Deputy Managing Director of First Bank, Gbenga Shobo, will be speaking on the potentials of financial inclusion in growing the informal sector. He will be speaking on the theme: Financial Inclusion: Unleashing the Potential in the Informal Sector, during the first day of a plenary session of the “Banks of the Future in Africa” conference,…
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Ecobank Rewards 300 Staff With Promotions
The management of Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced the promotion of about 300 top performing staff. The promotion exercise which affected about 10 per cent of the employees is in line with the bank’s commitment to recognizing and rewarding excellence and exceptional performance. The promoted staff cut across all cadres of the workforce. Also, few…
Speculators Lament As Naira Strengthens To 310/$
These are definitely not the best of times for foreign currency speculators, who launched an unprecedented attack against the Naira in the last two weeks. The reason for this is because what they projected to continue to happen to the Naira boomeranged and they got their fingers burnt on Tuesday when the nation’s currency staged…
DSTV Slashes Price Of Explora Decoder
Leading pay-TV platform in Africa, DSTV, has announced reduction in the price of its Explora and Zapper decoders. Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria, the parent company of DSTV, John Ugbe, explained that the company decided to give out this gesture and others because our “key priorities is to put our subscribers’ needs at the heart…
DSTV Agrees To Compensate Subscribers
dstv This news will definitely excite millions of subscribers of the popular pay television in Nigeria, DSTV, as the company has agreed to obey a recent order by the Consumer Protection Council, CPC, to compensate its subscribers and provide toll-free lines to them. The compensation, according to the CPC, was said to be effected within…
UBA Earns ISO-IEC 20000-1:2011Certification
Pan African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has earned the prestigious ISO/IEC 20000-1: 2011 certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI). The certification which was awarded to UBA after a process and systems audit, recognizes businesses that are able to link and execute business and IT objectives effectively through the implementation…
AbsolutePR Office Was Never Sealed—Akonte
Lead Strategist of AbsolutePR, Akonte Ekine, has set matter straight, detailing why the agency vacated their former office space. A respected online news platform reported that AbsolutePR’s office has been sealed and that the office double as Akonte Ekine’s residence. Ekine, who frowned at the write-up, explained that “the office space never double as anyone’s…
CKA: The Noiseless Educational Trail Blazer
The Nigerian academic landscape changed quietly a few years ago with the entrance of a new world-class player: City of Knowledge Academy. This international standard Secondary school which continues to produce outstanding students may indeed be one of the best-kept secrets in the Nigerian education sector today. Did you know that last year, 13-year old…
Facebook Team Visits Natures Gentle Touch
….In recognition of 1.4 million fan base on the platform In a bid to foster relationship and retain brand visibility on the platform, representatives of Facebook, leading social media platform last week visited Nigerian personal style and beauty brand, Natures Gentle Touch, manufactured by Recare Limited to recognize its 1.4 million fan base and enhance…
Nigerian Breweries Posts N293b Revenue in 2015
***Proposes highest ever dividend The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced a 10.3 per cent increase in revenue from N266 billion recorded in 2014 to N293 billion in the 2015 financial year. The 2015 audited results filed with The Nigerian Stock Exchange show that the Company’s shareholders would enjoy a total dividend…