Dr Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited said technology, innovation and enhanced capabilities have become necessary to achieve significant business growth in the post-COVID-19. Adeduntan made this remark on Thursday during a Digital Disruption Series webinar…
Yewande Komolafe’s 10 Essential Nigerian Recipes
“We don’t say a dish is spicy — we say it has pepper.” The recipe writer Yewande Komolafe, who grew up in Lagos and found herself searching for the heat and flavor of Nigerian food in New York, chooses the dishes that…
Four key pieces of advice for small business owners of color from a coach with clients like Google
Education has always been important to Angelina Darrisaw. She grew up the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, but her mother worked to get her a scholarship to attend a private school on the largely well-off Upper East Side of Manhattan.…
‘A can of worms’: Experts weigh in on the vaccine passport debate
London, United Kingdom – From Israel to Iceland, several governments around the world are adopting so-called coronavirus vaccine passports as they bid to safely reopen borders, unfreeze economies from costly lockdowns and restore a semblance of normality to social life. Supporters…
FIRSTBANK UNVEILS FIRSTSME ACCOUNT, REITERATES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF SMES
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its SME specific accounts designed to reinforce the Bank’s role in putting SME’s at an advantage whilst contributing to national growth and development. The SME…
HRH (Dr.) Becky Olu Ph.D
HRH (Dr.) Becky Olu Ph.D, The Erelu Atunluse of Erinmo Land, Erinmo- Ijesha, Osun State, is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with many successful businesses to show for it. She’s a mogul in every sense of the word as she runs…
Nigeria Crypto Ban: Stakeholder Body, Politicians Assail Central Bank’s Directive to Financial Institutions
A body representing cryptocurrency and blockchain stakeholders in Nigeria has joined other crypto industry players in assailing the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to banks. The CBN order, which seeks snuff out crypto entities from the banking system,…
Lateef Jakande: 10 facts about Lagos State’s iconic former ‘Action Governor’
As a former Lagos State Governor, Pa Lateef Kayode Jakande, marks his 90th birthday on Tuesday, July 23, here are quick facts to know about the nonagenarian politician: 1. He was a journalist 2. He first worked with the Daily Service and…
Court orders CBN to unfreeze #EndSARS promoters’ accounts
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered the Nigerian Central Bank (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters. Court documents first published by Peoples Gazette on November 6, revealed how Governor Godwin Emefiele…
BREAKING: Ex-Lagos governor, Lateef Jakande, dies at 91
Former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He reportedly died on Thursday at the age of 91. Jakande, aka Baba Kekere, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31,…