By Niyi Tabiti: The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 12 fresh cases of Covid-19 has been recorded in Osun,Edo and Ekiti states. Osun has 9 cases, while Edo and Ekiti has 2 each.The number of those officially known to have contracted corona virus in Nigeria is now 151. Lagos has highest number with […]
Lagos: Lucky customers of Fidelity Bank Plc across the country Monday received cash and consolation prizes at the 2nd bi-monthly/4th monthly prize presentation of the Get Alert in Millions (GAIM) promo Season 4. Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank PLC, Nnamdi Okonkwo, said the bank has consistently kept its words by rewarding customers for their loyalty and patronage. […]
New mothers who have a heavy reliance on the public maternity in Alimosho have more reasons to celebrate now, thanks to the Coca-Cola Safe Birth Initiative. These mothers and their babies are now considered to be well catered for following Coca-Cola’s visit to the maternity ward and neonatal unit medical facility in Alimosho. It was […]
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has launched ‘Click Credit’, a time loan designed to address the urgent needs of customers whose salary accounts are domiciled with the bank. As a bank backed by a strong retail franchise with over 1,000 business offices serving 19 million customers, UBA has introduced this […]
Focused on improving financial inclusion for West Africa’s low-income segment, a Nigerian fintech start-up, Aella has raised a $10m debt financing round, from HQ Financial Group (HQF), Singapore-based private company specializing in new material science, semiconductor and blockchain financial investments. This debt financing round is Aella’s second raise and will bolster the company’s commitment to […]
The headline sponsors of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Access Bank Plc. have expressed delight over the success of the 2020 edition of the race which held on Saturday, February 8. Speaking after the conclusion of the race, Herbert Wigwe, the Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc., said, “Since the marathon’s inception in 2015, […]
Lagos State Government on Monday wielded the big stick against the menace of commercial motorcycles (Okada) , Opay and tricycles (Keke NAPEP), proscribing their operations in six Local Government Areas (LGAs), nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and 10 major highways across the State with effect from February 1. The State Government directed security operatives […]
A Christian leader in Adamawa state has been killed by insurgents known as Boko Haram. The deceased, Lawan Andimi was the Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was abducted and efforts to negotiate his release by the association and government proved abortive as he was eventually killed on Monday.
Non-alcoholic beverage giant, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) has announced the appointment of Matthieu Seguin as the company’s Managing Director effective October 3, 2019. Seguin succeeds George Polymenakos who was appointed in August 2016. Until his appointment, he was the General Manager for Coca-Cola HBC Ireland & Northern Ireland for almost 4 years. According to […]
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, […]