Zenith Bank Plc has been ranked as the number one bank in Nigeria in The Banker Magazine Tier-1 Capital 2020 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking.
Tier 1 capital is the core measure of a bank’s financial strength from a regulator’s point of view. It is composed of core capital, which consists primarily of common stock and disclosed reserves, but may also include non-redeemable non-cumulative preferred stock.
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has won the Global Finance magazine Best-Custodian Bank Award in Nigeria for the ninth time.
This was disclosed by Global Finance magazine, during the announcement of its selections for the 18th annual Best Sub-custodian Bank Awards in seven regions and more than 80 countries.
For the awards, Global Finance obtained input from users of sub-custody services.
The performance was judged over the period covering January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
Apart from Nigeria, three subsidiaries within Standard Bank Group, the parent company of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, were selected as best sub-custodian banks for their respective countries. These are Ghana, Namibia and Mozambique.
Annabel Kemmy has emerged as the best student with a distinction in the Master of Arts in Security Studies at the University of Rwanda [2019/2020].
Annabel Kemmy also received the best College Research Paper and third best in merit of Senior Command and Staff Course 08 (Rwanda Defence Force Command and Staff College).
Grace Paul-Okpara has emerged as the overall best graduating student for the 2019/2020 academic session at San Jose State University, California, in the United States of America.
Dr. Chidubem Obi Gerald has emerged as the first African to graduate with a perfect 5.0 Grade Point at Sechenov University in Russia [2019/2020].
Dr. Chidubem Obi Gerald also emerged as the best graduating student in the faculty of Medicine in I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Russia.
First Moscow State Medical University is the oldest medical school in Russia, located in Moscow.
Barakat Adeoti has emerged the winner of the Real Act of Kindness Development Foundation (RAK) 2020 COVID-19 essay competition for secondary schools in Badagry, Lagos State.
17-year-old girl, Barakat Adeoti, a student of Araromi Ilogbo Senior Secondary School, Oko-Afo, won the final round of the RAK COVID-19 Essay Competition held on the 1st of July [2020] at Ajara Vetho, Badagry.
The competition was organised by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Real Act of Kindness Development Foundation.
Victor Osimhen has emerged winner of the 2020 Marc-Vivien Foe prize, which crowns him as the best African player in French Ligue 1 for the 2019/2020 season.
The 21-year-old forward who scored 18 goals and recorded six assists in 38 appearances across all competitions during the campaign, becomes the youngest ever recipient of the Marc-Vivien Foe prize.
Named after late Cameroonian midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe, the late Cameroon and Olympique Lyonnais midfielder — twice an Africa Cup of Nations winner with the Indomitable Lions, passed away on the field during the 2003 Confederations Cup.
This yearly award is organized by Radio France International and France 24 to celebrate African players plying their trade in the French League.
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