… Wins Best Bank of the Year, International Bank of the Year Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, carted two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay’s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI) winning the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the glamorous event held over the weekend. The bank beat ... Read More »

… BoT, NASS caucus divided The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come under increasing pressure to declare its position on which of the zones will produce the party’s presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election. The situation is not helped by threats by more governors elected on the platform of the party to switch camps ... Read More »

Ecobank Nigeria has launched Smart Small And Medium Enterprise (SME) Agency Banking campaign targeted at empowering 100,000 entrepreneurs under the Ecobank SME and Agency Banking proposition. Emeka Agada, Head of SME, Ecobank Nigeria, said the initiative was introduced in line with the bank’s commitment to support the Federal Government and Central Bank Of Nigeria vision for financial inclusion across the ... Read More »

In the light of COVID-19, FirstBank has launched the FastTrack ATM, a Next Generation ATM and first of its kind in Africa, designed to promote financial activities on the ATM devoid of any form of physical interaction with the machine. The introduction of the FastTrack ATM which is done in partnership with Inlaks enables customers carry out cash withdrawals without ... Read More »

 Tunde Lawanson, Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FBN Holdings Plc, Ugochi Onuekwusi, Human Resources Officer, Rev. Oluwayomi Uteh, General Manager, Operations TREM, Oyinade Kuku, Head, Human Resources, FBN Holdings Plc and Douglas Elisha, Technical Assistant to the GMD, FBN Holdings Plc at The Great Place To Work Awards held at Marina, Lagos on Friday which had FBNHoldings winning the Best ... Read More »

Twenty-seven-year-old Felicia Nkemakolam Okpara, one of the ladies who were seen in a video that went viral being dragged into Barracks Police Station, on Friday narrated her ordeal before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses and other Matters. Led by her lawyer, Ridwan Oke, she testified that she ... Read More »

The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos,  Olukayode Popoola, has announced that the total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge will be lifted at midnight on Monday, 24 hours ahead of schedule. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the total closure had to be lifted because the contractor was able to fast-track the delicate task ... Read More »

…. Ten out of the twelve  winners are girls The UBA Foundation, the CSR arm of the United Bank for Africa, today, held its tenth annual National Essay Competition(NEC) in a virtual ceremony that was attended by high school students from across the nation. The UBA Foundation’s Education initiative has been changing lives for a decade as the tertiary education ... Read More »

….With profit after tax of N142 billion With profit after tax of N142 billion, total assets of N4.6 trillion and shareholders’ funds of N755.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has recorded an impressive performance, writes Goddy Egene Shareholders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc heaved a big sigh of relief last week ... Read More »

Some elders and youths of Ijako-Orile community in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, Tuesday staged a peaceful protest, urging for the payment of their “ownership entitlements to the land on which the Dangote Cement PLC Factory is sited in Ibese” . Few Representatives of the youths and elders of the community also went to the Dangote Cement ... Read More »