BUSINESS

The Dangote Group has assured Nigerians that upon completion of its refinery, it will dedicate 53 percent of the capacity to the production of petrol. This translates to dedicating 344,500 barrels of its projected 650,000 barrels per day refining capacity to the production of petrol. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President …

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, has introduced a high interest-yielding target savings account named “SAVE4ME”, which enables customers plan and save towards their aspirations and needs conveniently. The new product is designed to support flexible savings for predetermined purposes such as asset acquisition or even marriage, and offers …

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a Pan-African financial institution, has again rewarded another 20 customers who have emerged winners in the third quarterly draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo, winning N1.5 million each, bringing the total amount won so far by 60 customers to N90 million. The electronic …

In fulfilment of its strategic objective to becoming Africa’s gateway to the world, one of the Nigeria’s leading bank, Access Bank Plc has launched and opened up its USSD channel (*901#) to all Nigerians to allow the instant opening of DiamondXtra accounts from mobile devices. The DiamondXtra USSD channel option …

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Members of the organized labour under that aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have entered into dialogue with Ecobank over the Bank’s non-renewal of the contract of its third party recruitment agencies. According to a release signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l by Ayomide Oriade, PR Redline, the …

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc., the African foremost financial institution has been named the Best Bank in Africa 2019 by Euromoney at its annual Awards for Excellence, on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane London. GTBank was also named the Best Bank in Nigeria for a …

Ecobank Nigeria has denied disengaging its staff, but decided not to renew the contract of its third party recruitment agencies which expired recently and as such returned this category of personnel back to these agencies who are their employers. According to a media statement made available to the press by …

Ecobank Nigeria Academy is currently training 332 graduates in preparation for full employment into Ecobank Nigeria. The programme combines the three categories of Entry Level, Graduate and Management Trainees with a programme duration of 2months, 12months and 21months respectively. Ecobank’s Development Programmes are part of the Bank’s talent development strategy …

Access Bank Plc has commenced disbursement of loans to beneficiaries in the entertainment industry, under the Creative Industry Financing Initiative (CIFI) of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The bank disclosed this during a forum with some stakeholders in the entertainment industry in Lagos on Tuesday July 2, 2019. It said …