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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, in partnership with Proparco, a Development Finance Institution is mainstreaming climate initiatives into its business operations and strategy. This is aimed at achieving a holistic integration of climate action on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction through an articulated strategic pathway to position the Bank as …

A fresh crisis is brewing within the Body of Benchers, the apex regulatory body for the legal profession in Nigeria, as the new chairman, Asiwaju Adegboyega Awolomo SAN, is accused of unilaterally reconstituting all committees without the customary approval of the Board. Awolomo’s decision to dissolve all existing committees and …

L-R: Marian Odidika, Middle Market and Youth Segment Officer, Stanbic IBTC Bank; Alice Adeyemo and Remi Adebayo, both winners in the Reward4Savings 3.0 April draw and Sadiya Ojo, Head, Entrenchment, Stanbic IBTC Bank, at the cheque presentation ceremony which was recently held at Stanbic IBTC Towers, Walter Carrington Crescent, Lagos. …

  Banky W Nigerian singer turned clergyman and politician, Olubankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has said that contrary to popular belief, money isn’t the key to happiness. According to the Empire Mate Entertainment boss, if money was the key to happiness, billionaires would not commit suicide. He stated this …

Interswitch Limited, one of the Nigeria payment platforms, is currently engulfed in a whooping N33 billion fraud. Interswitch Limited, in a bid to recover the huge loss, has instituted a suit against Access Bank Plc and 53 others before a Federal High Court, Lagos. Named as defendants alongside Access Bank Plc …

  FCMB Group Plc is set to hold its 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Balmoral Convention Center, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, May 24, 2024. The meeting comes on the back of the financial institution’s remarkable performance over the past year, as detailed in its recently …

    NASCON Allied Industries Plc has assured its shareholders of continuous growth and value creation in 2024. The Company gave the assurance at its 2023 Annual General Meeting held yesterday in Lagos. Speaking to shareholders, the Chairperson of NASCON, Yemisi Ayeni said “amidst the challenges in 2023, the Company …

Ade is a hardworking father in Lagos. Recently, fate dealt him a heavy blow when his young son, Tunde, fell scarily ill. Tunde’s illness struck suddenly, sending shockwaves through Ade’s world. As he watched his son grow weaker on a hospital bed with each passing hour, Ade felt an overwhelming …

The Nigerian Army says the closure of the popular Banex Plaza in Wuse Abuja was in response to the unfortunate brutal attack on some of its personnel by some hoodlums at the plaza. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that on May 18 some army personnel were attacked by yet …

…shares 40,000 bags in Ogun The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF)’s N15 billion National Food Intervention programme has landed in Yewa land as the Foundation commenced distribution of 40,000 bags of rice in Ogun state. Yesterday, the 17 host communities of the Dangote Cement, Ibese plant, along with Itori, Igbogila, and Ilaro, …