Barcelona FC, on Wednesday night, sacked Ronald Koeman as its manager following a 1-0 defeat at Rayo Vallecano. His departure ends an unhappy chapter for the former player who won them their first European Cup in 1992 and leaves the club in turmoil on and off the field. The defeat …
Read More »Heritage Bank, Next Titan to sustain entrepreneur support with N15m
In a bid to ensure that entrepreneurial goals of the Nigerian youths are achieved, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative service banking provider, in collaboration with The Next Titan is set to further invest N15million on viable Nigerian entrepreneurs. Tagged “Uncaged,” The Next Titan season-8 is Nigeria’s foremost Business Reality …
Read More »Data Reflects Customers’ Shift To Everyday Products, As Jumia Launches First E-commerce Report
-Groceries and everyday essentials were the best selling products on Jumia during the pandemic Lagos, Nigeria, October 27th, 2021- Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, has published its first Africa e-commerce report, Jumia Africa e-Commerce Index 2021 with a Nigerian section, which leveraged data from the company’s platform to illustrate the …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC reiterates Strategic Youth Agenda
Determined to further strengthen the strategic position young Nigerians occupy in the country, Stanbic IBTC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has continued to promote various programmes to get Nigerian youths engaged and empowered for better productivity and participation in the development of the nation. The Group aimed one of …
Read More »FIRSTBANK PARTNERS NIBSS TO DRIVE DIGITAL PAYMENT CONVENIENCE WITH NIGERIA QUICK RESPONSE (NQR)
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services organisation has announced its partnership with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System plc (NIBSS) on its recently launched Nigeria Quick Response (NQR) Payment Solution. The NQR is an innovative payment option implemented for all financial service providers and designed to …
Read More »EFCC Detains Pius Anyim Over N780m Aviation Ministry Fund
Anyim The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection …
Read More »Ibrahim Abdulsalam’s Trial Over Alleged N2.8B Fraud Suffers Setback
The trial of Ibrahim Abdulsalami, a former Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, and others for an alleged N2.8bn fraud before Justice Babs Kuewumi at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos could not continue today, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 due to the absence of a counsel representing one …
Read More »Oil giant, Total, enmeshed in bribery, corruption scandal as EFCC wades in
An organisational restructuring recently carried out by TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc, formerly know as ‘Total Nigeria Plc’ has led to allegations that the multinational oil company is trying to cover up bribery, abuse of office and corruption. In Total Nigeria Upstream, the unions have opposed the changes with some members of the …
Read More »#IWD2021: Unity Bank MD calls for More Investment in Girl-Child Education
LAGOS. 08-03-2021. The Managing Director of Unity Bank Plc, Mrs. Tomi Somefun has called for increased investment in girl-child education in Nigeria to bridge the gender gap and reduce inequality. Somefun who made the remark in her message on this year’s International Women’s Day said every effort to …
Read More »How FirstBank Employees are Making a Difference in their Immediate Environments Through the SPARK Initiative
Every other day, social media brings us a picture or video of a dilapidated school somewhere in Nigeria or shares images of a distraught widow, a struggling roadside trader or street hawker, or some other hapless victims of the extremely harsh realities of living in Nigeria. Immediately, as if on …
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