Business

  The Bank has been at the forefront of promoting financial inclusion in the country, impacting Nigerians, regardless of their locations nationwide.  The Bank currently has over 120,000 Firstmonie Agents spread across 772 Local Government Areas in Nigeria The Agent Credit scheme was launched a year ago to empower its …

Lagos, Nigeria, 6th July 2021: Nigeria’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia has been bestowed with the Best Buy Award, by ICERTIAS International Certification Association. Jumia received the award for providing customers seamless e-shopping experience with the best quality products. The award is also a recognition of Jumia’s provision of cost-effective pricing …

  Some economists and oil and gas expert have backed the Federal Executive Council’s  (FEC) approval of  the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stakes by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemical Refinery. They made their views known in separate interviews with the News …

By Victor George  The CoV-2 Virus, known as the Delta Variant, is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread faster, cause more severe disease and is more likely to result in hospitalization. First detected in India, it has now reached 132 countries and territories. “Delta is …

    LAGOS.09-02-21. No fewer than twelve members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC who took part in Unity Bank’s flagship business plan competition, Corpreneurship Challenge, have won cash prizes totalling N4 million. The winners emerged during the final business pitch in the fourth edition of the contest for NYSC …

The 12 detained aides and supporters of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, have been granted bail by Justice Obiora Egwatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The bail was granted on Wednesday in a suit filed by the applicants’ lawyer, Olajengbesi Pelumi, against the Director-General of the …

Polaris Bank, established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on September 21, 2018 to offer commercial banking services to the Nigerian public and commenced services on the same day, having purchased the assets and assumed certain liabilities of the defunct Skye Bank. The Bank which prides itself high in …

Shareholders of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC are still lauding the Group for their last dividend payout of 360 kobo per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, as well as the bonus shares of one for every six ordinary shares, approved at the last Annual General Meeting held …

Digital insurance companies, Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA), have confirmed that customers are now able to purchase insurance policies from their websites, www.heirsinsurance.com and www.heirslifeassurance.com, in mere minutes. The revolutionary, interactive websites—first of their kind in Nigeria—ensure that customers have access to quick insurance, completing transactions …

Keystone Bank Limited, through its ‘Pink Network’ initiative, in partnership with Hayat Holdings (Producer of MOLPED Pad) and WHAI (Whispering Hope for Africa) Nigeria, has donated menstrual period kits to over 3000 marginalized girls in IDP camps and secondary schools within the North-Eastern region of Nigeria. A statement by the …