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Nigeria: Access Bank Shareholders Ratify Holdco Structure
Access Bank Plc shareholders have unanimously approved the bank’s proposed reorganisation into a Holding Company (Holdco) to be known as Access Holding Plc. ...
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Ecobank partners five Nigerian insurers for Bancassurance
Ecobank’s Commercial Banking business has entered into a partnership with five insurance companies to offer Bancassurance solutions to Ecobank’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprise ...
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Nigeria gets $98m Islamic bank loan for bilingual education
The Board of Executive Directors of Islamic Development Bank has approved a multi-year financial facility programme of 98 million dollars for the promotion ...
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Nigeria: InfraCorp to raise N14trn from local, foreign debt markets – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp) set up by the Federal Government to support ...
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Basel III: Most Nigerian Banks Will Meet Capital, Liquidity Target –Fitch
Fitch Ratings has expressed confidence that most Nigerian banks will meet higher capital and liquidity requirements given a healthy metric in the sector. ...
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Nigeria’s Total Public Debt Jumps to N38 Trillion in Q3
Nigeria’s total public debt has jumped to N38.05 trillion naira at the end of the third quarter of 2021, according to Debt Management ...
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Nigeria: 60 women to benefit from NITDA Techpreneurship training in Lagos
In its attempt to bridge the gender digital divide and promote digital literacy and skills amongst the women folk, the National Information Technology ...
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Nigerian-founded edtech startup, Edukoya, closes $3,500,000 pre-seed round
Nigerian-founded online learning platform, Edukoya has raised $3,500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Target Global. Edukoya, founded in May 2021 but ...
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Nigeria: BoI Wins SERAS Awards for Impact in Financial Inclusion
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has received top honours at the just concluded Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards also known as the SERAS ...
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Nigeria: CBN disbursed N370 billion under Targeted Credit Facility to households, SMEs
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the bank has disbursed N370 billion under its Targeted Credit ...