The award was bestowed on FirstBank in recognition of the Bank’s role in promoting trade and investment endeavours across the continent. With its subsidiaries across the FirstBank Group, FirstBank has continued to play a leading role in boosting cross-border businesses, including trade and investment opportunities, essential to enhancing trade relations …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC – winner of Two Prestigious Awards for Gender Diversity and Equality
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group and a leading end-to-end financial institution in Nigeria, proudly received two coveted awards at the esteemed International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) Nigeria2Equal Program Dinner and Awards event which was held in Lagos. The event celebrated organizations that exemplified unwavering dedication to gender equality and the empowerment of women …
Read More »Music Jams Testimonies, Deliverance At Stand-Out Conference 2023
It’s Stand-out Conference once again, and this time around, evangelism will meet gospel music, and testimonies will abound as prophet of God, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe storms Lekki, Nigeria for the annual event which holds on August 13, 2023. When God gives a vision, he makes provision for the vision …
Read More »Iwobi backs Super Eagles for 2024 AFCON glory
Nigeria’s forward Alex Iwobi attends a training session in Alexandria, northern Egypt, on June 21, 2019, on the eve of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football match between Nigeria and Burundi. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP Everton star, Alex Iwobi says he believes that the Super Eagles can become …
Read More »Being a father changed me a lot – Wizkid
Grammy-award-winning artiste, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has spoken about how being a father changed him as a person and a musician. The singer said being a father has put a lot of love in his heart and it is the drive that keeps him going. The Starboy made …
Read More »$100bn target for climate, poverty funds achieved, says IMF
The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that rich countries had met a target of reallocating $100 billion of funds from the institution to battle climate change and poverty in developing countries. “We meet the target, we do have the 100 billion,” Kristalina Georgieva told reporters at a …
Read More »Tribunal: Expert presents forensic report on BVAS in Atiku’s petition
Tribunal in session The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday called a digital forensic expert to testify in aid of its petition against the president, Bola Tinubu. The PDP and Atiku are protesting the declaration of Tinubu as the president by the Independent National Electoral …
Read More »114% salary increase: It’s insensitive to sufferings of Nigerians, says Transparency Advocacy
THE Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), a nongovernmental organization, has opposed the 114% salary increase for government officials recommended by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, describing it as a mark of insensitivity amidst suffering Nigerians. CTA, whose mission is to promote good governance to ensure that government …
Read More »Just in: Shettima, Bill Gates meet with governors in Aso Rock
Vice President Kashim Shettima, the co-Chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates and the Chairman of Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, on Thursday, met with state governors at the presidential villa, Abuja. The meeting wa part of the Gates Foundation’s commitment to work closely with communities and leaders …
Read More »Japa: Obi Backs Emigration Of Nigerians Seeking Greener Pastures Abroad
The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential election, Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the mass migration of Nigerians to foreign countries. Obi in a series of posts made on his verified Twitter on account on Thursday said Nigeria’s brain drain will eventually result to …
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