Renowned international businessman and philanthropist, Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo, has stated that it is not only unglodly but inhuman to link his health situation to the outcome of the September 19, 2020 governorship election in his native Edo State during which he publicly supported the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Pasto Osagie Ize-Iyamu. […]
When a statement appearing to be from the Board of HealthPlus, one of West Africa’s largest integrated pharmacy chains, stated that the company no longer needed the services of its Founder, Bukky George, as CEO, most people were shocked. The decision to terminate George’s appointment came with the announcement of an interim leader: Chidi Okoro. […]
A mere handshake says a lot about Tony Elumelu. His gritty grip underlines his charming, tenacious personality: a man who hardly backs down from any challenge. The same engaging qualities have propelled him from a modest beginning in Nigeria to becoming chair of the United Bank of Africa, and one of the most innovative and […]
As a result of their involvement in fraud to the tune of $1m, the duo of Mahmud A. Mohammed and Ikechukwu Nkwocha-Philip were on Friday (yesterday) asked to go and stay behind bars for ten years each without option of fine. The convicts were sent to prison by Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the Federal Capital […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned seven suspects before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, for allegedly hacking into the computer database of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and transferring over N900 million belonging to customers of the bank into an unknown account. Gistmaster gathered the seven accused persons, according to the EFCC […]
Heritage bank Plc in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing in Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has continued to drive improved investment outcomes and job creation. Through this partnership, Heritage Bank is not relenting in its efforts at boosting the agriculture base of the nation to make farming profitable […]
Pan-African investment company, Heirs Holdings this week announced the appointment of Dan Okeke as Group Executive Director. The appointment took effect from August 01, 2020. Mr Okeke joins following a distinguished three-decade career at the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), where he most recently served as an Executive Director, responsible for leading consumer, commercial and public-sector […]
By Niyi Tabiti: The backlash from customers of Access Bank over ‘spurious’ charges is making the financial institution trend for the wrong reasons on twitter. In tweets posted online, Access Bank customers alleged that they get debited any how for stamp duties and several charges, thereby depleting their hard earned money. Some tweets said the […]
Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that thousands of students have been signing up to access the e-learning solutions for free which is provided in partnership with Roducate and Lagos State Government. This is in furtherance to the Bank’s resolve to close the gap of the disruption in […]
The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, has stated that the Coronavirus Pandemic currently ravaging the world presents an opportunity to reset the African continent so that Africans can be empowered to become more productive and self reliant. He said this today at the high-level Roundtable discussions made up of […]
