Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu, has been conferred with the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award by the President Muhammadu Buhari. The award was in recognition of his continuous hard work and total commitment to the…
Nigerians from all walks of life stormed the leading retail hypermarket store, SPAR Nigeria, as the 2019 Black Friday Sales kicked off at all outlets of the brand across the country. Teeming customers were delighted making purchases with great discounts from a wide range of quality products which include Food, Grocery, Meats, Wine & Spirits,…
Keystone Bank Limited has remained committed to delivering convenient & superior customer experience to the Nigerian populace, hence the introduction of the simple banking USSD Code *7111#. The *7111# USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) banking solution enables Keystone Bank customers to conveniently perform third party transfers to both Keystone Bank and other bank account holders…
Chief Executive Officer of First Bank Nigeria, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, recently urged graduands at the 71st convocation ceremony of the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State to be disciplined, stay focused and be committed to define goals in life. Dr Adeduntan graduated from the prestigious University in November 1992 and at the event this year,…
Reactions have continued to trail the purported indictment of the Chairman of Nigeria’s leading Airline, Air Peace, Chief, Barr Allen Onyema by the United States government, over issues of money laundering. Latest to react are the National Committee of Yoruba Youth (NCYY) and the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association groups. The organisations said they…
Chief executive and co-founder of Bitwala, Benjamin Jones, has informed LearnBonds.com in an interview that the Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) would not pose a threat to the cryptocurrency market. Bitwala is a company that is offering users the possibility to use a bank account and trade Bitcoin directly out of their current account. According…
First Osun. Then Kano. Now Kogi and Bayelsa states. The spate of violence during election brings doubt on Nigeria’s ability to get it right. Unlike other nations, Nigeria seems to have no magic formula; no means of solving a problem without creating another. Democracy initially seemed an opportunity to annihilate tyranny, but has instead increased…
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party’s radical Marxist manifesto will bring far-reaching economic chaos for Brexit-battered Britain, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. The founder and CEO of deVere Group, Nigel Green, is speaking out as the opposition Labour leader unveils his party’s manifesto on Thursday ahead of next month’s…
A vibrant entertainer and saxophonist, Abiodun Lasisi, but better known as Sule Sax Osupa, is in serious need of assistance from well-meaning Nigerians. As you read this, Sule Sax Osupa is bed-ridden and is in need of N15 million to undergo a kidney transplant so as to live a normal life again. Sule Sax Osupa…
Intellectuals and leading minds across Africa have suggested the adoption by governments, of strategic policy actions which are expected to ultimately lead to the economic prosperity of the continent. The Academics who spoke during the first Lecture Series of the UBA Professorial Chair in Finance at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Tuesday, listed a…