First Bank – City Business News

January 6, 2026 No Responses

FirstBank Meets CBN’s ₦500b Capital Requirement

By ebosele@hotmail.com. — First HoldCo Plc has announced that its commercial banking subsidiary, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), has successfully met the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) minimum capital requirement of ₦500 billion.The miles...

January 3, 2026 No Responses

FirstBank Hosts Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026

By ebosele@hotmail.com. – FirstBank has concluded plans to host Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026 on Tuesday, 6 January 2025.City Business News reports that the theme of the session is “The Great Calibration: Mastering Resilience in an Era of Asynchronous ...

December 6, 2025 No Responses

FirstBank Elephant Girls Arrive In Cairo For Africa League Finals

The FirstBank Elephant Girls have arrived in Cairo with one mission — to make history as they compete in the Women’s Basketball League Africa Finals. The team touched down in the Egyptian capital focused, energised, and fully prepared to take...

November 2, 2025 No Responses

First Bank Empowers 100 Women

FIRST Bank of Nigeria on Saturday empowered not less than 100 women in the Niger Delta with equipment to help strengthen their businesses.The donated items included sewing machines, hair dryers, hand dryers, makeup sets, ring lights, and cooking utensils such....

September 6, 2025 No Responses

Freight Forwarders Petition Minister Over Alleged First Bank’s Persistent System Downtime

The Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has petitioned the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, over what it described as a crippling and persistent system downtime at First Bank of Nigeria that has paralyzed dut...

January 17, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N12.3b Fraud: EFCC To Arraign Otudeko, Ex-First Bank MD

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 13-count criminal charge against the Chairman, Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko and a former Managing Director of First Bank, Olabisi Onasanya for allegedly obtaining the sum of N12.3bn from Fir...

January 10, 2025 No Responses

NIGERIA’S FIRSTBANK SETS SIGHTS ON ETHIOPIA, ANGOLA, CAMEROON

Building on its long-standing presence in sub-Saharan Africa, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is gearing up for its next growth phase as financial systems across the continent open up to new opportunities. More than a decade after an acquisition spree...

December 30, 2024 No Responses

FirstBank Lays Off 100 Senior Staff

FirstBank, part of FBN Holdings’ has exited about 100 senior staff members.According to Nairametrics, some of the bank’s top executives were asked to leave as part of its repositioning plan for 2025.The exits appear to be part of a concerted...

October 15, 2024 No Responses

First Bank To Hold 63rd Edition Golf Tournament In Lagos

First Bank has announced the 63rd edition of its amateur open golf championship in efforts to support sports development. According to the Bank, the event will hold from November 18 to November 24, 2024, at the golf club of the...

August 22, 2024 No Responses

50,000 Target: Firstbank , NCF Extend Tree Planting To FCT

FirstBank, in partnership with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), has launched a major tree-planting initiative to enhance Nigeria’s vegetation cover.According to the bank, the tree planting exercise led by Aishatu Bubaram, the Group Executive, Comm...

July 19, 2024 No Responses

WITH GIANTS CAMPAIGN, FIRSTBANK IS TRULY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY

The ‘Giant in you’ campaign of the FirstBank has again confirmed the common expression that ‘apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ given the history of the financial brand and its legendary relevance to the growth of enterprises, within and...

June 20, 2024 No Responses

First Bank Confirms Alebiosu As MD

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has confirmed the appointment of Olusegun Alebiosu as the substantive Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank. In a notice on Wednesday to the Nigerian Exchange Group, the company’s Secretary, Adewal...

June 14, 2024 No Responses

First Bank Partners International Women’s Society To Empower Women

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered International Women’s Society (IWS) to empower over 250 widows, in commemoration of the 2024 International Widows’ Day.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that beneficiaries at the Lagos event, tagged “IWS...