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- 11 May 2009
First Bank Holds Promo Reloaded Draw
First Bank Nigeria Plc is set to bound more with its customers and improve market visibility as it announces another draw in its on-going Big Splash Promo Reloaded. The draw is the sixth in the…
- 28 Oct 2021
First Bank Holdings Taps Okonkwo, Former Fidelity Bank CEO to Replace Eke as GMD
The board of FBN Holdings Plc, has approved the appointment of Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, as its new group managing director, with effect from January 1, 2022. Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo The appointment was…
- 31 Jan 2024
Femi Otedola Becomes chairman of First Bank Holdings
Billionaire businessman Mr Femi Otedola, has emerged as the chairperson of the board of FBN Holdings Plc, whose flagship company is First Bank. He was appointed to the role during a meeting of the…
- 22 Oct 2021
Femi Otedola Reportedly Acquires Majority Shares of First Bank Holdings
Femi Otedola, business mogul and founder/chairman, Geregu Energy Group, has reportedly acquired the majority shares of FBN Holdings (FBNH). The acquisition is coming some six months after the…
- 13 May 2016
EFCC Quizzes First Bank Chief over Bank Transactions
FBN Holdings Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets, said one of its directors was invited and questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of a wider probe into alleged…
- 18 Aug 2022
First Bank Appoints Iyamabo as Executive Director
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Patrick Iyamabo as an Executive Director. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a…
- 26 Dec 2024
Access Bank Plc Emerges First Nigerian Bank to Exceed CBN’s N500bn Regulatory Threshold
Access Holdings Plc has successfully closed its N351 billion Rights Issue, gaining approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This…
- 28 Apr 2016
First Bank to Sack 1,000 Workers
FBN Holdings Plc, the parent company of First Bank Nigeria Limited, is planning to cut about 1000 jobs and focus less on providing loans to the oil industry in a bid to reverse the 2015 financial…
- 27 Oct 2024
First Bank Proposes New Name after Upgrading Banking Platforms
FBN Holding Plc, one of Nigeria’s foremost banks, has announced plans to change its name, Plc at its upcoming 12 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 14, 2024. The bank announced this in a notice…
- 7 Sept 2015
Adeduntan to Take Over from Onasanya as First Bank Boss
First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Monday announced that its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, would replace Mr. Bisi Onasanya as the Group Managing Director and…
- 10 Dec 2023
Fidelity Bank, Others Top List of Most Capitalized Banks in Q3 2023
Fidelity Bank, leading financial institution, has been listed as one of most capitalized banks in Nigeria based on Q3 2023 financial results. According to an article published in Thisday newspapers,…
- 10 Nov 2013
First Bank to Take Over ICB West Africa
FBN Holdings has said that one of its subsidiaries, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is proposing 100 per cent equity interest in the West African banking assets of International Commercial Bank (ICB)…
- 29 Apr 2021
CBN Fires all First Bank Directors, Reinstates Sacked MD
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has sacked all First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) directors and appointed new ones with immediate effect. The CBN also accused the directors of corporate governance breach,…
- 19 Dec 2019
Firm Calls First Bank Out over Alleged IP Infringement, Demands N125m
Xtreme Cr8tivity Xpressions Limited, design and innovation firm, has threatened to drag First Bank Plc to court over alleged unauathorised use of its intellectual property (IP). Design and innovation…
- 29 Aug 2021
First Bank Sponsors Duke of Shomolu Production as Awo, Aremu Hits the Stage
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of ‘A Deep Dive Into History’, a theatre production from the Duke of Shomolu (DOS) Production House, spearheaded by Joseph Edgar. A deep…
- 2 Aug 2018
Court Orders First Bank to Pay Olisa Agbakoba N266m for Breach of Contract
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been ordered by a federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, to pay one of its customers, Mr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), a notable lawyer in the country, the sum of…
- 23 Oct 2021
First Bank Denies Reports of Otedola Takeover
FBN Holdings Plc Friday denied claims by online media that Femi Otedola, business mogul, has acquired majority stake in the bank. Femi Otedola In a statement signed by Seye Kosoko, company secretary,…
- 19 Jun 2024
First Bank Confirms Alebiosu as MD, Ebong as DMD
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has confirmed the appointment of Olusegun Alebiosu as the substantive managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the bank. Updating the Nigerian…
- 19 Oct 2023
Court Orders First Bank to Pay Interest of N2.9Bn to FAAN
A Lagos Federal High Court has ordered First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Plc to pay the sum of N2,937,925,388.52 billion, to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) being an interest for not…
- 10 Oct 2018
First Bank Earmarks N5m for Coding Competition
The First Bank of Nigeria has earmarked about N5.2 million for the coding Hackathon competition taking place in Lagos. Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications,…
- 18 Aug 2014
Western Union Partners First Bank on Outbound Service Launch
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, has announced the launch of the outbound remittance service in Nigeria. Since the Western Union Money Transfer service was launched in…
- 21 Apr 2024
First Bank Comfirms Appointment of Olusegun Alebiosu as Acting MD/CEO
Board of Directors of First Bank has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting managing director. Mr Alebiosu has been the bank’s executive director/chief risk officer since 2022. He has been in the…
- 6 May 2019
First Bank Plans Aggressive Debt Recovery to Boost Dividend Payout
Management of First Bank, has assured that it would continue to work tirelessly to ensure that it is brought down to a single digit by the end of 2019 financial year. Speaking at the 7th…
- 8 Jun 2009
Union Bank Holds Savings Bonanza Raffle Draw
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc in apparent demonstration of its integrity to the banking public has rolled out various cash prizes to 97 lucky winners at the first raffle draw of its on-going…
- 10 Sept 2020
Buhari Celebrates Adeduntan, First Bank MD, as He Bags Forbes Award
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, managing director, First Bank Nigeria Limited, as he receives the Forbes Best of Africa Award, on September 11 in New York, U.S.A.…
- 3 Jul 2025
GTCO to Become First Nigerian Bank to List on London Stock Exchange
By 8 am on July 9, GTCO Holdings is set to commence trading on the London Stock Exchange. As the group is set to list all its shares on the London Stock Exchange, becoming the first Nigerian banking…
- 4 May 2010
Aitec Africa Holds Banking & Mobile Money Conference
Aitec Africa, a leading ICT publishing, event management, professional development and training in Africa will hold its annual Banking & Mobile Money West Africa Conference from 11 to 12 May at…
- 9 Sept 2021
FSDH Merchant Bank Holds Inaugural Distributors’ Forum
In a bid to deepen value chain and touch more critical aspects of their clientele, FSDH Merchant Bank seeks to grow its activities by engaging the value chains of corporates in the distributive…
- 26 Sept 2022
Development Bank of Nigeria to Hold its 3rd Annual Lecture Series
Development Bank of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s first wholesale development finance institution is set to hold its 3rd annual lecture series, a thought leadership initiative that provides a platform for a…
- 5 Nov 2021
Unity Bank Holds 7thEdition of Corpreneurship Challenge; DolesOut N10M Grant to Corp Members
Unity Bank Plc has handed out a total of N10 million in prize money as business grants to 30 NYSC members in the latest edition of its flagship Youth entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative,…