| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.12.2025 | Africa: Nigeria Driving Africa's Digital Renaissance - Chioma Ekeh | Chief Executive Officerof Technology Distribution, TD Africa, Mrs Chioma Ekeh has claimed that Nigeria is typically driving Africa's digital renaissance, urging every stakeholder in the Information and Communications Technology, ICT sector ... |
| 11.12.2025 | Visa Hosts Cohort 4 Demo Day for Africa Fintech Accelerator in Cape Town, Spotlighting 22 Startups from 12 Countries | Visa convened founders, investors, corporate partners and industry stakeholders in Cape Town for the Demo Day of its fourth Africa Fintech Accelerator programme, showcasing 22 fintech startups from 12 African countries, organisers and indus... |
| 09.10.2025 | Nigeria: Cardoso - Fintech Innovation, Collaboration Will Orchestrate Nigeria's Digital Financial Future | Emma Okonji
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso has stressed the need for Fintech innovation, collaboration and trust that will shape Nigeria's digital financial future, while insisting on regulatory complianc... |
| 03.10.2025 | Nigeria and Digital Fraud | ILIYASU GASHINBAKI writes that the country is losing billions to financial fraud
As Nigeria's digital economy grows into a continental force, the country stands at a crossroads, caught between rapid innovation and a rising wave of cybercrim... |
| 09.08.2025 | FirstBank Champions Inclusive Fintech Innovation at Canada-Africa Fintech Summit (CAFS 2025) | L-R: Ambassador A K Zanna, Nigeria High Commissioner; Hon. Abdulrahman Abba Terab, NiDCOM Head of Tech; Hon. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, Deputy Chief of Staff; Dr. Segun Aina, Africa Fintech Network President; Rachel Adeshina, FirstBank CTO; Ch... |
| 24.06.2025 | West Africa: As Naseni Boss Calls On West African Countries to Unlock Technology Potentials | The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu has urged West African nations to unite around science, technology, and innovation to... |
| 27.05.2025 | Nigerian Manufacturers ‘Harassed’ Over FX Contracts, Lobby Says | - |
| 26.03.2025 | FirstBank files appeal as court rules debt recovery, not maritime claim cargo remains under arrest | In a surprising turn of events, the Federal High Court has ruled that the ongoing legal dispute between FirstBank and GHL does not constitute a maritime claim but rather a simple case of debt recovery.
This shift in the court’s interpretati... |
| 23.01.2025 | Zenith Bank to increase staff salaries, promote over 4000 employees | One of Nigeria’s largest banks, Zenith Bank, is set to increase staff salaries in January as galloping inflation continues to erode the purchasing power of its employees.
Sources within the bank informed Nairametrics that the management wil... |
| 18.01.2025 | The Tides of Business and Politics: Navigating Nigeria's Financial Storms | In the heart of Nigeria's economic landscape, a tempest brews. The recent meetings and legal disputes involving key players like President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, FBN Holdings, and General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) paint a vivid picture of a na... |
| 17.01.2025 | Oba Otudeko clarifies role amidst FBN and GHL dispute | Dr. Oba Otudeko, Chairman of Honeywell Group, has addressed the ongoing conflict between First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL).
Reports indicate that representatives from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and FB... |
| 10.01.2025 | Legal Storms and Economic Currents: Navigating Nigeria's Financial Landscape | In the heart of Nigeria's financial landscape, two significant events are stirring the waters: a court's freezing of assets linked to General Hydrocarbons and a forecasted decline in inflation. These developments reflect the complex interpl... |
| 09.01.2025 | Court Freezes $225 million in assets linked to General Hydrocarbons and Nduka Obaigbena | A Federal High Court has issued a series of orders, including Mareva injunctions, to freeze assets and accounts linked to General Hydrocarbons Limited, its affiliates, and prominent individuals, including media mogul Nduka Obaigbena.
The co... |
| 09.12.2024 | Reports: Otedola requests resignation of First Bank Marketing Chief over ‘lavish party’ spending | The former Global Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at one of Nigeria’s largest banks, FirstBank Ltd, has resigned.
Folake Ani-Mumuney, one of the most experienced and respected marketing executives in Nigeria, has been instrum... |
| 02.12.2024 | UBA hosts first NQR Annual General Meeting to advance digital payments in Nigeria | The United Bank for Africa (UBA), on behalf of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and other financial institutions, successfully hosted the inaugural NQR Industry Committee Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos on Thursday, No... |
| 30.11.2024 | SME Scale Up Partners First Bank to Drive Success for Businesses | SME Scale Up has concluded another session of its bi-monthly event on November 15, 2024. Held at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel in Lagos, with both physical and virtual participation options, the event featured a strategic collaboration w... |
| 27.11.2024 | Nairametrics to hold webinar on Nigeria’s Economic Outlook 2025 | Nairametrics will hold its quarterly macro-economic outlook webinar; focusing on the country’s economic perspective for 2025.
The virtual event is scheduled for Saturday, November 30, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (WAT) via Zoom.
The them... |
| 29.10.2024 | Navigating Nigeria's Financial Landscape: A Tale of Currency and Capital | Nigeria stands at a crossroads. Two significant developments in its financial sector reveal the delicate balance between currency management and capital adequacy. On one hand, FBN Holdings Plc is raising N150 billion through a Rights Issue.... |
| 28.10.2024 | Recapitalisation: FBN Holdings opens N150 billion Right issue at N25 per share | FBN Holdings Plc has commenced its Rights Issue, offering 5.983 billion ordinary shares at 50 kobo each, priced at N25 per share, raising N150 billion for existing shareholders.
The offer is structured as one new share for every six ordinar... |
| 07.08.2024 | The Future of Payments in Nigeria: A Decentralized Revolution | Nigeria's payment landscape is on the brink of a transformation. A digital wave is sweeping across the nation, reshaping how transactions occur. The journey began decades ago, with the establishment of the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Sys... |
| 06.08.2024 | Decentralization might be the next wave of innovation in Nigeria’s payment industry | Payment in Nigeria has come a long way. From the creation of the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBBS) in 1993 to the introduction of NIBSS Instant Payments (NIP) in 2011, the industry has seen watershed moments that have made it wh... |
| 14.07.2024 | Lawyers suggest new Pencom DG does not have 15 years experience stipulated in Pension Act | President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Ms. Omolola Bridget Oloworaran as the new Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), does not align with the relevant laws that founded the pension industry.
This is according to com... |
| 19.06.2024 | First Bank confirms appointment of Olusegun Alebiosu as Managing Director, Ini Ebong as DMD | First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
He has been serving as the Acting Managing Director of the bank since April 2024, when the former MD, Adesola Adedun... |
| 14.06.2024 | Big 4 maintain market dominance as audit firms earn N17.34 billion fees in 2023 | Story highlights
The 50 most capitalized companies in the Nigerian equities market paid a sum of N17.24 billion as audit fees in 2023, a remarkable 46.7% increase from N11.82 billion in 2022.
The Big Four audit companies, maintained industr... |
| 22.04.2024 | First Bank names Olusegun Alebiosu acting CEO after Adeduntan’s surprise exit | FBN Holdings, the parent company of Nigeria’s oldest bank, has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as acting chief executive officer of First Bank of Nigeria after the surprise resignation of CEO, Adesola Adeduntan.
Until this appointment, Alebiosu... |
| 16.04.2024 | UBA to raise fresh capital through sale of 10.8 billion ordinary shares | United Bank for Africa (UBA), a Nigerian bank valued at over ₦1 trillion, plans to raise fresh capital by selling 10.8 billion new ordinary shares. The bank will prioritise existing investors in the planned share sale.
UBA assigned a nomina... |
| 08.04.2024 | First Bank Holdings to raise ₦300bn capital amid CBN’s banking reforms | First Bank Holdings will raise additional capital of ₦300 billion ($231 million) at a shareholders meeting scheduled later this month, as banks scramble to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s plans for a recapitalisation drive.
According to ... |
| 22.03.2024 | FirstBank launches fourth Digital Xperience Centre in Banana Island | Image source: Technext
On the 20th of March, the premier bank of Nigeria, FirstBank commissioned its fourth fully automated branch. These fully-automated branches, also known as FirstBank Digital Xperience Centres (DXC), are innovative bank... |
| 13.03.2024 | Online scam: “No Go Fall Maga, Confam Am Again” Bankers Committee Takes a Stand | If anyone is taking the statement “evolve or die” seriously, it is scammers. Every day, they are upgrading their tactics and approaches in an effort to fleece you of your hard-earned Naira. Show them that no matter how fast they are learnin... |
| 08.03.2024 | How Huawei became Nigeria’s biggest telecoms vendor and enterprise business | When Huawei launched in Nigeria in 1999, two years before its telecommunications revolution, very few people could have predicted it would become the country’s biggest telecoms vendor and build one of the country’s biggest enterprise busine... |
| 27.06.2022 | FirstCheck’s Eloho Omame joins TLcom Capital to find and fund younger startups | Eloho Omame, co-founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa, has joined TLcom Capital as a Partner. Omame will support TLcom’s high-touch investment approach and help the firm discover best-fit investment opportunities as it seeks to d... |
| 22.02.2022 | Women-focused credit facility and Africa’s developer ecosystem | Share this article:
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Statistically, Mondays are often the busiest day of the week, work-wise, for various reasons like giving status updates of the previous week, defining tasks for the new week, and generally making sure to start the... |
| 21.02.2022 | We’re partnering with FirstBank to support women and small business owners with a $100 million credit facility | We announced today a US$100 million finance facility to First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank). This new facility will direct funding to women-owned and led businesses as well as to local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nige... |
| 31.01.2022 | Tired of loan sharks? Check out some CBN approved payday loan offers | --> -->
Nigerians looking for a quick influx of cash to meet expenses have various options to shop for the best loans to suit their needs amongst licensed commercial banks.
Rather than going to loan sharks or borrowing from questionab... |
| 29.11.2021 | FirstBank Holds Non-oil Export Webinar Series, Creates Awareness Of Bank’s Export Solutions | First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced the convening of its non-oil export webinar series. The Event is centered on deliberating opportunities that will enhance the ... |
| 08.08.2021 | FirstBank impacts its Firstmonie agents with a N100 billion loan | --> -->
The Bank has been at the forefront of promoting financial inclusion in the country, impacting Nigerians, regardless of their locations nationwide.
The Bank currently has over 120,000 Firstmonie Agents spread across 772 Local G... |
| 27.07.2021 | How to apply for SME Clinic ₦100,000 Small Business Grant | Share this article:
As a small business owner in a pandemic-ridden world, finding ways to adapt your business to the new normal — social distance, remote work, and tech adoption, among others — is important if your business will survive.
Th... |
| 24.05.2021 | New FirstBank Website Puts YOU, the customer, First! | Banking has evolved over the years and the industry now abundantly relies on web-based applications for providing services to customers. With more and more people increasingly glued to connected devices, banks that hope to compete in today’... |
| 19.04.2021 | FirstBank Launches A New Corporate Website, Reiterates Commitment To Service Delivery Excellence | FirstBank, Nigeria and indeed West Africa’s premier financial inclusion services provider has announced the launch of its newly designed website at https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/. The new website is upgraded with features that are stream... |
| 26.10.2020 | The Making Of A CSR Masterstroke: An X-Ray Of FirstBank’s Yeoman Effort To Move One Million Children To E-Learning | The rabbit hole of uncertainty, confusion and fear that pupils and their parents fell into in the dying days of March when the country was in lockdown was best captured in a Saturday Sun feature of May 16, titled, “COVID-19: Troubles of e-L... |
| 01.07.2019 | First Bank Promotes Acts Of Kindness, Revs Its CR&S Week In More Than Half A Dozen Countries | Press Release
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial institution has announced that the third edition of its Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) week is billed for 1 – 6 July 2019 in the ... |
| 27.04.2019 | USCIRF Calls on State Department to Lift Saudi CPC Waiver After Mass Shi’a Execution | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2019
USCIRF 2019 Annual Report Cites Numerous Violations and Recommends Additional Policy Actions by the State Department
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCI... |
| 26.01.2017 | Top 5 Commercial Banks that Nigerian SMEs can bank on | Share this article:
In developed countries, there has been a significant economic growth with the proliferation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). It is such a shame that the Nigerian government and banks are not maximizing the... |
| 30.03.2016 | Why your Startup is bound to fail in Nigeria and what to do about it | Share this article:
I have always wondered what makes a new tech product win, especially in Nigeria. Why are there so many failed startups in Nigeria ? Is there something everyone is doing wrong ?
What would you do differently if you realiz... |
| 28.10.2015 | 3 solid reasons why African Entrepreneurs cannot afford to fail | Share this article:
Another day another advice on failure. I read an article that says you have to fail 100 times before you quit. Yes you read that right. If you’ve not failed about 100 times you have to keep going until you get to 100 fai... |
| 25.03.2015 | MasterCard Announces Payment Technology for MSMEs, to Roll out MPOS Devices Across Nigeria | MasterCard has announced the launch of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) focused acceptance development program whereby electronic payments will be embraced by retailers across Nigeria.
This move was declared at the MasterCard Thoug... |
| 25.04.2014 | Four Essential Online Services For Nigerian SMEs | Amazon is the behemoth of e-commerce in the western world, selling anything and almost everything to millions of people across the globe. But crucially, Amazon goes a step further and has created a ‘Marketplace’. A place where other ‘seller... |
| 27.02.2013 | First Bank, GTB, Zenith Account For 54% Of Nigerian Banking Profit | Experts at Prudential Trust Company posit that the top three banks in Nigeria – First Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Zenith Bank Plc – which “account for 54 per cent of profit in Nigerian banking sector,” will post a 300 billion naira ... |
| 16.08.2012 | The 5 Biggest Banks In Nigeria | Nigeria’s banking sector is back on the right road after the 2010 meltdown that saw the Nigerian Stock Exchange lose 66 percent of its capital in a bank-led crash. The sector, which had previously issued aggressive denials about the levels ... |
| 25.07.2012 | Nigerian Tech Company Improves MFBs With New Digital Platform | Africa’s leading provider of Integrated Banking and Payment software platforms, AppZone Group has launched BankOne, a digital platform which allows customers of Nigerian microfinance banks (MFBs) to access and operate their accounts right f... |
| 04.05.2012 | Nigeria: First Bank Assigns $3.2 Billion To Finance Oil, Gas Projects | VENTURES AFRICA – First Bank of Nigeria Plc (FirstBank), an indigenous financial services provider, has assigned over N500billion ($3.2 billion) to finance several oil and gas projects in Nigeria.
As part of efforts to enhance local partici... |
| 20.04.2012 | Citi Reveals Plans To Issue Eurobonds for Nigerian Banks | Citibank has revealed plans to issue Eurobonds for Nigerian banks as the banking sector in Africa’s second largest economy recovers from financial turmoil.
Citi country officer, Emeka Emuwa disclosed this while speaking to the Reuters Afric... |
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| - | Digital technologies open vast business opportunities in Africa | The share of Africa’s population connected to digital technologies is growing rapidly. In 2020, almost half a billion Africans – 76% of the continent’s adult population – had access to mobile phones. A growing share of the continent is also... |
