Category: Business

Old notes: Lagos residents comply with CBN directives as banks struggle to get cash

  Lagos State Residents on Tuesday began to accept the old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes for transactions, following a validation from the Central Bank of Nigeria...

Sterling Bank shines spotlight on creative industries potential

Sterling Bank Plc, has reiterated its determination to empower and energise the creative industry because of its strategic importance to the economic growth of...

MTN becomes the first telco in Nigeria to team up with Amazon to offer Prime Video Mobile Edition to its customers

  MTN Nigeria has teamed up with Amazon’s global streaming platform, Prime Video, to offer Prime Video Mobile Edition – a single-device, mobile-only...

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All agencies of Lagos State Government are advised not to reject payments made with the old currency by the public 

The Lagos State Government has noted the hardship sparked by the Naira redesign policy, which has affected business and commercial activities.   There is no reason...

FirstBank celebrates women this March, restates commitment to towards empowering them

  In furtherance of its leading role in promoting the socio-economic inclusion of women in society, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading...

Buhari appoints Access Bank MD to Presidential Advisory Council

  His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed the Managing Director, Access Bank PLC, Roosevelt Ogbonna, to...

IMF caution CBN over rising inflation

The International Monetary Fund,IMF, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and other monetary authorities to de-emphasise monetary policy as a way of tackling the...

Capital base: Wema Bank issues N25bn bond

  In a bid to shore up its capital base, Wema Bank has issued a N25 billion bond to targeted investors. In a corporate notice signed by the Company Secretary,...

Gbajabiamila hails Supreme Court decision on currency swap

…Says implementation of policy fatally flawed Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court, which...

Access Bank bags recognition for leadership in Infotech

Africa’s largest retail bank, Access Bank PLC, has been accorded a double honour by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for its landmark...