Tony Elumelu mourns with Sierra Leone. Donates $500,000

Following the August 14 unprecedented disaster, Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), yesterday, Wednesday 23 August, paid a state visit to the people and Government of Sierra Leone to commiserate over the great loss caused by devastating mudslides and floods that have claimed hundreds of innocent […]

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Elumelu tasks military on Nigeria’s sovereignty, unity

Erudite Banker and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu has tasked Nigerian to ensure the protection of Nigeria’s territorial integrity and the fight against insurgency in some parts of the country. He gave the charge while delivering a lecture to a cross section of senior military officers on Tuesday at the Armed – […]

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Sultan of Sokoto commends TEF; says, more ‘Tony Elumelu’ is needed

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu for their contribution to entrepreneurship and creation of jobs for young people in the North. The Sultan made this commendation during a courtesy visit paid by Tony Elumelu, Chairman of UBA Group and Founder of […]

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Agriculture, Electricity, Entrepreneurship will create jobs in Africa – Elumelu

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has called on African leaders and development institutions to help address the deepening job and employment crisis bedevilling the continent by lending support and paying more attention towards the agricultural sector, creating access to electricity and developing entrepreneurship. Elumelu […]

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Labour, Employment Minister lauds Tony Elumelu’s commitment to job creation, poverty alleviation

At the 30th Anniversary celebration of the award-winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja, the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, commended the relentless efforts of the chairman, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, Tony O. Elumelu CON, towards job creation as a strategy for poverty alleviation in Nigeria and Africa. “I am here because Tony Elumelu […]

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Transcorp Hotels Plc

Transcorp Hilton Abuja celebrates 30 year Anniversary

The award winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja hotel in Nigeria is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having officially opened its door to its first guest on the 21st of April, 1987. The iconic hotel, which has through the years, hosted Royalty, Presidents, Global leaders, celebrities and other dignitaries, gathered friends, partners, clients, its board members […]

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Fix bureaucracy to make Nigeria business ready, Elumelu charges FG

Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, charged the public sector to urgently fix bureaucracy and the process of doing business in Nigeria to promote, attract and retain willing investment partners in the country. He made this call yesterday while discussing the topic “Nigeria Open for Business” at the 2017 National Insurance Conference organised by […]

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Nigeria to insure national assets – Finance minister

The Federal Government of Nigeria has made its intentions known to ensure adequate insurance of all assets. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said this during the National Insurance Conference of the Insurance Industry Consultative Council with the theme: ‘Nigeria open for business’, in Abuja on Monday. Adeosun said, “Foreign investors have shown great […]

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Afreximbank

Elumelu commends Afreximbank, urges DFIs to support African businesses

Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu has congratulated Afrexim for the critical support it, provides for African businesses and its significant contribution to the development of cross-border trade and investment in Africa. Speaking at the 24th Annual General Meeting of the organisation in Rwanda, Mr. Elumelu highlighted the role […]

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Transcorp Hotels Plc

Transcorp Hotels completes renovation of Transcorp Hilton Abuja Executive Floors

Transcorp Hotels Plc has announced the reopening of the Executive Floors and Lounge of its flagship Transcorp Hilton Abuja. The reopening marks a milestone in the on-going $100 million renovation project of the historic and award winning 5-star hotel, leading up to its 30th anniversary commemoration this year. The redesign, conceptualized by Swedish interior designer, […]

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Elumelu charges African leaders to ’embrace legacy, do the right thing’

………Africa’s agenda must change to prioritize jobs and power, Elumelu cautions “Embrace legacy, you are not here forever,” Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, urged policymakers as he represented the African private sector at the opening session of the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa […]

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Elumelu commends FG’s Economic Recovery Plan at AGM

Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has strongly commended the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for their efforts in stimulating the Nigerian economy, and bringing to bear a coordinated policy response that will positively jumpstart the Nigerian economy. According to Mr Elumelu, recent actions by the […]

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