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August 9, 2022 No Responses

First Bank Reopens Abuja Headquarters Office

First Bank of Nigeria has reopened its headquarters (Coomassie House) located at the Central Business District, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the office was on Aug. 4, sealed by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over...

August 9, 2022 No Responses

NAPTIP Partners ABC Transport To Fight Human Trafficking

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has partnered with ABC Transport Plc to combat human trafficking. The Deputy Director of Legal and Prosecution Department, NAPTIP, Mrs Ijeoma Amugo, said at the launch on Monday in...

August 9, 2022 No Responses

Woman Docked For Allegedly Stealing 99 iPhones

A 60- year-old woman, Adenike Okunbanjo, was on Monday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing 99 pieces of iPhones worth N14.85 million. The defendant, a businesswoman who resides at 1, Alade St., Temidire, Ibafo, Ogun State...

August 8, 2022 No Responses

How To Address Nigeria’s Economic Challenges, By NECA

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has described the economic challenges facing the country as multi-faceted and called for a holistic and multi-pronged approach to resolving them. NECA’s Director-General, Mr Wale Oyerinde, in a state...

August 8, 2022 No Responses

First Bank Workers Donate Surgical Equipment For VVF Repairs

First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) workers under the aegis of the Employee Giving and Volunteering Scheme on Saturday, donated surgical equipment for free Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) repairs in Sokoto state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

August 8, 2022 No Responses

Commonwealth Games: Buhari Celebrates Team Nigeria Amid Medals’ Galore

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of other sports-loving Nigerians in celebrating the athletes that represented Nigeria gloriously in the 22nd Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022. The president also watched some of the colourful and spectacular ...

August 8, 2022 No Responses

Tata Acquires Ford Car Plant In India

Indian automaker, Tata Motors has agreed to buy a Ford manufacturing plant in the western state of Gujarat for 7.26bn rupees ($91.5m). The deal comes as Tata moves to boost its car production to meet demand. The deal between Tata’s...

August 7, 2022 No Responses

AIICO Insurance Declares N45.5b Gross Premium In Six Months

For the first half of 2022, AIICO Insurance Plc has declared Gross Written Premium (GWP) of N45.5 billion. The company’s unaudited report showed that the GWP increased by 21.4 per cent compared with the N37.481billion recorded in the corresponding peri...

August 7, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai To Raise Stake In Startup

Hyundai Motor Group plans to ramp up its stake in a local startup specialised in autonomous driving technology and invest about 400 billion won ($308.19 million), a newspaper report has said. Hyundai Motor Group, which houses Hyundai Motor Co and Kia...

August 6, 2022 No Responses

Nigerian Shippers‘ Council Assures Kano Business Communities Of Timely Delivery Of Goods

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jimeh has assured the Kano business communities of timely and door-step delivery of goods. Speaking at the designation of Dala Inland Dry port as an import and export bas...

August 6, 2022 No Responses

FirstBank Rewards Customer With Car In Verve Card Campaign

The First Bank of Nigeria has rewarded the grand prize winner of its Verve Card campaign, Mr Olakunle Animasaun, the Chairman of Kanwl International Ltd., with a brand-new car. The 14-week promo in partnership with Verve was designed to reward...

August 6, 2022 No Responses

Management Debunks Sale Of Polaris Bank

The management of Polaris Bank has denied the purported sale of the bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to a private individual for N40 billion. In a statement on Friday, the Bank said such speculative publication was a...

August 6, 2022 No Responses

Investors Recover N81b As Equity Market Closes Positive

Trading activities at the Nigeria equity market closed in a positive posture, as investors raked in N81.01 billion gain on Friday. Similarly, the gain made the market capitalisation close at N27.358 trillion from N27.276 trillion recorded on Thursday.&nb...

August 6, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Salutes Daisy Danjuma At 70

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Sen. Daisy Danjuma, wife of former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, as she turns 70 on August 6, 2022. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s media aide in a statement on Friday sa...