First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable banking brand and foremost financial institution, today announced the appointment of Mr. Abdullahi Ibrahim as an Executive Director. Prior to this appointment, Abdullahi was the Bank’s Group Executive, Retail Banking North. Mr. Ibrahim’s appointment is in sync with FirstBank’s strong corporate governance …
Read More »Aregbesola under fire for calling Davido’s father mad man
Gov. Aregbesola The family of Isiaka Adeleke has fired back at Governor Rauf Aregbesola for describing business mogul, Deji Adeleke, as a mad man. Deji is the father of famous singer, Davido. Aregbesola had knocked family members of the late Senator Adeleke for using the death of the late politician …
Read More »UBA takes its Read Africa Initiative to Ghana
On Tuesday July 4th, 2017, The UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, continued on its quest to educate and empower African youths as it visited the Accra High School in Ghana. UBA Foundation’s Read Africa Initiative was launched in 2011 …
Read More »Elumelu Commends Afreximbank….Urges Other DFIs to Support African Businesses
At the24th Annual General Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank(Afrexim), held in Rwanda, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, congratulatedAfrexim for the critical supportthat the Bank, led by President Oramah, provides for African businesses and its significant contribution to the development of cross-border …
Read More »Afrexim Signs $1bn Loans With Dangote
The African Export Import (AFREXIM) Bank has signed a $1billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dangote Group of Companies at the 24th Annual General Meeting of the bank holding in Kigali, Rwanda. AFREXIM Bank’s president, Dr. Paul Oramah, said “the deal was part of the bank’s bid to expand …
Read More »Labour Hails Aliko on Investment Drive, employment, youth empowerment …urges others to emulate him
Following his fresh investments in automobile and agriculture, the organized labour in the country has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and the Chief Executive of Dangote Group for promoting investments and creating thousands of direct and indirect youth employments across the country and in Africa. The labour said Dangote’s …
Read More »Communication and PR Academics Support Call to End Use of AVEs AMEC Academic Advisory Group Statement
Leading international communication and public relations academics have welcomed and supported the “Say No to AVEs” call byAMECto end the use of advertising value equivalents (AVEs) as a purported measure of editorial media publicity. The Academic Advisory Group to AMEC, comprised of Professor Anne Gregory, University of Huddersfield, UK; …
Read More »Staff Implicates Fidelity Bank MD, Nnamdi Okonkwo in disbursement of N23bn Diezani bribe
There seems to be more trouble for the embattled Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, and some officials for allegedly receiving $115m from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. This is coming as a staff of the lender, Mr. Timothy Olaobaju, …
Read More »Rivers Tribunal Sacks PDP Senator, Sekibo
George Sekibo The Rivers State Elections Petition Tribunal has sacked the senator representing Rivers east, George Thompson Sekibo. The tribunal went on to declare Andrew Uchendu as winner of the senatorial election. It also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Sekibo …
Read More »Evans Seeks Enforcement Of His Fundamental Right, Sues IGP, Lagos CP
Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has instituted a legal action against the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, over his continued detention, seeking an enforcement of his fundamental human right. Evans, who seeks to compel the IGP to either charge him to court or release him …
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