Author: Eberechi Constance

Fidelity Bank champions tree planting initiative at Elegushi Beach

  In line with its commitment to environmental preservation and sustainable development, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has partnered with Greenfingers Wildlife Initiative, to plant trees at Elegushi Beach, Lekki, Lagos.   The intervention was implemented as part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Fidelity Helping Hands[Read More…]

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Newswatch co-founder Yakubu Mohammed dies at 75

    Yakubu Mohammed, a co-founder of Newswatch magazine and its former deputy chief executive officer, has died at the age of 75.   His passing comes just two months after the death of his longtime colleague and fellow co-founder, Dan Agbese, who succumbed to a prolonged illness on November[Read More…]

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NCC, CBN approve 30-Second refunds for failed airtime, data purchases

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have jointly approved a framework that guarantees near-instant refunds for failed airtime and data purchases. Under the new arrangement, subscribers who are debited without receiving value will automatically receive refunds within 30 seconds, addressing one of the[Read More…]

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Sterling Bank, One Foundation, Sunbeth and Partners Strengthen Climate Action With Nationwide Cleanup and Beach Adoption

      In a renewed commitment to strengthen environmental protection across Nigeria, Sterling One Foundation, in collaboration with Sterling Bank, Sunbeth, government agencies, community volunteers, and partner organizations, spearheaded a nationwide Environmental Cleanup and Beach Adoption exercise on Saturday, November 29, 2025.   The initiative, which is in line[Read More…]

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Fidelity Bank supports quality education delivery in Makoko

  Tier-one lender, Fidelity Bank Plc, has reaffirmed its commitment to community development and educational empowerment with the donation of essential learning materials to schoolchildren in Makoko Community, Yaba, Lagos under its Fidelity Helping Hands Program (FHHP).     The outreach, which was facilitated by the bank’s Legal Services Division,[Read More…]

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Malami, wife, son get N1.5bn bail

  Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN; his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz and wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, have been admitted to a N500 million bail each with two sureties each in the like sum. Justice Emeka Nwite, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who granted the trio[Read More…]

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FirstHoldCo announces FirstBank Has Met ₦500bn regulatory capital requirement

    –Shareholders commit to future injection of more capital to the Groups’ other subsidiaries       First HoldCo Plc (“FirstHoldCo” or “the Group”) has announced that its commercial banking subsidiary, First Bank of Nigeria (FirstBank), has successfully met the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) minimum capital requirement of[Read More…]

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