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Three Ecobank Employees Arraigned For Stealing N2.8m From Customers’ Accounts

February 2, 2016/NAN Three employees  of Ecobank were on Tuesday arraigned in Lagos for allegedly stealing N2.8 million from customers’ accounts. The accused persons – Oluwatoyin Adetunji (41), Oluwatosin Obademi (32) and Olushola Ogunshina (39) – are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, forgery and stealing before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Island. […]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Concludes First Leg of Fact-Finding Mission with President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa

Credit: Department of Commerce USA February 3, 2016 On Tuesday, January 26, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker concluded the first leg of her fact-finding mission in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. She was joined by a group of senior U.S. business executives who comprise the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa […]

Tony Elumelu Applauds US Congress for passage of ‘Electrify Africa Act’

February 2, 2016/Heirs Holdings Leading investor and Chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the “Electrify Africa Act,” which took nearly three years trying to get the measure through both chambers […]