{
  "id": 7657927,
  "title": "FirstBank, UNILAG champion business ethics, SME support",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/firstbank-unilag-champion-business-ethics-sme-support",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T23:46:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/firstbank-unilag-champion-business-ethics-sme-support/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "FirstBank Nigeria Limited and the University of Lagos have reaffirmed their joint commitment to promoting business ethics and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the country. The partnership was showcased at the FirstBank Samuel Asabia Professorial Chair in Business Ethics Public Lecture held at UNILAG, where industry leaders and scholars gathered to discuss ethical leadership and the role of the informal economy in driving job creation and economic growth. The lecture, titled 'Ethical Paradoxes, Small Businesses, and the Informal Economy: Lessons for Tax Compliance and Accountability,' highlighted that the informal sector contributes approximately 42.5% to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "FirstBank, UNILAG champion business ethics, SME support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/firstbank-unilag-champion-business-ethics-sme-support-7659330",
        "published": "2026-09-15T23:54:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}