Advans Nigeria Scores Brace at Marketing Edge Awards

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A business grant of N10 million has been given to 30 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who partook in the entrepreneurship development initiative of Unity Bank Plc known as the Corpreneurship Challenge. The young entrepreneurs received funding support for developing innovative solutions in several business value chains like honey production, rice, and snail farming, among others. The beneficiaries pitched their business ideas to judges selected for the competition across 10 state NYSC Orientation Camps; Katsina, Kano, Kwara, Imo, Rivers, Delta, Sokoto, Edo, Akwa-Ibom, and Osun States. At the NYSC Orientation camp at Ikot Itie

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Like a golden fish, which has no hiding place, Stanbic IBTC Capital, the investment banking subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, was the cynosure of all eyes at the recently concluded Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN) Investment Banking Dinner and Awards ceremony. At the event held in Lagos, the company went home with five awards, named as the Best Investment Bank in Nigeria, the Equity Deal of 2022, the Best Equity House of 2022, the Best Corporate Bond House 2022 and the M&A Deal of the Year 2022. The recognitions spread across Stanbic IBTC Capital’s Advisory,

Agriculture is not just an industry; it’s the lifeblood of nations. It fuels economies, nourishes communities and sustains livelihoods. Access Bank, a leading financial institution in Africa, understands the vital role agriculture plays in the nation’s prosperity. In a bold move that underscores its unwavering commitment to fostering agricultural growth and ensuring food security in Nigeria, Access Bank is proud to announce the grand relaunch of its Agriculture Desk. The enhanced desk is aimed at empowering farmers, agribusinesses and the agriculture sector as a whole. For years, Access Bank has been at the forefront of supporting agriculture and agribusiness in

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited has been recognised as the Most Outstanding Bank Supporting Women-Owned Businesses at the Women in Marketing and Communications Award (WIMCA) held in Lagos. The organisers of the event said the subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings has been very supportive of businesses owned by females in the society. The lender has created a healthy environment that breaks down barriers for talented, qualified women to achieve their career aspirations, own their businesses, and make demonstrable differences in their various industries. The Head of Enterprise Banking at Stanbic IBTC Bank, Ms Olajumoke Bello, while receiving the

By Dipo Olowookere For violating the physical planning law, the Lagos State government has sealed about 16 buildings in the highbrow Ikeja GRA. The General Manager of the officials of Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), Mr Kehinde Osinaike, who led the team to the exercise, said the affected properties specifically violated the Ikeja Model City Plan. According to him, GRA is supposed to be a structured residential estate and part of the Ikeja Model City plan, stressing that the exercise was necessary to ensure compliance by the property owners. The town planner, who led the enforcement team comprising

By Dipo Olowookere Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return. By creating fake websites for the free generation of gift cards, cybercriminals are able to “sell” users’ data to third party partner sites, to which they redirect victims. While industry and law enforcement agencies from around the world are busy fighting against cybercrime, criminals themselves are constantly looking for new ways of earning money – other than just malware. Offering something valuable free of charge is always an enticing piece of

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By Adedapo Adesanya The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has said it will comply with directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the rates to sell forex (foreign exchange) to their customers. Nigeria is preparing to resume international flight operations from Saturday, September 5, 2020, and this has necessitated the need for the CBN to resume the sale of forex to BDC operators in the country. Last Thursday, the apex bank said in a circular titled Resumption of sales to Bureau De Change operators and signed by the CBN Director, Trade and Exchange Department

By Adedapo Adesanya The value of the Naira to the US Dollar depreciated further at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the foreign exchange (forex) market on Wednesday, August 24. At the official FX window, the exchange rate of the Nigerian currency to the greenback closed at N431.00/$1 compared with the previous day’s rate of N430.67/$1, indicating that the value of the local currency declined by 0.08 per cent or lost 33 Kobo. The exchange rate of the nation’s currency weakened in the midweek session as the demand for forex remained high, though the turnover eased by 25.1 per

By Adedapo Adesanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned prospective applicants for the bank’s N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility (TCF) to beware of fraudsters using employees names as a front. The CBN warned unsuspecting Nigerians of a certain fraudster using the twitter handle @YusufPhilipYila, which many believe belongs to the bank’s Director, Development Finance Department, Mr Philip Yila Yusuf. According to CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, the impostor handle has been posting messages related to the bank’s N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility (TCF) with the intent of wooing loan seekers and owners of small-scale businesses

By Dipo Olowookere On Monday, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State sworn-in Mrs Adepeju Adebajo as the Commissioner for Agriculture. During a brief ceremony held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s office in Abeokuta, Mr Amosun also sworn-in Mr Abayomi Sobande as the 16th Head of Service, while Mr Tolu Odeyemi took oath of office as the Governor’s Chief of Staff. In his charge, Mr Amosun urged the appointees to brace up for the task ahead in uniting the state. “I want you to see your appointment as one to unite the entire state,” the Governor said, while