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LAGOS – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its “Nigerian Economic Outlook Webinar” convened to reflect national and global economic trends that shaped 2021, whilst forecasting the economic outlook of 2022. According to a release e-signed by Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, …

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, last year saw his tenure extended as part of efforts to ensure the stability of the financial institution. In this interview with THISDAY, he speaks about the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the future of …

…Laments State’s Loss Of $16b Dangote Refinery To Lagos ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun says his administration is working towards ensuring that the state takes advantage of its oil rich deposit and becomes an oil producing state. Abiodun gave this position during the Convocation Lecture he …

BY: ADÉMÓLÁ ÒRÚNBON ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser to the governor, Mr. Dapo Okubadejo had said that the State government has became the fastest economy through its focus on new state’s acronym ‘ISEYA’, Infrastructure, Social Well-being, Education, Youth Development and Agriculture developmental agenda. Okubadejo …

LAGOS – Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) sector is regarded as the major driving force of every economy, irrespective of the country. The MSMEs sector, according to the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), generally make up over 90 percent of all firms and account for an average of …

LAGOS – In lieu of the re-invigorated efforts of the Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, Commandant Eweka Douglas Okoro, during the end of the year season, towards ensuring a zero tolerance  against oil pipeline vandalism and other form of criminalities in Lagos state, the …

FIRSTBANK LAUNCHES TRANSACT AND WIN PROMO, REWARDS FIRSTMONIE WALLET CUSTOMERS WITH EXCITING PRIZES Wednesday, 03 December 2021. Lagos – Users of Firstmonie Wallet, the mobile-friendly wallet application by FirstBank are in for an exciting time as they are being rewarded for their continued patronage of its services in a two-month …

Jumia Nigeria Awarded Best Logistics Partner By Unilever Lagos, Nigeria, November 30th, 2021- Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia (NYSE: JMIA), has been named Best Logistics Partner by Unilever Nigeria. The award recognises Jumia’s efforts as a Unilever partner to develop and execute a last-mile logistics strategy to improve turnaround time …

LAGOS – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced the convening of its non-oil export webinar series. According to a release e-signed by Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by Kehinde Taiwo, …

COTE d’I’VOIRA – In a renewed effort to significantly change the face of economic cooperation between Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, both countries are now set to adopt new measures to bring about effective collaboration between the public and private sectors to ginger trade and deepen economic cooperation. According to a …