Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa Plc repeated the outstanding feat, it recorded last year at the 2nd edition of Nigeria CFO awards, with a notch higher when its Group Chief Finance Officer (Group CFO) and the Finance Team bagged the treble at the awards night held on November 19, 2016 at Oriental…
Not too long ago, Diamond Bank held the World Savings Day with some students across the country and they were tutored on the importance of financial literacy. At the Owerri City Secondary School, Imo State, students who benefited from this gesture expressed their gratitude to Diamond Bank for the lecture. It was the same story…
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the appointment of Converge Global Concept Technologies as its first Premier Partner in West Africa. Converge Global Concept Technologies is an IT services organization that specializes in the deployment of mission-critical technology systems, solutions and services. As a Premier Partner, the organization…
***Advocates entrepreneurship as career choice African business leader and philanthropist, Tony O Elumelu stated that the time for leadership amongst Nigerian and African Youth is now. Elumelu, who addressed the students of the Lagos State University, faculty members and officials of the Lagos State government, whilst delivering the institution’s 1st Distinguished Lecture Series in Ojo,…
Nigerian Breweries Plc over the weekend unveiled Goldberg lager beer as “Your Excellency” in a new credential campaign launched in Lagos and Ibadan. According to the company, “Your Excellency”, as an appellation for Goldberg, reinforces its leading position in the market. Patrick Olowookere, Corporate Communications/Brand PR Manager, Nigerian Breweries Plc said “as you know, the…
Pan African banking Group, UBA has emerged the best institution in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in West Africa. Its CSR arm; UBA Foundation won the best CSR/Sustainability, West Africa Award at the 10thSERAs (Social Enterprise Report Awards) ceremony which held at the Muson Centre in Lagos Nigeria on Friday November 11, 2016. UBA Foundation, beat…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reacted to a report by an online media, Sahara Reporters, claiming Heritage Bank was in distress. A statement issued by the CBN spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, maintained that Heritage Bank is sound and resilient. The apex bank described the report as “false and malicious”, urging depositors and the general…
In the past, Black Friday wasn’t a big deal. It quietly came and walked away without any buzz. The Black Friday adrenalin was, however, pumped up to a palpable frenzy with the entry of online shopping. Now, almost every Nigerian looks forward to the last week of November to do their shopping. In fact, some…
In its effort to continuously ensure maximum as well as affordable wellness, to all Nigerians, a leading Nigerian Pharmaceuticals, Emzor Pharmaceuticals has introduced an innovative brand of analgesics called Emzor Para 1000 into the market. At a well attended event on Thursday in Lagos, the company said the drug is going to change the face…
One of the fastest growing financial institutions in Nigeria, Heritage Bank, held its first Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos. The event had stakeholders of the bank in attendance and issues relating to the continuous growth of Heritage Bank were one of the things discussed at the gathering. It was gathered that shareholders of the…