{"id":18951,"date":"2017-11-06T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18951"},"modified":"2017-11-06T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:25:43","slug":"unity-bank-lifts-2017-cbn-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/unity-bank-lifts-2017-cbn-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Bank Lifts 2017 CBN Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unity Bank Plc has lifted\u00a0 the trophy of the 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0edition of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sponsored Financial Institutions Football League after beating Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)\u00a0 1-0 at Lafia Stadium,\u00a0 Nasarawa state. For emerging tops at the competition, Unity Bank got N2 million prize and a trophy as its reward for outperforming 12 other teams that participated in this year\u2019s tourney.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications of Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Matthew Obiazikwor, commended the CBN and the Nigeria Football Federation for a seamless collaboration which resulted in high quality soccer artistry witnessed in the 2017 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled for clinching the highly coveted gold medal which indicates our leadership\u00a0 in the sport while also attesting to the resilience and fitness of our workforce; attributes that any organization should be proud of\u201d, he stated.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He also praised the excellent team spirit and discipline of the players that led to this successful outing and expressed optimism that the team would sustain its winning streak in the next year\u2019s competition as the defending champion. It will be recalled that Unity Bank was drawn into Group A comprising two other teams from where it progressed to the final and eventual victory.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong><em>Photo Caption: Unity Bank Logo<\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unity Bank Plc has lifted\u00a0 the trophy of the 31st\u00a0edition of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sponsored Financial Institutions Football League after beating Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)\u00a0 1-0 at Lafia Stadium,\u00a0 Nasarawa state. 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