Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to securing a prosperous future for its customers. During the highly successful 2023 edition of the Annual Employers Forum, Olumide Oyetan, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers emphasized this dedication towards helping their …
Read More »FIRSTBANK INTRODUCES THE FIRST HUMANOID ROBOT, REINFORCES ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS
FirstBank has launched an industry first Humanoid Robot at its Adetokunbo Ademola VI, Lagos Digital Experience Centre (DXC) Branch The robot is among the phased configuration of the bank’s state-of-the-art digitally led self-service branch The Humanoid Robot is equipped with Video Banking and Artificial Intelligence (AI), taking on the role …
Read More »UBA Partners AfCFTA, Invests $6bn to finance Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in Africa
Nigeria: June 30: Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Monday, signed an agreement with the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat to provide financing for up to US$6.0bn over the next 3 years to eligible SME across Africa. UBA signed the agreement with AfCFTA on …
Read More »How we killed Ondo naval officer — suspects
Ondo PPRO, Funmilayo Odunlami The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday paraded the three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged killing of a naval officer, Sub. Lt. Samuel Akingbohun. The suspects also disclosed how the naval officer was killed. Akingbohun was allegedly killed by the suspects during an argument …
Read More »External reserves fall by $3bn in six months – CBN
CBN logo Nigeria’s external reserves fell by $2.85bn in the first half of 2023 due to external debt finance among other challenges, figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria have revealed. The CBN revealed in its figures on movement on foreign reserves that the reserves which commenced January 3, …
Read More »Nigerian-German chamber ex-DG joins American firm
Gbenga Adebija The Group Managing Director of Ashton and Layton and former Director-General of the Nigerian-German Chamber of Commerce, Gbenga Adebija, has joined USAccelerator, a United States-based professional service firm that advises and supports international businesses on their entry and acceleration of market growth in the US. In a statement …
Read More »CBN injected $18bn into forex market in 2022
Central Bank of Nigeria building In continuation of its periodic intervention in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria injected another sum of $17.81bn into the inter-bank foreign exchange market in 2022. According to the CBN’s ‘Financial markets department annual activity report 2022’, this was a slight increase …
Read More »Nigeria’s finances bleeding, we must stop it – Tinubu vows
President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu on Thursday admitted that the nation’s finances is bleeding profusely, vowing to stop the bleeding and reposition the country in the right direction. He also said he decided not participate in the arbitrage entrenched in the country’s commercial system in order to rescue the …
Read More »Garba Shehu opens up on Buhari, Tinubu London meeting
Buhari and Tinubu in London Former President Muhammadu Buhari did not ask his successor, Bola Tinubu, not to probe his appointees at their meeting in London last Monday, ex presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu has said. Shehu said this while reacting to a report that Buhari asked Tinubu not to …
Read More »Gov Otti Sacks Abia Head Of Service, Permanent Secretaries
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has taken a further step in his administration’s pursuit of accountability by suspending the state’s Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries who served under the previous administration of former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. The suspension came in the wake of the newly inaugurated judicial panel …
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