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To promote equity and raise advocacy for women’s inclusion and visibility, Kuda, the money app for Africans, has announced a month-long series of activities to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is a global event celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point for giving proper …

Access Bank gets approval to acquire Zambia’s African Banking Corporation Access Bank Access Holdings, the parent company of Access Bank Plc, says its Zambian subsidiary, Access Bank Zambia Limited, has secured approval of the country’s central bank for the acquisition of African Banking Corporation Zambia Limited. Sunday Ekwochi, the company …

By James Olatunji Samuel Of recent, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd hired some foreign expatriates into its employ. In one of its communications on the issue, the NNPC said the decision was in furtherance of its ongoing repositioning drive towards enhanced growth, better performance and improved service delivery. …

  Wema Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading Innovative Financial Institution is championing financial literacy for the next generation by participating in the Global Money Week to commemorate the Financial Literacy Day on March 23, 2023. In alignment with the theme “Plan your Money, plant your Future”, Wema Bank organized financial literacy …

The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Onyemachi Elumelu, CFR, clocked 60 years on Wednesday March 23, 2023 and in commemoration of this event, a symposium was held in his honour at the Tony Elumelu Amphitheatre in UBA House. The symposium tagged ’60 for 60’ was attended …

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced the call for participation in the third season of its FirstBank Management Associate Programme (FMAP). Interested participants are required to submit their application via  https://hdbc.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX. The application is extended to the general public as it closes …

A branch manager of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Kichime Gomwalk, Michael Damkas Buayam of Tan Global Energy Limited and Abbas Andrew Dayilim of Castlegate International Limited have been arraigned for fraud. They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice P. S. Gang of the Plateau …

Reliable sources in the CBN said banks have been instructed to collect the old Naira noted they deposited in CBN and that before the end of the week, the country would be awash with Naira notes

Lagos, Nigeria, 16th  March 2023: Emirates has continued to expand its global network and to deploy its capacity to meet travel demand across the world.  A statement from Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer, remarked that the Airline’s financial year started relatively quietly as its ramp up was held back …