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		<title>Ex-NAICOM Boss, O.S. Thomas to CHAIR Business Journal Insurance &#038; Pension Roundtable 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mr. Olorundare Sunday Thomas, former Commissioner for Insurance/CEO, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), will CHAIR the Business Journal Insurance &#38; Pension Roundtable 2026 scheduled for Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Time is 10.00am prompt. The theme of the Roundtable is: “Beyond Recapitalisation: The Challenge of Customer Service &#38; Growth for Insurance [&#8230;]
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		<title>BUA Foods Unveils Bakers Pride Flour, Empowering Bakers to Explore More Possibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BUA Foods, one of Nigeria’s leading food manufacturing companies, has officially introduced Bakers Pride Flour at a trade launch event attended by trade partners, bakers, and other key industry stakeholders. Launched under the brand promise, “Bake Smart. Bake Better,” Bakers Pride Flour is designed to serve the needs of everyday bakers with a value-driven proposition [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/bua-foods-unveils-bakers-pride-flour-empowering-bakers-to-explore-more-possibilities/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fidelity Bank Champions Digital Adoption, Sustainable Growth for Lagos SMEs</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/fidelity-bank-champions-digital-adoption-sustainable-growth-for-lagos-smes/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[L-R: Divisional Head, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs), Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Ugochi Osinigwe; Head of Audit, Surulere Division, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Ibrahim Olalere; and Regional Bank Head, Ikeja, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Jude Monye at the Fidelity Bank SME Quarterly Business Forum, held in Lagos recently. Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/fidelity-bank-champions-digital-adoption-sustainable-growth-for-lagos-smes/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurance Meets Tech 5.0: Andela, Flutterwave Co-Founder, Iyin Aboyeji to Headline Event Nov 20</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/insurance-meets-tech-5-0-andela-flutterwave-co-founder-iyin-aboyeji-to-headline-event-nov-20/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Insurance Meets Tech (IMT) has confirmed Mr. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-Founder of Andela and Flutterwave, and Founding Partner of Future Africa, as Headline Speaker for its fifth edition. IMT 5.0, themed “Building Insurance That Connects”, will hold on Friday, November 20, 2026 at the Balmoral Event Centre, Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. Mr. Aboyeji will deliver a [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/insurance-meets-tech-5-0-andela-flutterwave-co-founder-iyin-aboyeji-to-headline-event-nov-20/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RMB Nigeria Wins AIHN M&#038;A Deal of the Year for Advisory Role in $583m Axxela Acquisition</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/rmb-nigeria-wins-aihn-ma-deal-of-the-year-for-advisory-role-in-583m-axxela-acquisition/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[L-R: Chidi Iwuchukwu, Executive Director and Head Investment Banking, Broader Africa, RMB Nigeria; Damilola Owasanoye &#8211; Transactor Corporate Finance Department, RMB Nigeria; David Ishola, Transactor, Debt Capital Markets, RMB Nigeria; Regina Asala, Head Custody Services RMB Nigeria and CEO RMBN Nominees Limited; Laju Atake, Head Debt Capital Markets, RMB Nigeria, at the Association of Investment [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/rmb-nigeria-wins-aihn-ma-deal-of-the-year-for-advisory-role-in-583m-axxela-acquisition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Almond Insurance Awards 2026: Ope Oredugba, NHIA for Special Recognition Nov 6</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/almond-insurance-awards-2026-ope-oredugba-nhia-for-special-recognition-nov-6/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Annual Almond Insurance Industry Awards and Consumers’ Nite, the biggest social platform of the Nigerian insurance industry is set to hold on November 6, 2026 at the Stable Event Centre, Surulere, Lagos. The sole purpose of the Awards since it was instituted in 2018 remains unchanged – recognising and rewarding the outstanding efforts of [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/almond-insurance-awards-2026-ope-oredugba-nhia-for-special-recognition-nov-6/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ecobank Marks 14th Ecobank Day Across Nigeria, Empowering Students with Digital Skills for the Future</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/ecobank-marks-14th-ecobank-day-across-nigeria-empowering-students-with-digital-skills-for-the-future/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hope Fountain Foundation for the Deaf, Agege, Lagos. Ecobank Nigeria has commemorated the 14th edition of Ecobank Day, its flagship Group-wide Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, across four regions of the country, reaffirming its commitment to empowering communities through education and digital inclusion. The selected schools include: Hope Fountain Foundation for the Deaf, Agege, Lagos; [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/ecobank-marks-14th-ecobank-day-across-nigeria-empowering-students-with-digital-skills-for-the-future/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Leadway Named Insurance Company of the Year at 2026 BusinessDay BAFI Awards</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/leadway-named-insurance-company-of-the-year-at-2026-businessday-bafi-awards/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[L–R: Chief Executive Officer, Creato Urban Limited, Odion Aleobua; Team Lead, Brand &#38; Communications, Leadway PFA, Tomisin Adeleye; Publisher, BusinessDay Limited, Frank Aigbogun; and Brand Manager, Leadway Group, Niyi Abiola, at the BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards, where Leadway Assurance clinched the Insurance Company of the Year Award. Leadway Assurance, one of [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/leadway-named-insurance-company-of-the-year-at-2026-businessday-bafi-awards/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Emergency: Rising Prices Worsen Nigeria’s Food Insecurity—Orodata</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/emergency-rising-prices-worsen-nigerias-food-insecurity-orodata/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rising food prices and the high cost of nutritious diets are worsening food insecurity in Nigeria, according to two reports by Orodata Science. The ​‌‌‌‍‌⁠‍⁠⁠‍​⁠‌​‍‍‍‍‌​reports, titled “Food Insecurity in Nigeria” and “The Price of Eating Well in Nigeria,” were released on Friday in Lagos to mark World Food Day 2026. The reports combined official household [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/emergency-rising-prices-worsen-nigerias-food-insecurity-orodata/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fidelity Bank Excels at 2026 BAFI Awards, Wins Two Awards</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/fidelity-bank-excels-at-2026-bafi-awards-wins-two-awards/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[L-R: Mobolaji Sunmoni, Team Lead, Upstream; Abimbola Ogunyemi, Team Lead, Downstream 1; Tomilola Onasanya, Team Lead, Downstream 2 (all of Fidelity Bank Plc); Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, BusinessDay Media Limited; Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc; Patrick Akinwuntan, former Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria; and Amanda Ezeani, Relationship Manager &#8211; Energy Division, Fidelity Bank [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/fidelity-bank-excels-at-2026-bafi-awards-wins-two-awards/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fidelity Bank: Celebration of Beauty Industry Excellence</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/fidelity-bank-celebration-of-beauty-industry-excellence/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe (middle), receiving a special recognition award for her leadership and Fidelity Bank’s contribution to Nigeria’s beauty enterprise ecosystem during a dinner commemorating the Beauty in the Motherland 2026 exhibition in Lagos recently. She is flanked by the event’s co-founders, Beatrice Obinna Eneh (left) and Linda Edozien [&#8230;]
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		<title>West Africa’s Private Sector Leaders Pledge Support for WAllS in Sierra Leone</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/west-africas-private-sector-leaders-pledge-support-for-walls-in-sierra-leone/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Business Journal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Julius Maada Bio and Tony O. Elumelu, Co-Chair the second meeting of the WAIIS Private Sector Advisory Board in Lagos, with the support of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as the region’s leading investors and financial institutions move from advocacy to capital mobilisation ahead of the 17–18 November, 2026 Summit in Sierra Leone. West [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/west-africas-private-sector-leaders-pledge-support-for-walls-in-sierra-leone/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chika Okeke-Agulu’s Freedom Bird Explores Art, Memory, Migration, Nigeria’s Political History Through a Contemporary Lens at YSMA</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/chika-okeke-agulus-freedom-bird-explores-art-memory-migration-nigerias-political-history-through-a-contemporary-lens-at-ysma/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA), Pan-Atlantic University, and SMO Contemporary Art are set to present Chika Okeke-Agulu: Freedom Bird, a major survey of the Nigerian artist and scholar’s practice spanning more than three decades, from November 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027. Curated by Iheanyi Onwuegbucha, with Sandra Mbanefo-Obiago as Associate Curator, the retrospective [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.businessjournalng.com/chika-okeke-agulus-freedom-bird-explores-art-memory-migration-nigerias-political-history-through-a-contemporary-lens-at-ysma/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Bank, IFAD to Empower 300m Small-Holder Farmers by 2030</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/world-bank-ifad-to-empower-300m-small-holder-farmers-by-2030/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank signed a new Co-Financing Framework Agreement to expand joint investment in rural transformation and food systems. Signed during the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, the agreement will strengthen collaboration between the two institutions. It [&#8230;]
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		<title>AIICO, HACEY Advance Maternal Health Outreach to 1,000 Participants</title>
		<link>https://www.businessjournalng.com/aiico-hacey-advance-maternal-health-outreach-to-1000-participants/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AIICO Insurance Plc in partnership with HACEY Health Initiative, has reached 1,000 participants through a two-day maternal health outreach at General Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State, providing essential health education, screening services and maternal care supplies to support pregnant women, nursing mothers and infants. Held in September 2026, the intervention integrated maternal health activities into the [&#8230;]
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