APPOINTMENT

  The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc has appointment Alhaji Isa Mohammed Inuwa as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank and has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the appointment, which has been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and took effect from January...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Nigerian professional footballer, former Super Eagles player and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, Nigeria’s Football Ambassador. Amokachi, a member of the 1994 Super Eagles Team that won the African Nations Cup in Tunisia, was also in the Nigerian Olympic Football Team to the 1996 Atlanta...

  The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) management said the institution has been nominated for the prestigious “Top 100 Achievements 2020” award by the United Kingdom-based International Achievements Forum. According to Unilorim Bulletin issued on Monday, the award was contained in a letter conveyed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, dated...

Fidelity Bank Plc has moved up four (4) places to reach second place on the 2019 Nigeria Banking Industry Customer Experience Survey which was recently published by the renowned audit and consultancy firm, KPMG. Coming on the heels of this remarkable achievement was an award of ‘Best SME-Supporting Bank of...

  The Board of Unilever Nigeria Plc has appointed Mr. Carl Cruz as its new managing Director. He takes over the management and leadership of the company effective 1st February 2020. He comes with extensive career in Unilever D & E Markets in Asia (Philippines, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka)....

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Dr Kingsley Isitua Obiora to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. In...

    President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Abubakar Garba as the new Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). A former Minister of State for Defence, Ademola Seriki, was also appointed as the Chairman of the Board of the Commission, according to a statement of the new appointments...

Effective February 1, 2020, Mr. Michel Puchercos, a one-time Group Managing Director and Country CEO of Lafarge AFRICA Plc, will replace Engr. Joseph Makoju as the Group Managing Director/CEO of Dangote Cement Plc as the latter retires from the company effective from January 31, 2020. The Board of the company...

  Telecommunication giant, Globacom, sparkled recently in London when it was adjudged as the “Brand of the Year” 2019-2020 Telecommunications-Mobile at the 2019 World Branding Awards. The organizers of the award, World Branding Forum (WBF), said Globacom was chosen along with other international brands following a survey and global poll...

Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is set to receive a grant of $5 million from the African Development Bank to enable it to scale up its outreach and impact to 1,000 select youth entrepreneurs. The grant which has just been approved by the Board of Directors of the AfDB is...