BAFI Awards: FirstBank’s COVID-19 response sets the pace in CSR for other financial institutions

By Aniekan Ezekiel From the publisher of BusinessDay, Frank Aigbogun’swelcome address at the recently held BusinessDay’s Banks and other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards came the following words: ‘The year 2020 has been a most interesting year. The economy and communities have been managed by disruptions imposed by COVID-19. Yet financial services have shown uncommon responsiveness and compassion towards customers and communities.’ …

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Why We Froze #EndSars Promoters’ Accounts -CJ

Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, yesterday, debunked allegations that his court intentionally froze the accounts of #EndSARS promoters. Rather, Tsoho explained the court only played its role as an interpreter of the law. He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had approached the court seeking an order to freeze certain accounts of corporate bodies and …

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UNILAG Alumni Association Inaugurates New Executives

The University of Lagos Alumni association has inaugurated new executives after a keenly contested election that held on Sunday, 13 December, 2020. The election saw Dr Benjamin Oluwatosin emerge the Executive chairman alongside others that include Olusegun Adeleke, Temitope Adeyemi, Ebun Oluranti, Akanni Saheed, Ogunkoya Oluwasesan Omotayo, Dr Priscillia Etiokpa, Salvador Taoheed Ifedolapo , Onikoyi Adekunle, Ayinde Kayode and Ajasa …

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Lagos Assembly To Sanwo-Olu: Intensify Campaign Against Fresh Cases Of COVID-19

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, to intensify campaign against the new wave of COVID-19 in the state. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, who brought the matter before the House during plenary, added that it was important for the state’s Commissioner for Health, …

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Journalist, Femi Oyewale Blasts Maureen Badejo, “You are Too Small”

A smelling mouth shouldn’t try to whisper words into anyone’s ears because of the odour. One of the funniest proverbs I have heard in recent times. Maureen Badejo, how dare you talk about me in that polarised illiterate consuming worthless Facebook program of yours, GIOTV, GIO NONSENSE. A show that lacks any form of pedigree A PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR CHEAP …

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Estimated billing: Discos urged to follow NERC directive

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has called on Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to adhere strictly to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC) directive on estimated billing. The Chairman of CLO, Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call while speaking on Sunday in Enugu. Ezekwueme was reacting to comments by Nigerians on continuous outrageous billing by the DisCos even after the …

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Bloodbath in ISWAP Camp Over Leadership Tussle In Lake Chad Region

David Otto, a writer, in this piece made available to NAOSRE, gives clinical details on how ISWAP terrorists’ camp has been thrown into confusion and bloodbath over ‘governorship’ tussles   A deadly mutiny broke out at ISWAP terrorists’ self-proclaimed Headquarters, located at Koyowa, a remote camp in the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin, West and Central Africa region, with …

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NCOY: FirstBank is powering the Next Generation of Nigerian Innovators and Entrepreneurs

What did (the various territories that were later to be amalgamated into) Nigeria look like in 1894? How about a hundred years later in 1994? And what could Nigeria look like in the year 2094? History provides elaborate answers to the first two questions. Answers – accurate or near-accurate answers, that is – to the third, however, will rely entirely …

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NAOSRE Security Discourse: Ned Nwoko Sues For Adequate Funding For Personnel, Partners Health Ministry To Tackle Malaria

The former House of Representatives member and founder of STARS University, Prince Ned Nwoko, has said never before had Nigeria faced wanton insecurity, as in recent times with reckless killings, kidnappings and armed robberies among others by bandits. He spoke at the Annual Dinner Night & Discourse organized by the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE) held in Lagos …

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