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Guaranteed Hope rekindled as World mark Poverty Day 2024

Oct 17, 2024 topnews

Today, October 17, 2024, the world is uniting to recognize World Poverty Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the pervasive issue of global poverty and galvanizing efforts to combat it. This year’s theme, “Together We Can End Poverty: A Collective Responsibility,” This year’s theme emphasizes the urgent need for inclusive actions that bring together governments, organizations, and communities to eradicate poverty in all its forms. Unfortunately, such efforts in the past had not yield all the desired promises and hope. According to the United Nations, over 700 million…

Investors Scramble for Fidelity Bank’s Offers

Aug 9, 2024 topnews

Investors are literally scrambling for shares of Fidelity Bank Plc as the leading commercial bank’s capital raising continues to gather momentum among all categories of investors. Investors’ appetite for Fidelity Bank is shown in massive subscriptions to its ongoing rights and public offers and voluminous trading at the stock market. Current weekly report shows that Fidelity Bank was the most active stock at the stock market, outperforming the banking sector and the overall market. Fidelity Bank recorded a turnover of 1.73 billion shares worth N18.27 billion in 1,579 deals to…

Pace setting Fidelity Bank MD, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe clocks 60

Jul 29, 2024 topnews

There is tremendous excitement in the air as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe clocked 60 years on Sunday July 28, given her outstanding performance in the nation’s financial services sector that had earned her respect amongst banks’ top CEOs. Besides leading the bank to close the 2023 financial year with strong double-digit growth across key income and balance-sheet lines with profit before tax growing by 131.5% to N124.3bn from N53.7bn in 2022FY, leading to an increase in Return on…

WITH GIANTS CAMPAIGN, FIRSTBANK IS TRULY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY

Jul 19, 2024 topnews

The ‘Giant in you’ campaign of the FirstBank has again confirmed the common expression that ‘apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ given the history of the financial brand and its legendary relevance to the growth of enterprises, within and outside Nigeria. In its usual creative conjecture, 13O-year-old FirstBank, has hit the airwaves and other media outlets with various visuals to articulate its new campaign ‘The Giant in You’. Breaking down the central message, ‘there is a giant in you’ the campaign stylishly reminds the bank customer that…

Fidelity Bank: Here’s the perfect opportunity to grab your slice

Jun 19, 2024 topnews

By Iheanyi Nwachukwu On Thursday June 20, Nigeria’s 6th largest bank, Fidelity Bank Plc will open its public offer and Rights Issue. According to an article on the Businessday website and authored by Iheanyi Nwachukwu, the bank is raising a total of up to N127.100billion by way of a Rights Issue to existing shareholders and a Public Offer (the Combined Offer). Under the Rights Issue, 3.2 billion ordinary shares of 50 kobo each will be offered in the ratio of 1 new ordinary share for every 10 ordinary shares held…

World Environment Day: Leading brands Support Ecological Conservation, unite to Reduce Carbon Footprints

Jun 7, 2024 topnews

In celebration of World Environmental Day (WED), leading brands across various sectors have revealed how they champion environmental action by adopting eco-friendly practices in their daily operations. From launching recyclable packaging and introducing energy-efficient solutions to cleanup campaigns, these companies say they have designed innovative programs and products to reduce their carbon footprint and support ecological conservation. The brands leading this charge on environmental sustainability are One Million Tree Initiative (OMTI), a non-governmental organisation, LG Electronics Inc, CE Power Solutions, SMP Media Group, and GSR 360 Ltd. These companies are…

May 31, 2024 topnews

LG Electronics Takes Lead In Global Carbon Reduction Efforts on World Environment Day LG Electronics Inc, a multinational corporation in the consumer electronics and major appliance industry, has launched its ambitious global Zero Carbon 2030 initiative, aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from its worldwide operations within 12 years. It is on this premise that LG Electronics Inc, and One Million Tree Initiative, (NGO) are collaborating in a tree planting drive. The exercise is scheduled to hold at Omole Housing Estate, phase 1, Ikeja, Lagos, in commemoration of the 2024…

Announcing the 2024 GTCO Food and Drink Festival… A Celebration of Authentic Flavours

Mar 21, 2024 topnews

The countdown has begun to the 7th edition of the most anticipated culinary festival in Africa and Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) is excited to announce dates for the 2024 GTCO Food and Drink Festival, set to take place from Friday, April 26th to Sunday, April 28th, at GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. The GTCO Food and Drink Festival is widely recognised as the continent’s biggest food and drink festival, bringing together millions of food lovers and entrepreneurs to celebrate the rich and diverse…

Road users lament as weeds take over Ibadan Expressway

Oct 2, 2023 topnews

Concerned motorists and other road users have expressed concerns over the uncompleted Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, after so many years. A concerned citizen by the name, F.O, in a viral message wrote: “It was disheartening to see that there are weeds growing in the inner edge and thick bushes between the to/fro median of the road, already! 😳 Haba! “Our well known lack of a maintenance culture again! We like to appropriate money for projects, loot a good percentage of it, utilize the balance over a long period of time, revise the…

FG stops online banks from accessing customers’ photos, contacts

Apr 10, 2023 topnews

From May 31, 2023, loan apps on Play Store will lose their ability to access their users’ contacts or photos. This came as the Federal Government said it would enforce the latest policy by Google, saying the action was consistent with the Nigerian authorities’ move to curtail the invasion of customers’ privacy by loan app firms. The Federal Government had in recent time taken major decisions aimed at tackling the violation of customers’ privacy by loan apps. Notably, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission,FCCPC had recently registered 170 loan…