Tag: governor
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SCB PREMIUM BANKING LAUNCH WITH EBUKA
(L – R): Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (Event Host); Chima Patience Ebor, Head Priority and Premium Banking; David Idoru – Head, Retail Banking Nigeria and Zainab Ibironke Lawal, Head, Premium Banking at the launch of the Premium Banking segment of Standard Chartered Bank’s Retail Banking business in Nigeria recently.
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2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Reveals Nigerians Still Distrust Government, Place Trust in CEOs
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer has revealed that, of the four mainstream institutions of government, business, media and non-governmental organisations, the government remains the least trusted with Nigerians having no confidence in the ability of current leaders to address the country’s challenges successfully. Conversely, Nigerians’ trust in Chief Executive Officers of businesses as positive change…
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World Breastfeeding Week: Annually over 900,000 infant die globally- Dr. Adeniran
The department of Community and Primary Healthcare of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), in collaboration with Abiye Maternal and Child Health Foundation, celebrated the 2020 World Breastfeeding Week as they encouraged breastfeeding mothers to ensure that they exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first 6 months of life. Regarding the theme for this…
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Standard Chartered launches Premium Banking for clients in Nigeria; set to empower the Emerging Affluent
Standard Chartered Bank (Nigeria) has launched its Premium Banking segment in Nigeria today. The segment is designed to cater to the financial needs of the Emerging Affluent providing a wide variety of services and solutions such as an end to digital onboarding, online investment options and seamless bills payment to clients. It caters to clients…
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FirstBank To Explore COVID-19 Opportunities — Adeduntan
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has promised its stakeholders that it will optimally maximise the opportunities from the disruptions occasioned by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy to their advantage. Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, gave the assurance on Thursday at the bank’s Virtual Corporate Customers forum webinar. The forum had the…
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Phillips Consulting Launches Micro-Courses To Boost Learning For The Future Of Work In Nigeria
In order to improve learning for the future of work in the country, Philips Consulting has launched a microservices platform tagged Micro-Courses to help entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and big corporate boost learning of work in Nigeria. Launched in Lagos recently, Micro course is a tool that seeks to drive the reskilling of ecosystems and support diverse…
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9mobile launches e-SIM to improve flexible connectivity
Nigeria’s leading innovative telecoms company, 9mobile, has announced the launch of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) on its network. eSIM is a software-based digital chip that comes along with a device directly embedded by the manufacturer. eSIM replaces the traditional physical plastic SIM card for compatible devices and brings a whole new spectrum of…
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A Higher Profile for the DFIs under COVID-19 – FBNQuest
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) do not get the best press. When the markets are in good shape, they tend to be taken for granted and their efforts are reported in the shadow of hedge funds and Wall Street investment banks. When those markets tank under the pressure of shocks such as COVID-19, they come into…
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The Nigerian Electric Power Industry (‘NEPI’) Report – Agusto
From the time of the Nigerian Electric Power Industry (NEPI’s) privatization exercise in 2013 till date, the Industry has remained constrained by insufficient revenues, weak cash flows, high leverage and low liquidity due largely to unreflective tariffs and low generating capacity. While electricity demand is estimated at 25,790 megawatts (MW), the highest power generation has…
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Motorola Solutions launches new device specially designed for small, medium businesses in Sub Saharan Africa
Global leader in mission-critical communications, Motorola Solutions, launches a new two-way radio device specially designed for small and medium businesses in Sub Saharan Africa. The MOTOTRBO™ DP540 two-way radio is built for cost-conscious businesses looking to transition to digital technology for reliable and efficient communications. As demand for digital radio communication rises, small and medium…
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Nigeria’s economic and business activities improve as COVID-19 cases increase
As the nation’s economic and business activities are gradually shaping up, the rise in the number of cases has also been seen to be directly proportional to the increase in human and vehicular movements across the country. Amidst the reopening of various sectors and industries, the number of COVID-19 infections has continued its upward trajectory.…
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Why you should use a Fund Manager in a Declining Fixed Income Yield Environment – FBNQuest
Hunting for Yield The outbreak of COVID-19 and its impact on the global economy has made the investment environment unpredictable. By tweaking the approach to monetary policy amid a decline in foreign investor interest in Nigeria, the central bank of Nigeria set yields on government securities significantly lower over the last four (4) months. In…