, abi. I sell female clothes; I began to hustle after I left my Oga; who didn’t set me up as agreed after…

I suspect dad was feeding us dog meat

I don’t know for a fact what I am about to tell you but my suspicions are strong. I lived with my father, growing up and it was very hard for him to take care of us after our mother…

Small boy see front, see back e say e wan climb. Ha, I don suffer

I’m almost 53 but I often hear people say I don’t look it. I take those as compliments. So, there was this day I had to rush to the bank. I had made an online transaction that was reversed twice;…

I was mistaken for a mistress and then something horrible happened

See, eh, what I am about to tell you, I pray never happens even to my worst enemy. I was a banker in one of the first generation banks some 25 years ago. Yes, long time ago. My bank was…

Knocks, kudos as Access takes over Diamond Bank (Guardian)

Shareholders of Diamond Bank Plc have demanded an investigation into the financial institution’s “merger” with Access Bank Plc. The deal worth over N23.160 billion cash consideration will see to shareholders of Diamond Bank getting N1 per share. Nevertheless, they applauded…

Self-styled company director bolts with bank’s N6.6m (Punch)

A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Wednesday granted reprieve to 43-year-old, Odutayo Odufote, charged with N6.66 million theft. The accused, who is being tried on charges of stealing and obtaining money under false pretences, was released on…

Seven tips to cardless ATM withdrawal (Punch)

What happens when you find yourself in need of cash, but without your debit card? The Cardless ATM withdrawal in Nigeria, introduced sometime in April 2014, has been adopted by some Nigerian banks; but this service is yet to get…

A Nigerian banker is a glorified beggar – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

A Nigerian banker is,  inspite of all the fine suits and ties,  a glorified “maiguard”. The great pity is that the banker is guarding not even human beings but ordinary paper called money! That’s one of the first lessons I learnt…

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