US President, Joe Biden and Vice President, Harris at their swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday For The Record: Joe Biden’s Inaugural Speech As 46th US President Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is …
Read More »FIRSTBANK DEEPENS FINANCIAL INCLUSION WITH LARGEST AGENT BANKING NETWORK, EMPOWERS SMES
At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion …
Read More »SANWO-OLU: CONSIDER MALARIA-LIKE SYMPTOMS AS COVID-19 UNLESS UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE
•Says 24,000 Students Yet To Report In Public Schools •Demand for Oxygen Jumps From 70 To 350 Cylinders Per Day In IDH – Governor Following the increase in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that any malaria-like symptoms should …
Read More »UBA’s LEO: Celebrating three Years of Revolutionised Banking Services
Technology has been a veritable gift to mankind, and over the years, it has been responsible for creating amazingly useful resources which put all the information individuals need at their fingertips. The development of technology has also led to so many mind-blowing discoveries, better facilities, and better luxuries, which has …
Read More »Jumia extends Food platform to five more cities in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria; 19 January 2021: Jumia Food has expanded its food delivery service to five additional states in Nigeria as the company seeks to further drive the growth of online food and beverage delivery in the Nigerian market. The new tier-2 cities on the Jumia Food map are Minna, Benin …
Read More »Ex-Fidelity Bank chairman, Ernest Ebi loses mum, for burial Jan 29
The Matriarch of the Ebi family; Ezinne Maria Eriaba Ebi will on Friday January 29, 2021 be laid to rest at Urualla in Ideato North Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. The late Ebi, who is mother to former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and …
Read More »Pension industry fund assets rise to N12.29tr
The pension industry fund assets rose to N12.29 trillion by November 30, 2020. This represented a 1.94 per cent increase when compared with N12.053 trillion recorded as at October 31, 2020. Latest report by the National Pension Commission (Pencom) showed that the pension funds rose by 5.89 per cent between …
Read More »NNPC records $120.49m crude oil receipt in September
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday announced a total export receipt for crude oil and gas valued at $120.49 million for September 2020. A statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, said the figure was in the September 2020 …
Read More »Zenith Bank board meets to discuss results, final dividend
The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc will meet on Thursday 28, 2021, to discuss the audited financial statements (AFS) for the year ended December 31, 2020. It is also expected that board will consider a final dividend for the year, having paid an interim dividend of 30 kobo …
Read More »EFCC arraigns ‘Mama Boko Haram’ on fresh N41.7m fraud charges
The travails of Aisha Alkali Wakili alias Mama Boko Haram are yet over as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Office, have slammed fresh fraud charges against her. Mama Boko Haram was Monday arraigned before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, …
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