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Growing up it was a norm to have our grams or other aged people in their forties and above, relatively looking exactly like the number of decades they had spent on earth. Looking quite elderly, some even no longer stay fashionable with hairs all grey, wrinkled skin especially among other physical attributes of an older person which they usually possess. But in the last one decade, it had become like a competition sort of, to have people naturally ageing ‘backwards’ . The new fifty be looking like it’s thirty. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Instagram space recently went agog with the images of a woman celebrating her fifty years birthday. Looking quite slimer, younger and fresher than even her own daughter who posed besides. She kept many people wondering why anyone in her fifties , would look like a young woman bidding a farewell to her teenage years.   Some other fifty somethings who though aren’t slim could surprisingly be very energetic and healthier than their younger coun...

My focus is on four banks; ACCESS, STANBIC IBTC, STERLING  and  UBA . It was a  ‘thing’  for me when a family friend I hadn’t contacted in few years called me from the blue. His friend’s handbag just got stolen, but for her  Stanbic IBTC   debit card  and phone (which contained her bank app), she wouldn’t have been bothered about the small amount the bag contained. All my  family friend  knew was that I work in a  financial institution  so he feels I should be enlightened enough to proffer a solution, hence the call to help out. This expectation not only shocked but challenged me to device a solution, just so the fraudsters would not be able to access the account for withdrawals.  Meanwhile, it was a Sunday . I had never been to any  STANBIC IBTC  branch let alone be an account holder so initially, I was at a loss. Later, I googled the customer service e-mail of the bank  ( customercarenigeria@ stanbicibtc.com ) ...