Brand & Business

More Naira notes as banks get old notes deposited with CBN today

Reliable sources in the CBN said banks have been instructed to collect the old Naira noted they deposited in CBN and that before the end of the week, the country would be awash with Naira notes

Rite Foods Preaches Co-existence As Muslims Prepare For Ramadan Fasting

Rite Foods, Nigeria’s market leader in the food and beverage industry, celebrates with the Muslim faithfuls as they observe the one-month Ramadan fasting in fulfillment of the fourth pillar of Islam, and urges them to adhere to the doctrines of Islam which preach peaceful coexistence. The world-class and proudly-Nigerian company has also made available its unrivaled brands for consumption and refreshing moments during the fasting… []

GTCO Set To Thrill Food Lovers With Its Annual Food & Drink Festival

The annual GTCO Food & Drink Festival is back again for its 6th Edition, and food lovers across Africa and the world are in for a feast like never before! The event is slated to hold from Saturday April 29th till Monday May 1st 2023, at GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos, providing a 3-day weekend of food and endless celebration…. []

Wema Bank Plans to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2023

Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank, is preparing to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023. The bank aims to honor women and provide them with opportunities to achieve success in their personal and professional lives. The celebration will be held on March 8, 2023, in Lagos. This year’s global theme, “Embrace Equity,” will be the focus of the event. The discussion will center on the topic… []

Sterling Bank Agrees To Finance Health And Education Through Credit Café

A partnership has been signed between Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, Sterling Bank Plc, and Nigeria’s most innovative lending platform, Credit Café Africa, to provide health and education loans and other value-added services to existing and potential customers. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Sterling Bank and the digital lending platform, the Divisional Head for Business Growth and Partnerships at… []

FBN HOLDINGS: Malicious Publication Rebuttal

Our attention has been drawn to false news making the rounds that an order of arrest has been made against the MD of FirstBank whilst using the name and image of the GMD of FBN Holdings. We wish to state categorically that this is fake news which has already been debunked by EFCC in their publication titled: ‘EFCC Did Not Raid Tinubu’s Home’ and signed… []

Contempt: Court Vacates Order Sentencing MD, Company Secretary of Fidelity Bank To Six Weeks In Prison

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja , Lagos has vacated its ruling that convicted and sentenced the Managing Director and Company Secretary of Fidelity Bank Plc to six weeks in prison or a fine of Four Hundred Thousand Naira respectively for contempt. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Lateef Owolabi vacated the order in a Suit No: MIK/4726/22 between Justin Ahmed, (judgement creditor),  Prince Enabulele Osazee,… []

Polaris Bank Flaunts New Corporate Website For Unique Features

Have you visited Polaris Bank corporate website, www.polarisbanklimited.com lately? If not, do not hesitate to check it out. You would be pleasantly surprised by the refreshing changes the Bank’s website has undergone, ostensibly to serve millions of her customers within and outside Nigeria. Below are the four unique features of the redesigned Polaris Bank corporate website you would see when you visit and navigate through… []

More Winners To Emerge In The Ongoing Polaris Save & Win Promo

The second draw of the on-going Polaris Bank Save & Win promo is scheduled to hold on Thursday December 8, 2022. The draw which will be conducted electronically, will hold at the Bank’s Victoria Island, Lagos headquarters, and will be broadcast live on the Bank’s social media channels where winners that emerged will be contacted and rewarded instantly. The first draw that was held on… []

Sterling Named Best Employer For The Fifth Time In A Row

Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, Sterling Bank PLC, has set a new milestone by winning the Overall Best Place to Work title for the fifth consecutive year at the annual Great Place to Work awards held in Lagos recently. The award recognises the best Nigerian firms to work for, with Sterling receiving first place in the Large Corporates category. ahead of multinationals such as DHL and… []

UBA Chairman, Tony Elumelu Bags ECOWAS Prize Of Excellence

-Tony Elumelu with his award plaques The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, Tony Elumelu CFR, was yesterday, recognized for his contributions to the promotion of regional integration, peace and socio-economic development across Africa, through the Tony Elumelu Foundation. According the post on the Social Media platform of the platform, Tony Elumelu was awarded the ECOWAS Prize of Excellence, an award for deserving… []

ZENITH BANK EMERGES “BANK OF THE YEAR, NIGERIA” IN THE BANKER AWARDS 2022

  Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2022. The award, which was announced by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom, during the awards ceremony held in London on December 1, 2022, was in recognition of Zenith Bank’s strong management, sound business model and strategy, support for small businesses and… []

(Photos) Wema Bank Declared Winner At Pearl Award Nigeria

L to R: Chairman, Lasaco Assurance Plc & Former Board Member, PEARL Awards Nigeria., Chief(Mrs) Teju Philips; Deputy Managing Director, Wema Bank, Moruf Oseni; Chief Financial Officer, Wema Bank, Tunde Mabawonku; Reputation Management Officer, Wema Bank, Olumide Yomi-Omolayo; CEO, NASD OTC Securities Exchange Limited, Mr. Longe Eguarekhide, presenting the Pearl Award to Wema Bank as the winner of the 2022 Highest Dividend Yield at Eko… []

Union Bank Unveils Brand New Sonic Identity – The Sound of Union

Union Bank of Nigeria has launched a brand-new sonic identity tagged ‘The Sound of Union. At 105 years, the Bank is now leveraging the universality of music to engage with new and existing audiences through this unique sound identity. The Bank tapped prolific and award-winning music producer Tee-Y Mix, to create a timeless sound and interpret it across multiple genres for today’s and tomorrow’s generations…. []

Polaris Bank Promotes SMEs, Sponsors The Fashion Souk

  Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to support the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The Bank in a statement gave this assurance while disclosing plans to sponsor The Fashion Souk 7.0. The statement further noted that 3 successful entrepreneurs who emerge winners in a business pitch at the event will go home with N1million, N500,000 and N250,000 for the overall… []

International Day Of Tolerance: ASR Africa, 234Express Kicks Off ‘Reading Against Intolerance’ Project

The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), the brain-child of Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and Chairman, BUA Group, in partnership with an Abuja-based publishing firm, +234Express, has kicked off a social cohesion initiative titled Reading Against Intolerance (RAI) to curb all forms of violence and divisive ethnoreligious rhetoric in Nigeria. This is in commemoration of the United Nations International Day of Tolerance which is… []

Unity Bank, Kitian Training Hub Partner to Empower Over 300 Youths with Digital Skills

In a bid to promote SDG 8 for decent work and economic growth, Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc is collaborating with Kitian Training Hub, an Ibadan-based career l and l acquisition training centre to empower no fewer than 300 youths from Oyo State with different knowledge and skills designed to better equip beneficiaries to make career advancement. With the intervention, the Bank is providing support… []

Wema Bank To Support SMEs In Port Harcourt With SME Business School 4.0

Wema Bank Plc, the pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has once again demonstrated its unwavering commitment towards developing the capacity of SMEs in Nigeria to scale by launching the fourth edition of its SME Business School in Port Harcourt. Designed to help build capacity for SMEs in the country, Wema Bank’s SME Business School was launched in Lagos in 2021. The second… []

Google Introduces Interview Warmup: To Help Job Seekers Prepare For Interviews

Google has gone live with the launch of Interview Warmup, a tool that enables job seekers to practise answering interview questions to become more confident and comfortable with job interviews. The tool, initially announced in October, 2022 at the second Google for Africa Event, was designed to help Google Career Certificates learners prepare for job interviews, but it is available for everyone to use. An… []

ALAT By Wema wins Overall Best Mobile App in Nigerian Fintech Awards

ALAT By Wema, the first fully digitalized bank in Nigeria, has been named the Overall Best Mobile App in the Nigerian FinTech Awards 2022, beating the other FinTech apps nominated alongside it in the category in the platform’s shortlist. The announcement was made at the award ceremony in Lagos, on Friday 4 November 2022. In its 10th year, the Nigerian Fintech Awards was founded by… []