First Bank of Nigeria has announced its sponsorship of the 57th Lagos Amateur Golf Open Championship. The 2018 edition is billed to hold from Friday to Sunday at the Ikoyi Club 1938 Golf Course in Lagos. The 2017 edition played host to over 260 elite golfers, while the 2018 edition …

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) is set to substantially increase its support to agribusiness, its value chain and growth of the Nigerian economy after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI). The memorandum outlines a framework to deepen agency banking, financial inclusion and savings …

Plans are in top gear to rubbish the soaring image of the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu whose profile has been on the rise on account of his role in ensuring the smooth transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in Nigeria. In the …

Nigeria’s leading retail bank, Diamond Bank plc has been awarded the prestigious Women’s Market Champion honours by the Global Banking Alliance for Women. This year’s Women’s Market Champions reflect the global nature of the Global Banking Alliance for Women’s work hailing from diverse markets and regions. According to Vanessa Van Landingha, …

It is no longer news that Jimi Odukoya, a youth pastor at the Fountain of Life Church, has discovered acting as one of his many talents. Jimi Odukoya an AMVCA nominee plays the lead role of a cocky and ambitious David Hale in Verte View’s first feature movie – CHARMED. …

This film tells the story of career ambition, friendship and love that individuals experience in their everyday life. Jimi Odukoya and Bimbo Ademoye, the lead actors in CHARMED, are supported by actors Kingsley Ogboso, Elozonam, Omowunmi Dada, Chris Iheuwa, Moyo Lawal and BellaRose Okojie. Jimi Odukoya stars as David Hale, …

In recognition of the importance of financial literacy in making informed financial decisions, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, a member of Standard Bank Group, deployed its senior personnel to 31 schools across six selected states in the country in line with CBN’s financial literacy drive to educate students on the benefits …

A witness told the Federal High Court in Katsina Tuesday of how about N5.7 billion Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds went down the drain. Nasiru Ingawa, Special Adviser to former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema on SURE-P, said at the Federal High Court in Katsina that Shema directed …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday said its operatives intercepted gold worth about N211m being illegally transported through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Following intelligence report, the operatives were said to have on Friday, November 9, intercepted the gold weighing about 35kg …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday re-arraigned a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Adesola Amosu (retd), for an alleged fraud of N21.4bn. Amosu, alongside Air Vice Marshall Jacob Adigun and Air Commodore Olugbenga Gbadebo, was re-arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on 13 counts. …