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Executive Director, United Bank for Africa(UBA) Plc, Mr. Ayoku Liadi; CEO, UBA Foundation, Mrs. Bola Atta; Head, Brand Management, UBA Plc, Mr. Lashe Osoba, flanked by students of various schools during the 2nd edition of UBA Foundation’s ‘Each One, Teach One’ initiative where UBA Staff teach and assist the less privileged, especially students and people living with disabilities across Africa, held in ... Read More »

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, today announced the appointment of Alhaji Ado Yakubu Wanka as Non-Executive Director. Speaking on his appointment, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited said, “We are delighted to welcome Alhaji Ado Yakubu Wanka, to the FirstBank Board. We are especially excited that he is bringing a combination ... Read More »

L-R: Simi Nwogugu , Executive Director, Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN); TC Achievers team ; Enoch Vanderpuye, Country Team Lead, Marketing & Corporate Communications,  FBNBank Ghana, subsidiary of FirstBank; TC Achievers team and staff of JAN sponsored by FirstBank to represent Nigeria at the African Company of the year competition Ghana. Taidob College Abeokuta, winners of the 2019 National Company of ... Read More »

 Fatai Ganiyu Abass was more than self-sufficient, practising as an auto-electrician and moonlighting as a Fuji musician. The future looked rosy for him until tragedy struck a couple of years back. He developed problems with his eyes and eventually lost sight in both eyes.​ His world seemed to fall apart. Without his eyes, his means of livelihood literally dissolved like ... Read More »

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has called on students and youths to imbibe the habit of saving, stressing that it would make them financially responsible and stable. Akinwuntan made this submission during a lecture to mark this year’s World Savings Day at Ahmadu Bahago Secondary School, Minna, Niger State recently. Represented by the Zonal Head of Operation, North Central, Mr. Sadiq Adeyemi. ... Read More »

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that Taidob College Abeokuta, the 2019 winners of the National Company of the Year competition organized by Junior Achievement Nigeria would compete against student teams from 10 other Junior Achievement member countries across Africa. The student team contestants comprise representative from the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Botswana, ... Read More »

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs — will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020.    Applications are made through TEFConnect, the digital networking hub for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, created by the Foundation.   The TEF Entrepreneurship Programme is open to entrepreneurs from across ... Read More »

Eional expenses can be a herculean task for many Nigerian students. In lieu of this, MTN Foundation, the CSR arm of MTN Nigeria’s top ICT Company is supporting Nigerian students to have access to quality education without worries about tuition and other associated expenses. The corporate social investment body, recently awarded scholarships to over 400 students in public tertiary institutions ... Read More »

First Bank drives economic devt with FirstGem, says CEO The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Adesola Adeduntan, has said the introduction of FirstGem, a female-focused product by the bank has contributed to the development of the Nigerian economy. Speaking at the FirstGem third anniversary conference held in Lagos, the bank chief said he was delighted that ... Read More »

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Ecobank Nigeria and the local unit of Standard Chartered Bank have joined Stanbic IBTC Bank to become foreign investors’ favourites for investment deals.  Details of the Bureau report showed that out of 26 banks foreign investors used to deploy foreign capital into the country, the most investment came through Stanbic IBTC Bank. The bank ... Read More »