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Sterling Bank Contributes N250m to Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- Sterling Bank Plc, has contributed N250 million as part of its commitment to the newly formed Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 created to help channel…
Africa’s richest man leads fight against COVID-19
Dangote Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and a top Nigerian entrepreneur have launched a coalition of private sector organizations to support the country’s efforts aimed at stemming the spread of…
Union Bank Partners 54Gene To Raise $500,000 Towards Nigeria’s Fight Against COVID-19
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Union Bank, one of Nigeria’s foremost financial institutions has announced a US$130,000 (N50million) donation to tackle the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The donation was…
CBN suspends forex sales to BDCs over pandemic
Emefiele By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The Central Bank of Nigeria has granted a two- week market holidays to the Bureaux De Change operators. This followed a request by the Association…
Heritage Bank stimulates CBN’s financial inclusion on 2020 target
As part of efforts to consummate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiated policy aimed at reducing the figure of the unbanked populace by 20 percent by 2020 and to…
UBA Empowers 400 Entrepreneurs In Onitsha with Capacity Training
Pan African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa during the weekend held a Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) capacity training in Onitsha where about 400 small and medium scale…
COVID-19: CBN, Bankers’ Committee To Support Pharmaceutical Coys …Back N3.5 Trillion Stimulus to economy …Commit to Nigeria First
As the country continues to record new cases of coronavirus, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee rose from an extra-ordinary meeting held in Lagos on Saturday,…
ZENITH BANK COMMISERATES WITH SANWO-OLU ON ABULE-ADO EXPLOSION, DONATES N100M SUPPORT TO EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has donated N100 million to the Emergency Relief Fund set up by the Lagos State Government for the victims of…
Constituency Projects: BudgIT raises concerns on the “Empowerment Projects”, says 988 projects are not under the right agencies
Tracka, a transparency platform owned by BudgIT, that allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has observed that a higher percentage of the…
Lagos Explosions: Fidelity CEO Commiserates With Victims, Assures Affected Traders of Support
L-R: Eric Ilechukwu, President, Association of Progressive Traders (APT); Nnamdi Okonkwo, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc; Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Executive Director, Lagos & South-West, Fidelity Bank Plc and Daniel…