PEBEC, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND COST OF COMPLIANCE REPORT, By Jide Ayobolu
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has received the Cost of Compliance Report, which exposes major pitfalls...
BAFI Awards: First Bank’s COVID-19 response sets the pace in CSR for other financial...
From the publisher of BusinessDay, Frank Aigbogun’s welcome address at the recently held BusinessDay’s Banks and other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards came the following...
Bridging the Digital Divide Through Telecoms: Postal Service Role, by Ayo Alanamu
COVID -19 placed the world in crises, it rampaged across countries, and made our globalised world feel vulnerable, and at times, almost defenceless. Post...
Of fake certificates and illegal campuses, by Jide Ayobolu
The Federal Government has vowed to clamp down on illegal satellite campuses and affiliations with foreign unaccredited universities as well as carry out an...
Leather industry as key revenue earner, by Jide Ayobolu
The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said that the leather industry could generate $1billion for Nigeria by 2025.
The Chief Executive Officer of NEPC,...
When a Bank Puts SMEs First
Last week will go down as one of the most challenging weeks, if not the most challenging, Nigeria has faced in 2020. What started...
#ENDSARS: A WAKEUP CALL FOR NIGERIAN MEDIA (THE FOURTH ESTATE OR FOURTH POWER OF...
I woke up this morning after my morning devotion; I dabbled into a mind boggling report on my WhatsApp platform.
I told myself: The TRUTH...
The Making of CSR Masterstroke: An x-ray of First Bank’s yeoman effort to move...
The rabbit hole of uncertainty, confusion and fear that pupils and their parents fell into in the dying days of March when the country...
Female MSMEs to benefit from N75b survival fund, by Jide Ayobolu
The Minister of State Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Yalwaji Katagum disclosed recently that special focus will be given to 45per cent female owned...
#EndSARS: Almost a revolution, by Reuben Abati
The increase in the pump price of fuel, in 2020, a fall-out of the deregulation of the downstream sector, did not compel the youths...
Alpha Beta: Beyond Sensationalism, by Wagbemiga Mary-Peter Onifade
Much as the sacked Managing Director of Alpha Beta Consulting LLP, Mr. Dapo Apara, has been making efforts to shake off the dirt on...
Nigeria @60: Right Time to Break Up Or Adopt Swiss Style, By Jumu’ah Abiodun
As some of Nigerian leaders and Nigerians home and abroad celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the country Thursday, October 1st, 2020. I think this...
Reducing the price of fertilizer, by Jide Ayobolu
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered marketers of fertilisers to sell their products N5,000 per 50kg bag, even amidst the scarcity and rise in prices...
Lasaco Assurance: Looking Good For the Future, by Rilwan Oshinusi
Since its over 40 years of existence and particularly within the last five years, Lasaco Assurance Plc has consistently made remarkable progress and contributed...
Ban of importation of essential commodities, By Jide Ayobolu
The Federal Government says it would soon ban the importation of fish and milk into the country.
Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sabo Nanono...
Roadmap to youth employment, By Jide Ayobolu
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the International Labour...
International Literacy Day 2020: First Bank’s giant stride in innovative e-learning solutions, By Eche...
Covid-19 brought a huge challenge to education and literacy, First Bank of Nigeria Limited responded with a Rosetta stone of innovative e-learning initiatives that...
Making community policing workable, By Jide Ayobolu
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N13.3 billion for the take-off of Community Policing initiative across the country.
This is as the World...
Gas expansion programme and massive employment opportunities, By Jide Ayobolu
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) will create 12 million direct and...
The Enugu Mayhem, Who is in Charge? By Patrick Uwaezuoke Mba
Enugu state, is once again on the news, albeit for a very wrong reason, as the mortal duel between the security agents & members...