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How FirstBank Employees are Making a Difference in their Immediate Environments Through the SPARK Initiative

Oct 19, 2021 topnews

Every other day, social media brings us a picture or video of a dilapidated school somewhere in Nigeria or shares images of a distraught widow, a struggling roadside trader or street hawker, or some other hapless victims of the extremely harsh realities of living in Nigeria. Immediately, as if on cue or automated, viewers launch into stinging attacks of government, public officials, the privileged class and even Nigeria itself. The attacking mob wastes no time in calling for the government’s head or the heads of public officials with responsibilities in…

FIRSTBANK HOSTS FINTECH SUMMIT 5.0, HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF OPEN BANKING ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Oct 5, 2021 topnews

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that the 2021 edition of its annual FINTECH Summit is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 7 October 2021 by 10:00 am. The virtual event is opened to everyone, but participants are required to register via the link https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NmkYfeckQqu4vjTWy5lr5w The 2021 edition of the summit which is the fifth in its series is themed; “Open Banking and its Derivative Opportunities for the Financial Ecosystem” and will be discussed by experts, policy influencers, regulatory officials as well as key…

FINTECH 5.0: EVALUATING HOW FIRSTBANK STRENGTHENS COLLABORATION …To drive financial inclusion

Oct 1, 2021 topnews

It was Sir Isaac Newton, in his letter to Robert Hooke in 1675, who wrote the now-famous quote: “If I have seen further (than others), it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” The shoulders of giants Sir Newton referred to has to do with leverage provided by the discoveries and experiences of people who have gone before or walked that same path earlier, that pave the way for and enable other people and a new generation to take things to a totally new dimension. The truth is, giants…

Excitement as Tokunbo Wahab Wins Excellence Recognition Award

Sep 27, 2021 topnews

Tokunbo Philip Wahab, the Special Adviser on Education to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu was Sunday, September 27, 2021 honored as the Government Official of the Year at the Excellence Recognition Awards’ 17th edition in Lagos. The affable, hardworking legal practitioner was recognized for the giant strides that have been recorded in the education sector in Lagos State since his appointment by the governor in 2019. Indeed, it is an honor well deserved for Barrister Wahab or TW as he is fondly called by those close to him.…

Olota of Ota recieves Star of Fame plaque, inducted by Great Lagosians’

Sep 26, 2021 topnews

The Professor king, His Royal Majesty Oba PROF ABDULKABIR ADEYEMI OBALANLEGE will on Sunday 31st October be officially inducted into the Great Lagosians Hall of Fame by receiving THE STAR OF FAME PLAQUE. The event which promises a lot of glitz and glam will hold at the newly completed prestigious palace of the First class king who is also the Paramount Ruler of Aworiland in Enu Owa, Oke Ede Ota. His Induction into the Great Lagosians Hall of Fame is in recognition of his formative years in Lagos which catapulted…

Gumi to Fani-Kayode: “You are a traitor, Judas of Oduduwa”

Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021 topnews

Kaduna-based controversial Islamic scholar, Ahmad Abubakar Gumi lambasted the former aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, as he described him as a traitor and Judas of Oduduwa. Though, Gumi did not mention the name of Fani-Kayode, but he shared a throwback story where the former aviation Minister, in 2018, said he would rather die than join the APC or bow to President Muhammadu Buhari. In his official Facebook page (same post), Gumi also shared the picture of the former Minister with President Buhari, two Governors of Zamfara and Yobe States; Bello Matawalle…

FIRSTBANK LAUNCHES LIT APP, A REVOLUTIONARY MOBILE BANKING APPLICATION, REINFORCES ITS COMMITMENT TO PUT CUSTOMERS FIRST

Sep 8, 2021 topnews

In furtherance of its commitment to spearhead value-driven mobile and digital banking in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the launch of the LIT Application, created to revolutionise the culture and experience of mobile banking in Nigeria. The state-of-the-art banking app is the first of its kind in the industry, exposing customers to a wealth of opportunities to promote their safety, convenience whilst ensuring they are at an edge in today’s digital banking world. It is a mobile banking app developed and owned by the Bank and configured…

Stop granting preferential JAMB scores to northern children ―el-Rufai

Sep 8, 2021 topnews

Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has advised authorities of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) to eradicate the policy on a preferential waiver given to Kaduna State and other low educational incline states across the federation. Governor el-Rufai made the observation during an interview session monitored on a television programme – Sunrise Daily affirmed that the policy has depleted the educational development of the state. He said: “Kaduna has not been education advantage State since Independence even though we have been given preferences in JAMB scores and all that…

Rivers State to continue VAT collection as court dismisses FIRS application

Sep 8, 2021 topnews

The application filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to stop Rivers State Government from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT) in the state, has met a brickwall, as a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed the application. The Court held that the Rivers State government law on VAT remains valid until it has been set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. The FIRS in suit no FHC/PH/CS/149/2020 had through a motion on notice applied for a Stay of Execution on the earlier judgement of the…

BBN ex-housemate, Tega reunited with husband after eviction

Sep 8, 2021 topnews

Tega, one of the ex-housemates in Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ has reunited with her husband after her eviction from the show on Sunday. On Tuesday, a video emerged on Instagram, showing the couple as they clinged to each other in a long hug as they met for the first time since his wife’s (Tega) eviction. Tega was seen hugging her husband for a long time with tears in her eyes, as they shared a passionate kiss while friends cheered them. Earlier before her reunion, she openly apologised to…