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  • Transcorp Ughelli Power Releases 2014 Annual Report, Holds 2nd AGM

    Transcorp Ughelli Power Limited (TUPL), the power generation and investment subsidiary of Nigerian conglomerate Transcorp Plc, today released its 2014 Annual Report and held its 2nd Annual General Meeting of shareholders. The Report details outstanding progress during the first full calendar year of operations at Ughelli Power Plant, the Group’s power generating asset and Nigeria’s […]
  • Dangote Foundation donates $1m to Nepal

    The Dangote Foundation – the global philanthropic arm of Dangote Industries Limited donated $1million to the government of the earthquake hit Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal as humanitarian aid and disaster relief for response and recovery efforts in Nepal. “The Dangote Foundation donation builds upon our community intervention initiative and longstanding commitment to providing development […]
  • FirstBank Promotes Financial Empowerment for Women at Genevieve Gatherings 2015

    First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s Most Valuable Bank Brand, has partnered with Genevieve Gatherings 2015 to raise the bar on Women empowerment. The event themed ‘Becoming Financially Fearless’ was organised to advance the Nigerian woman’s financial confidence as well as secure their financial future. Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe, CEO, Bestman Games Limited, Mrs. Funmi Oyetunji, […]
  • Fuel Scarcity Ends Soon- NNPC…Renews Appeal against Pipeline Vandalism

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its readiness to work with all relevant stakeholders in the downstream sector of the Oil and Gas industry to bring to an end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph T. Dawha stated this while on a tour […]
  • Shareholders commend NASCON on diversification

    …gives birth to new subsidiary ‘NASCON Allied Industries’ With a dividend of N1.32 billion, culminating to 50 kobo per share due to every investor of the company for the 2014 financial year, shareholders of National Salt Company of Nigeria (NASCON), a subsidiary of Dangote Group, yesterday commended the company on the huge investment  made in […]
  • Dangote Tasks African Leaders on Job Creation, Poverty Reduction

    ….Opens 2.5million mta production capacity in Ethiopia With a prospect of about 7000 job opportunities in Ethiopia, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote at the weekend opened his 2.5million mtpa cement plant with a charge on African leaders to make environment conducive for the growth of real sector as a sure way of creating jobs […]
  • Elumelu Encourages Nigerian Youths to Cultivate an Attitude of Learning and Entrepreneurship

    Leading Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, has encouraged Nigerian youths to secure their future by cultivating an attitude of learning, collaboration and entrepreneurship. The Chairman made this assertion while delivering the commencement address on the topic “Employee, Employer, and Empowerer: Pathways to Success and Impact in an Uncertain World”, during […]
  • FirstBank Supports the LEAP Africa 10th CEO Forum

    First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand and the number 1 SME Bank is supporting and participating in the LEAP Africa 10th CEO Forum in line with the Bank’s corporate responsibility and sustainability programme. The forum is a platform for interaction, knowledge sharing and partnerships between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and […]
  • Onasanya Retires as FirstBank Group Managing Director

    … Highly reputed as architect of the modern FirstBank  Mr. Bisi Onasanya is set to retire at a high point of his career as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc and Nigeria’s most valuable banking brand, at the successful completion of his tenure. His retirement […]
  • FirstBank Steps Up Mobile Funds Transfer

    First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable Bank brand has again asserted its leadership in mobile financial offerings with the introduction of USSD transfers. The Bank has been offering mobile payment services to both banked and unbanked customers through its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) – *894#.  FirstBank said it has improved its USSD […]
  • Dangote Cement posts N74.7bn profit in first quarter

    Nigeria’s largest cement producer, Dangote Cement has announced a gross profit of N74.7 billion for the three months ended 31st March 2015, indicating an increase of 10.5 percent over N67.63 billion recorded in the same period in 2014. According to the cement giant’s unaudited results for first quarter of 2015, revenues rose by 10.8 to […]Read More