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Observed every March 8th, International Women’s Day is a global celebration of social, cultural and political achievements of women while promoting gender equality. The day is set aside for a global campaign to sensitize and deepen the gender equality movement.   The 2021 celebration theme: ‘Choose to Challenge’, was a …

  1st March 2021 — Metro Africa Xpress (MAX.ng), a mobility company at the forefront of cutting edge innovation, on the 27th of March 2021, presented a set of branded kiosks to the Police force, at its headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan. The donation was part of the company’s commitment to …

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said Nigerian banks lost over N264.5 billion to fraudsters between 2017 and September 2020. NDIC’s executive director, corporate services, Mrs. Omotola Abiola-Edewor, stated this at the Corporation’s 2021 annual capacity building programme for law enforcement agencies in Lagos. According to her records, the amount involved …

Ecobank, in partnership with the Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) is hosting a breakfast meeting with exporters tomorrow (Thursday) by 11am. The focus of the meeting according to Chijioke Uzoukwu, Head of Trade, Ecobank Nigeria would be on export credit insurance, SME export development and other related export matters. Key …

Recently, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC announced the promotions of several of its women to top executive roles across the Stanbic IBTC Group. These included the promotions of Wunmi Ehis-Uzenabor as Executive Director, Operations, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management; Busola Jejelowo as Executive Director, Investments, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management; Emi Agaba-Oloja, Executive …

Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading Nigerian bank has restated its readiness to continually support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) efforts to engender sustainable economic development by significantly improving diaspora remittances and foreign exchange (FX) inflows into the country. Fidelity Bank CEO, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe who made this known on Saturday …

By Adedoyin Giwa If there’s any industry that has witnessed tremendous growth, impact and success in recent years, it is the online food delivery sector. Thriving on technology and digitalization, online food service delivery is proving to be one of the best business ideas in recent times. With mergers and …

As the world marks this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), women have been urged to strive for excellence and choose to challenge to be at every table where decisions are being made in the workplace, politics, economy and the society at large. This was the summary of the virtual event …

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Plc is set to change the face of digital banking services with its new mobile banking app aimed at delivering first-rate services to customers. The new UBA mobile banking app, has been armed with benefits and features designed to give its customers increased control and accessibility to …

February data signalled another modest expansion in the Nigerian private sector, underpinned by solid growth in new orders and output. Companies continued to expand their purchasing activity and resumed hiring efforts during the month. Signs of spare capacity were again evident, with a fresh record reduction in backlogs registered. Meanwhile, …