2016 BusinessDay Annual Banking Awards: First Bank

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has emerged the Most Customer Friendly bank and the Best Bank in Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria for the year 2016 at the BusinessDay annual banking awards.

Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, stated that:

“The awards are a testament to the FirstBank’s unwavering commitment to put customers first at the heart of its business in line with our ‘You First’ mantra. We will always deliver the ultimate ‘gold standard’ of value and excellence.

Our financial services knowledge and practices lead the market in ensuring that we understand our customers and surpass expectations to strive for a better way of delivering first-class service and experience.”

The Business Day’s Annual Banking Awards Programme which has become the banking industry’s benchmark for outstanding performance was introduced five years ago to recognise Nigerian banks and their officials who diligently managed their resources to attain a healthy balance between risk, safety and profitability.

Lagos RSW Five Million Naira Biogas Reward [2016]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode donates 5 million Naira to Sarunmi Oluwafemi and Dada Samuel of Lagos State College of Health Technology who emerged as first place winners of the Ready, Set, Work (RSW) programme with their designed biogas generating technology focused on the treatment of animal waste.

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Chika Oduah Wins ICFJ Young Reporter for a Sustainable Future Award

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has named Nigerian-American journalist Chika Oduah as the recipient of its inaugural “Young Reporter for a Sustainable Future Award”.

The award celebrates and encourages reporting from emerging journalists who demonstrate commitment to producing compelling stories that improve people’s daily lives and raise awareness of issues related to the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Muhammad Atiku Bugaje Wins Silver At The 2016 International Young Inventors Olympiads (IYIPO) Awards

Muhammad Atiku Bugaje has won a silver award at the 2016 International Young Inventors Olympiads (IYIPO) awards.

A student of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC), Kaduna, Muhammad Atiku Bugaje, emerged winner among students from 35 other countries.

The event, held in Kazakhstan, was organized by the Education and Commission for Science and Technology of Kazakhstan.

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Marylove Edwards Emerge 3rd At The 2016 ITF/CAT U-12 Programme

11 years old Marylove Edwards emerge third at the 2016 ITF/CAT 12 & Under Talent Identification Programme in Morocco.

Marylove beat her Kenyan opponent 6-1, 6-1 in the third-place match after losing 7-5, 6-7, 4-6 to her Moroccan opponent in the semi-final.

The tennis competition which held between August 26 to 28 recorded participants of over 80 players from 25 countries.

Marylove who is being managed by creative talent agency, Temple Management Company was sponsored on the trip by Zenith Bank PLC.

She was born on March 18, 2005 and started playing tennis at the tender age of four under the guidance of her father, Eddy Edwards while she was coached by Nigeria junior tennis head coach, Mohammed Ubale.

Before her trip to Morocco, the Ishan, Edo State-born champion won last year’s U-14 CBN Junior Tennis Championship and the NNPC Junior Tennis Masters.