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Microsoft, First HoldCo Partner to Drive Innovation in Nigeria and Africa

Microsoft has partnered with First HoldCo to drive innovation across Nigeria and Africa. The partnership was announced after Femi Otedola, Chairman of First...

FirstBank’s 9th Annual CR&S Week: Empowering Communities, Promoting Sustainability and Kindness

FirstBank, the premier bank in West Africa and a leading financial inclusion service provider, has announced the commencement of its 2025 Corporate Responsibility...

Waves of Innovation: How First Bank turned Lagos into Africa’s Electric Playground

By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos Lagoon glistened in shades of blue and gold as electric powerboats sliced through the water, cheered on by...

Femi Otedola Boosts Stake in FirstBank with N1.21bln Investment

Mr. Olufemi Otedola, Group Chairman of First HoldCo Plc, the parent company of First Bank, has increased his stake in the bank by...

First Bank Revolutionizes Banking for Visually Impaired and Physically Challenged

First Bank has launched a pioneering initiative to provide tailored financial services for blind, partially sighted, and physically challenged customers across its operations....

FirstBank Wins Gold for Best Corporate University in Social and Climate Change Impact

FirstBank, the West Africa premier bank and financial inclusion services provider, has announced that its Corporate University, FirstAcademy, has been awarded the Gold...

FirstBank Achieves New Feat: N1Bln Disbursed in One Day Through Agent Credit Scheme

By Tosin Ajayi In a significant milestone by the nation’s pioneer financial institution, FirstBank has disbursed N1 billion in a single day to...

Tinubu performs FirstBank’s 43-storey hqt. groundbreaking in Lagos, tallest in Nigeria, pledges sustainable financial system

President Bola Tinubu performed the groundbreaking ceremony for FirstBank’s new 43-storey eco-friendly headquarters in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, which is set to become...

Transactions with GHL: FirstBank dispels misleading reports, reaffirms commitment to excellent, standard banking services

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) has distanced itself from a recent media reports regarding a commercial transaction between it and General Hydrocarbons...

Femi Otedola is First Bank Holdings board chairman

Nigerian billionaire and investor, Mr. Femi Otedola, has been appointed as the new Chairman of First Bank Holdings board of directors. The holding...

JUST IN: Stella Oduah and eight others, arraigned over alleged fraud.

Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah and eight others have pleaded not guilty to a 25 count charge fraud-related offences. They were charged for...

FBN Holdings Group

FBN Holdings appoints Okonkwo new Group Managing Director as U.K Eke bows out

  The Board of FBN Holdings Group, parent company of First Bank Nig. Ltd, has appointed the immediate past Managing Director of Fidelity...

Boardroom politics: CBN sacks First Bank Board of Directors, reinstates Adeduntan as MD

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday dissolved the board of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd and First Bank of Nigeria Holdings...

First Bank names Mr Gbenga Shobo as MD/CEO

First Bank names Mr Gbenga Shobo as MD/CEO

The appointment of Mr Gbenga Shobo, as the new Managing Director of First Bank Plc has been announced. Until his appointment, Shobo was...

Female banker bags 98 years in jail for stealing bank’s N49m, $368,000

  Caught stealing N49.3 million and another $368,203 belonging to her employer, First Bank Plc, a woman, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has bagged 98 years imprisonment...

Buhari congratulates First Bank MD Adeduntan on international award

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday congratulated Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, on his award of Distinguished Alumnus of the...