… donates books to libraries of 37 Secondary Schools nationwide By Olatunde Dodondawa Polaris Bank has continued to deepen its financial advocacy role of educating and inculcating in young Nigerians the culture of savings, investment, and financial awareness during the 2023 Global Money Week (GMW) event. The week-long activity, […]
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Budget 2023: Fears as oil price drops 3% to $73.87 per barrel
By Olatunde Dodondawa There were fears, weekend, as the price of Nigeria’s premium oil grade, Bonny Light, dropped to $73.87 per barrel, from $76.37, recorded last week, indicating a fall of three percent. The Federal government had benchmarked the 2023 budget at $75 per barrel and 1.8 million barrels per […]
Unity Bank Holds Financial Literacy Training for Students to Mark Global Money Week
By Olatunde Dodondawa Unity Bank Plc has facilitated financial literacy training in thirty-one schools across Nigeria as part of the lender’s activities marking Global Money Week, 2023. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank Plc, Mrs. Tomi Somefun took part in the programme by facilitating training on financial […]
Wema Bank Organise Financial Literacy Programme For Students To Mark the 2023 Global Financial Literacy Day
By Olatunde Dodondawa Wema Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading Innovative Financial Institution is championing financial literacy for the next generation by participating in Global Money Week to commemorate Financial Literacy Day on March 23, 2023. In alignment with the theme “Plan your Money, plant your Future”, Wema Bank organized financial literacy […]
Naira Scarcity: NLC Declares Nationwide Strike, Protests At CBN Offices
By Olatunde Dodondawa The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday officially declared a nationwide strike over the scarcity of cash in the country. The national president of the union, Joe Ajaero, gave the directive during a media briefing in Abuja. He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the NLC should […]
FirstBank Calls For Application In The Third Edition Of Its FirstBank Management Associate Program
By Olatunde Dodondawa First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced the call for participation in the third season of its FirstBank Management Associate Programme (FMAP). Interested participants are required to submit their application via https://hdbc.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX. The application is extended to […]
Nigerian Tech Leaders Launch Live-Result Viewing Platform for Gubernatorial Elections
By Olatunde Dodondawa Tech executives Oo Nwoye, and Ozo Omosigho are pleased to announce the launch of Collate, an open and crowdsourced online result collation and viewing platform (ReV) built to aid transparency in the coming gubernatorial elections in Nigeria. In the wake of the controversies that marked the result […]
Wema Bank Opens Hackaholics 4.0 For Nigerian Students’ Tech Talent Discovery
By Olatunde Dodondawa Wema Bank Plc has opened application entries for the fourth edition of its tech talent discovery and nurturing project among university students called Hackaholics 4.0. Announcing the commencement of entries for Hackaholics 4.0 at a press conference on Tuesday in Lagos, the bank’s Executive Director, Digital […]
Monitoring Nigeria’s Cyberspace Before, During and After the 2023 Presidential Elections
By Olatunde Dodondawa The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), FCIIS, FBCS, FNCS, wishes to bring to the attention of the public the Ministry’s activities towards ensuring a safe and secure cyberspace for Nigerians before, during, and after the 2023 Presidential Elections. As part […]
Sterling Bank Shines Spotlight on Creative Industries Potential
By Olatunde Dodondawa “Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Sterling Bank Plc, has reiterated its determination to empower and energise the creative industry because of its strategic importance to the economic growth of Nigeria.” Head of Media and Entertainment Financing at Sterling Bank, Mr. Olanrewaju Olalusi, disclosed the above at the […]