Tag: FirstBank
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First Bank appoints Olusegun Alebiosu Acting CEO
The Board of Directors of First Bank Plc has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank. A statement issued by the board of the bank in Abuja on Monday said the appointment followed the resignation of the former CEO, Dr Adesola Adeduntan.
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FirstBank announces corporate name change of subsidiaries
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., has announced a phased corporate name change of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa. Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said this in a statement in Lagos.
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N11.4b fraud: EFCC hands 116 cars, 20 houses, others to First Bank
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday handed over 116 cars and 20 landed properties in Edo, Rivers and Lagos states recovered from Michael Obasuyi Osasogie to First Bank Plc. Osasogie confessed to an N11.4billion fraud and sought a plea bargain. A statement by the Acting Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC,…
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Buhari-in-Lagos: FirstBank mocks Lagosians, apologises few hours later
The social media (especially Twitter) was on Thursday set on fire as one of the first generation banks, FirstBank mocked Lagosians over the inconveniences experienced by President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state. The bank through its official Twitter handle, @FirstBankngr posted series of tweets apparently mocking the traffic stress Lagosians were made to go…
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FirstBank CEO, Adesola named African Banker of the Year
Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, the Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited & Subsidiaries, has been named the African Banker of the Year in the African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Award which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, February 24, 2018. He was also inducted into the African Leadership CEOs Hall…
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Forex: CBN bars UBA, First Bank, GTB, others from SME sales window
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, barred 14 Money Deposit Banks from dealing in the Small and Medium Entreprises (SME) wholesale Forex window. The barred banks are First Bank, Keystone Bank, Main street Bank, Ecobank, Stanbic IBTC, Citi Bank, Enterprise Bank and WEMA bank. Others are Guaranty Trust Bank, First City Monument bank,…