Year: 2019

Keystone Bank Partners Google, Facebook to Train Entrepreneurs on Digital Marketing

In demonstration of its commitment to consistently promote and support the growth and development of the real sector, Keystone Bank Limited has embarked on a series of capacity building trainings in digital marketing and bookkeeping for its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) customers across the country. According to the lender, the first phase of…

Zenith Bank’s Aspire Music Festival Debuts In Lagos, Features Nigeria’s Top Artistes

Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, is set to light up the social and entertainment scene this month with the announcement of the Bank’s “Aspire Music Festival”. Dubbed as the most anticipated entertainment event of the year, the music festival holds on Saturday, September 21, 2019 by 8.00pm at the Harbour Point Event Centre,…

Jim Ovia Withdraws From World Economic Forum

Founder/Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has withdrawn from further activities at the World Economic Forum Africa 2019, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. This followed the hypersensitivity of the issues surrounding the lives and well-being of Nigerian citizens living in South Africa and to contribute his voice against the poor state…

Edo 2020: Captain Hosa Okunbo Not Interested in Partisan Politics

The election for the Edo State governorship seat would not hold until 2020. However, the sustained peddling of the name of billionaire philanthropist and businessman, Captain Hosa Okunbo, as a potential candidate, is reverberating across the country with seismic proportions. The reactions are understandable. A kingmaker of sort and relentless advocate of good governance for…

Building Prosperous, Free Somalia Through Rule of Law

A food and nutrition expert with the Lagos State Government, Olusola Malomo, has stated that regular intake of fruit juice can end micronutrient deficiency, a condition he defined as absence of vital micronutrients. He noted that the shortage of such nutrients is as life-threatening as common health challenges. Malomo said this at the August edition…

First Bank Showcases Opportunities in Nigeria’s Agric Value Chain

CEO of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and subsidiaries, Adesola Adeduntan, says the objective of the bank’s Agric Expo is to support the goal of the Federal Government of Nigeria to make Agriculture a mainstream in the country. To discuss this, he joins CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole for more. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/videos/2019/09/02/first-bank-showcases-opportunities-in-nigerias-agric-value-chain/