Historical Background
First Bank is the Nigeria’s oldest and largest bank with 117 years of operational history in Africa’s most populous country.
The bank commenced operations in Nigeria on 31 March 1894 as a branch of the Bank of British West Africa Limited, and was incorporated as a primary
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Bala Augie
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