FirstBank Partners With Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) To Host National Student Entreprenuership Competition
Lagos (Nigeria), 02 October 2019 – Junior Achievement Nigeria’s (JAN) annual flagship event, National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) will be taking place Thursday, 3rd October 2019. With the theme “Activating Disruptors”, this annual event brings the JA Company Program winners of our Regional Competitions together to compete... Read more
FirstBank Targets 500,000 Agents To Boost Financial Inclusion
With a view to enhance financial inclusion across the country, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its drive to get up to 500,000 operators on board its agent banking platform. This was disclosed at the opening ceremony of the 12th Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers... Read more
FirstBank Supports Educational Institutions With FirstEdu
Lagos, 18 September 2019, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced its educational solution – FirstEdu – specifically designed to enhance the educational facilities in schools. The FirstEdu product includes FirstEdu loan and FirstEdu portal. FirstEdu loan is targeted at private Nursery... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong A facility that enables Federal Civil Servants to access quick loans up to the tune of N5 million within 15 minutes has berthed in Port Harcourt, Rivers. The facility, which targets salary earners, has already inaugurated its operations in Lagos and would extend its facility to... Read more
FBNQuest Trustees Marks 40th Anniversary Of Preserving Legacies In Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria – 16 September, 2019; FBNQuest Trustees Limited, an FBN Holdings company has announced the celebration of its 40th anniversary as a leading provider of world-class trust and estate planning services in Nigeria. The event themed “A Legacy that Preserves Legacies” was held on Friday, 13 September 2019... Read more
NSCDC Inaugurates Agro Rangers Unit To Avert Farmers/Herders Clashes In Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday said it has set up a special unit to avert clashed between farmers and herdsmen in the state. . Mr Philip Ayuba, Commandant of the NSCDC in Bayelsa stated this at the launch of the Agro... Read more
Nigerians In South Africa Protest Incessant Xenophobic Attacks
A group of Nigerians on Thursday staged a protest at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa’s capital. The protesters, mostly victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa said they are angered by the recent massive looting of foreign-owned shops in the city by some South Africans. Many... Read more
Insecurity: Rivers Govt Restates Calls For Establishment Of State Police
. To Deploy More Security Personnel To Ogoni communities says Gov Wike   The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has alleged that the present security structure in Nigeria makes it difficult  for the Federal Police to respond quickly  to the rising security challenges around the country. He spoke on... Read more
First Bank Agric Expo Set To Promote New Agribusiness Opportunities
Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that its 2019 FirstBank Agric Expo would hold on Friday, 30 August 2019 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The 2019 edition – the third in the series – is themed “Agricultural Value Chain... Read more
To Facilitate Transaction Without Borders, First Bank Launches Verve Global Card
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has announced the launch of the Verve Global Card. In partnership with Verve International (Interswitch Group) and Discover Financial Services, the launch took place at Times Square New York City on Monday, 12 August 2019. In attendance... Read more