–— GTBank Autism awareness By St. Johnson Adegboyega Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) will effective from tomorrow Tuesday July 15, 2025 commence the hosting of the 15th edition of its annual Autism Conference, themed “From Awareness to Action: 15 Years of Advancing Autism Inclusion.” The flagship event of GTCO’s Orange Ribbon Initiative will hold from July 15–16, 2025 at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos,… []
–– Access Bank logo By St. Johnson Adegboyega Access Bank PLC, in partnership with Fifth Chukker, and UNICEF, is set to host the Access Bank UK Charity Polo Day 2025 on Saturday, July 12 at the prestigious Guards Polo Club, Windsor, United Kingdom. The event brings together philanthropy, elegance, and global advocacy to raise funds for the education of underprivileged children in Nigeria. This annual… []
By Adeola IdrIs Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc), Africa’s leading and most profitable Financial Services Group, has recorded a significant milestone in its growth and expansion journey with the successful admission of its Ordinary Shares to the Equity Shares (International Commercial Companies Secondary Listing) category of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and to trading on the main market… []
— Zenith Bank HQ, Lagos By St. Johnson Adegboyega Zenith Bank Plc has retained its position as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital for the sixteenth consecutive year, in the 2025 Top 1000 World Banks’ Rankings, published by The Banker, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom…. []
— Adeniyi Stephen Gbemininyi, Kolawole Opeoluwa Darasimi and Johnson Elizabeth Ene, the three winners who received, N800, 000, N500, N3000,000 respectively displayed their cheques By St. Johnson Adegboyega No fewer than 30 young entrepreneurs have been awarded a ₦16 million business grant by Unity Bank Plc during the latest edition of its flagship entrepreneurship development initiative, the Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners, budding entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions across… []
— Karl Toriola, CEO MTN Nigeria By St. Johnson Adegboyega The pending copyright infringement criminal charge instituted against MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and its CEO, Karl Toriola, by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has caught the attention… []
—First Bank HQ, Lagos By Bunmi Onakan FirstBank, the West Africa premier bank and financial inclusion services provider, is thrilled to announce that its Corporate University, FirstAcademy, has been awarded the Gold Award for Best Corporate University in Social & Climate Change at the Global Council of Corporate Universities (GlobalCCU) Awards 2025. This highly acclaimed award recognises FirstAcademy’s outstanding commitment to driving social and climate… []
— Access Bank HQ By Muyiwa Akinola Access Bank PLC has once again demonstrated its leadership in sustainable finance with a strong showing at the launch of the Climate Governance Initiative Nigeria (CGIN) Chapter, hosted by Lagos Business School. Dr. Greg Jobome, Executive Director, Risk Management at Access Bank, was specially invited to speak at the event in recognition of the Bank’s pioneering role in… []
— Zuvy-Co-founders-Angel-Onuoha-and-Ahmad-Shehu By St. Johnson Adegboyega BAS Group, a Nigerian diversified financial services group, has acquired a majority stake in Zuvy, a local fintech startup focused on invoice financing. The company now owns over 50% of Zuvy following the acquisition, though both parties declined to disclose the exact financial terms. Based on Zuvy’s previously reported $4.5 million in funding — of which only $580,000 was… []
— GTBank logo (file) By Adeola Idris Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd (GTbank) has announced that all its branches across Nigeria will close earlier than usual on Monday, June 30. The bank made this known in a customer email sent on Saturday, informing clients of the temporary change in operation hours. According to the message, the early closure is to allow for the bank’s scheduled half-year… []
–– Central Bank of Nigeria By St. Johnson Adegboyega Meeting the N500 billion recapitalisation requirement set by the Central Bank of Nigeria an analysis of the banking consolidation shows that smaller banks are battling to raise the required minimum capital Already, two Nigerian banks have received approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to merge. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recapitalisation target is… []
— Kingsley Ifeanyi Adonu By Olumuyiwa Akinola A prominent telecommunications entrepreneur and a leading partner of MTN Nigeria from Enugu State, Kingsley Ifeanyi Adonu, is set to be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged ₦10 billion fraud and money laundering scheme. Adonu, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of SMobile Group, a major conglomerate operating in the telecommunications, technology, and… []
— Zenith Bank Building By St. Johnson Adegboyega Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s biggest bank by Tier-1 Capital, has assured shareholders and investors of its readiness to satisfy all relevant conditions to exit the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) regulatory forbearance by June 30, 2025. The bank also expressed confidence in meeting shareholders’ dividend expectations in the 2025 financial year. The clarification comes on the back… []
By St. Johnson Adegboyega Fidelity Bank Plc (“the Bank”) refers to the recent circular issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria “CBN” (Reference No. BSD/DIR/CON/LAB/018/008) concerning regulatory forbearance on Single Obligor Limit (SOL) and other credit facilities and wishes to provide the clarifications below to its esteemed shareholders, NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), and other stakeholders: (a) As a responsible financial organization, Fidelity Bank… []
— Fidelity Bank logo (File) By St. Johnson Adegboyega Our attention has been drawn to a publication on Sahara Reporters website titled, “Fidelity Bank MD Onyeali-Ikpe Confesses to Paying ₦5Billion To Avoid Police Detention Amid Over ₦19Billion Fraud Probe”. We would like to categorically state this story is patently false and has been maliciously written to deceive the public into believing that a N5billion bail… []
By St. Johnson Adegboyega L-R: Registrar/Chief Executive, Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (CRMI), Victor Olannye; Divisional Head, Risk Management Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Grace Abioye; Immediate Past President, CRMI, Ezekiel Oseni; President, CRMI and Executive Director/Chief Risk Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Kevin Ugwuoke; Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Amal Haruna; and Rep. Keynote speaker, Deputy Group Management Director, United… []
— Aliko Dangote By St. Johnson Adegboyega Billionaire industrialist, and Time Magazine 100 world’s most influential philanthropists, Aliko Dangote has officially retired as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, ending a 20-year tenure that shaped the company’s growth and market leadership. The announcement was made by Dangote Sugar Refinery in a statement signed by Company Secretary Temitope Hassan, confirming that… []
L-R: Team Lead, Human Resource and Business Partner East and South, Fidelity Bank Plc, Osayi Uwumarongie; Principal, Government Junior Secondary School Elekahia, Port Harcourt; Dr Ekeh Florence; Team Lead, CSR, Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; and Procurement Officer/Class President, Suncrest 2025 Inductees Class, Fidelity Bank Plc, Euphemia Okereafor; during the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme Donation to Government Secondary School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State recently. In… []
–– Femi Otedola, Oba Otudeko By St. Johnson Adegboyega The controversial power tussle for the control of Nigeria’s premier financial institution, First Holdco Plc, the parent company of First Bank of Nigeria, may be close to a final resolution, with major stakeholders Oba Otudeko and the Leadway Assurance/Olukayode Odukale bloc close to exiting their interests in the group. Sources close to the deal… []
— Zenith Bank Building, Lagos By St Johnson Adegboyega Zenith Bank Plc has been named “Best Bank in Nigeria” in the Global Finance Best Banks Awards 2025, winning the award for the fifth time in six years. The Bank was among winners from 36 countries in Africa recognised by the prestigious Global Finance in its 32nd Annual Best Bank Awards. The winners of this year’s… []
