Unity Bank Plc has appointed Hafiz Mohammed Bashir as the acting chairman of its Board of Directors.
Iyabo, one of the daughters of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was also appointed as a non-executive director.
The appointments followed the retirement of Aminu Babangida as chairman of the Board of Directors and Dr. Oluwafunsho Obasanjo as a non-executive director.
A notice signed by the…
The Federal Government has commenced steps to install $8m (about N3bn) 1x60MVA, 132/33KV transmission sub-station in Oro in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The project is expected to transform the lives of the people of Oro in particular and the entire…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred agents from using Point of Sale (PoS) terminals meant for merchants to carry out cash-in and cash-out transactions.
The apex bank disclosed this in a circular announcing the Exposure Draft of the Regulatory Framework for Agent…
Barely three days after the Central Bank of Nigeria declared old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes as legal tender, Deposit Money Banks say they are beginning to run out of the old currencies.
The development led to severe hardship and pains for several bank customers seeking to withdraw funds on Wednesday.
The CBN had on Monday directed banks to pay out and accept the old notes from their…
The Ghana National Petroleum Authority has announced removal of fuel subsidy in the country.
The removal of the subsidy is part of the country’s implemented regulatory measures to ensure stability across its downstream sector.
The Chief Executive Officer of NPA…
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has stated that it has entered into a partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to train and provide support services to 16,000 Nigerian youths on wealth creation through agriculture.
The bank said in a statement that the…
Some experts have expressed different opinions about the impact of the collapse of the American bank, Silicon Valley Bank, on the Nigerian economy.
Regulators closed SVB Financial Group and its subsidiary, Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and seized its deposits in what is the largest US banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis and the second-largest ever.
The beginning of the end for SVB…
The President and Chairman Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank, Professor Benedict Oramah, will lead discussions on critical issues that will give further insights into the economic transformation of Africa at the 2023 Annual Lecture of The Chartered Institute…
Deposit Money Banks have begun to ration the disbursements of old N1,000 and N500 notes to their customers amid uncertainty over whether the Central Bank of Nigeria will release the old notes in its custody.
This came about 24 hours after the CBN Governor, Godwin…
An increase in failed payment transactions in February caused a 4.83 per cent decrease in the value of cashless transactions to N37.67tn from the N39.58tn that was recorded in January 2023.
This came as the usage of epayment gateways recorded a 41.29 per cent month-on-month increase according to new data from Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System.
In February, cashless gateways were used 901.46…