FirstBank appoints Abdullahi Ibrahim as Executive Director

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 …

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 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 …

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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 …

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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; …

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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 …

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