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… lifts 13,000 women in Nasarawa   President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has urged private sector operators and Government at all levels to adequately empower women as a means of poverty reduction. Dangote said once our women have been successfully enabled to support their homes and families, poverty will …

Diamond bank has rewarded 30 customers with N100,000 each in the just concluded Diamond Future and Cool-Teens School Fees Saver Scholarship draw held at the bank’s head office in Lagos. The School Fees Savers Scholarship scheme is specially targeted at parents with children / wards in preschool, primary and secondary …

In an unprecedented show of philanthropy, the Aliko Dangote Foundation yesterday in Abuja, donated 150 fully kitted operational cars worth several hundreds of Naira to the Nigeria Police Force. The donation, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris said was the single biggest donation ever by a private sector operator …

Describing measures taken by the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) to sustain growth of the Nigerian pension industry as apt, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited has said the micro pension scheme, multi-fund investment structure and Pension account transfer window, to mention but a few, are among initiatives capable of putting the …

After many years in the doldrums and following its most recent acquisition by Sigma Golf – Riverbank consortium, the moves by the new management team at Keystone Bank Limited has begun yielding fruits.   The Bank for the quarter ended March 2018 recorded a profit before tax of N3.72bn, compared …

  Heritage Bank Plc has once again proven to be Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider, as Institute for Tourism Professionals, organisers of the National Tourism Transport Summit and Expo 2018 (NTTS), crowned Heritage Bank the best “Financial Institution, for Outstanding Support for Tourism.” The award, according to the organizers, …

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, has emerged winner of the Gold Prize at the 2017 edition of Deutsche Bank Awards for Excellence in Cash Management and Trade Finance in Nigeria. This is the second time the bank is being awarded as the top performer in this category. The category tagged Straight-Through Processing (STP) …

– LAUNCHES ‘READ AFRICA’ INITIATIVE IN GABON, MOZAMBIQUE As part of its mission to improve the lives of the communities in which the United Bank for Africa operates, UBA Foundation continues to encourage African youths to adopt the culture of reading through its ‘Read Africa’ initiative. Read Africa aims to rekindle the …

  Infusion Cakes & Cafe, a Lagos-based confectionery firm, has hosted ex-housemates of the reality TV show, Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija), in a meet and greet session in Lagos recently. Founder and chief executive of Infusion Cakes & Cafe, Mrs. Ibigbeye Okobi said the company decided to host the BBNaija …

The managing director/chief executive officer of Transcorp Hotels Plc, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has lamented the neglect of the Nigeria’s tourism sector by governments at all levels. Ozigbo revealed that this was demonstrated by the abysmal marketing of the sector by relevant ministries and agencies of government. Speaking at a national tourism transport …