A Love Letter …to YOU
Hey you, My Onelove, OneCustomer, OneWoman. You make my H.E.A.R.T beat faster, my one and only lover, there’s no Alternative. TBH, I’ll give you Doubble of everything you want. Don’t ever doubt that. Kiki no fit take your place, and if she try am, I go Switch am for her. You are Spectacular! And I’ll […]
A Sunlit Future
In a country with a poor history of preparing for the future and even less regard for sustainable energy generation, there’s a change manifesting. Right by the bays of Lagos Marina, standing 18 floors tall and adorned with the trendiest of energy-creating technologies, the fabled Sterling Towers has gone completely off-grid and will now be […]
Those Invisible Termites.
I’m sure we all heard the news about the “Termites Invasion” on our nation’s N17bn expenditure receipts (sigh). Old gist but lasting impact. I know we all have opinions about it but for today, my landing question would be- What do you do so the same thing doesn’t happen to you? That chunk of money […]
4 ways to WFH and stay productive: Rants With Kiki – Ep 3
It’s 2023. Things have changed. From electric cars to spy drones, medical robots, rumors of AI about to take over people’s jobs (😑) and the best one yet- working from home! The Covid-19 Pandemic did that one good thing. We get to lounge in our homes and work without the frustration of Lagos traffic, […]
2 Elevating Ways To Handle Criticism: Rants With Kiki – Ep 2
There’s usually that person that has something unpleasant to say about you. ALL THE TIME! And yes, we all dislike a tell-off, especially when it’s in front of people we care about or out in public with everyone’s head turned in your direction. But is there anything you can do about their constant need to […]
Rants With Kiki – Ep 1: Do It Now!
It’s a New Year. And you’re about to procrastinate on your plans, again. The ones you carried over from 2022. Just a few tweaks, push and pull, you know you can get it fired up. But you’re just so deep into extending your deadlines over and over…(side eye) I was like that. Until I discovered […]
I Promise Not to Gossip in 2023…
You would probably say New Year Resolution is a scam. We set the same resolutions over and over again (rephrased in different ways, but same, same), and never really stick to it. But what if we’re the ones doing it the wrong way, slamming ourselves with a long list of far-fetched resolutions year after year! […]
“Japa Season” is here again but where’s the money?
It was japa season last month, I was discussing with my uncle who just got back from the UK when he mentioned: “Hahh! My business flight tickets to the UK now cost more than 5 million Naira!” I choked on my pasta! Ordinary flight ticket?! I started calculating the prices for Santorini, which is on […]
Relationships: Your Future Wealth
‘My Banker,’ said Onyeka. I don’t even identify as a banker😏. We’ll get back to what I identify as later, lol. Anyway, I replied to her saying ‘my Barrister,’ and we laughed it off. Onyeka called me that day because she needed to open an account for a new business owner, who is one of […]
Banking Hall Drama: 6 Types of People
Enter a banking hall and you’ll get a free show of drama even more animated than the outside world. From long crawling queues to network downtime just when it’s your turn to be attended to, to those that never return your pen after borrowing it (I know how much you loved that black pen!) or […]
NOTICE OF 60TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 60th Annual General Meeting of Sterling Bank Plc will be held at the Grand Ballroom, Eko Hotel & Suites, Plot 1415, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday, the 16th day of June 2022 at 10.00 a.m. to transact the following business: ORDINARY BUSINESS To receive the Audited […]
3 Ways To Protect Your Finances, Even In Inflation #SurvivingInflation
You people heard that Agege bread in my area has gone from N100 to N250 but you’re surprised that I’m calling an emergency neighborhood meeting on my employer’s website to rant, discuss and look for a solution that will benefit our finances in these trying times? Stop oh, no try me! Even though it has […]
5 Kitchen Tips From A Lazy Nigerian Cook
Whoever said no food for a lazy man is secretly a hater and knows nothing like Jon Snow. Sometimes eh, the thought of planning meals, preparing ingredients, and cleaning up is enough to put most people off the idea of cooking their own meals. It’s much easier to order takeout but you don’t have to […]
5 Financial Mistakes Nigerian Youths Should Avoid
POV: They are playing BNXN’s finesse in the club. You and your guys just chattered bottles and you are screaming at the top of your lungs. “Ah, finesse, if I broke na my business…”. You’re having the fun and carefree night you think you deserve seeing as tomorrow is Monday. But just as you’re about […]
Losing like a champ — how losing can transform your life
How you handle failure while the stakes are small goes a long way in how you react to the much rougher ride when real challenges start to mount.
Don’t fret ndo, here are quick tips on how to be a good loser, a great one even;
She is the MD!
As a network, we believe that diversity is important, that both men and women should be represented in every room because their respective unique values and perspectives are important in decision making. We also believe that every #SterlingHuman deserves an opportunity to stand out and call the shots. The Sterling Women Development Program is an […]
5 Unique Benefits of Being a Woman at Sterling
– Emmanuela Tijani We all know about or at least have heard about a particular company where you could swear that their policies and processes were not created with women in mind. The kind that turns a blind eye on the real need of women and just want “results” at the expense of wellbeing. […]
She is smart: why not?
When writing about women having a hard time in our societies, we often do not refer to the women who have been incarcerated or wrongfully so. But they are also very crucial demography of women. In communities today, it doesn’t seem like there are a lot of significant policies that cushion women (No! it’s always […]
Dilemma: Should My Husband and I share a Bank Account?
“Dear Kiki, My husband and I have been married for 8 months now and just as we are about to hit our 1st-anniversary mark, my husband decided that he would like us to share a bank account. Now the issue is that I am not only the breadwinner of the household, but before we got […]
Key Business Trends to watch out for in 2022
Just as the world can change drastically overnight, the business world is no different. When the pandemic first hit, many business owners who were not aligned with trends that have existed for years sadly crashed and burned, leaving the innovators to get rich and keep topping the market. I know the Nigerian in you just […]
