The head honcho at foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank plc, Segun Agbaje, was the cynosure of all eyes at the 2015 edition of the All Africa Business Leaders Awards, AABLA, which took place at the Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa. Agbaje, whose leadership qualities have repositioned GTBank as one the key players…
Leading financial services institution in digital banking offerings in Nigeria, and across Africa, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is changing the payments landscape in Nigeria with the introduction of contactless payment cards. The contactless payment cards offer UBA customers an easier and more convenient hassle-free way to pay for goods and services. It is…
A former Minister of Education, Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu is dead. The deceased was said to have breathed his last in Israel on Tuesday. News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Aja-Nwachukwu died in an Israeli hospital from an undisclosed ailment. He was said to have been receiving treatment at the hospital for about four weeks.…
Former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki has reacted to allegations that he robbed Nigeria through the purchase of arms for the military to fight terrorism while in office. Dasuki, in a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, maintained that he never did foul play in the procurement of military equipment during his…
A twin bomb explosion in Kano State on Wednesday evening left tears in the eyes of many residents of the ancient city. Attacks by suicide bombers at a popular GSM market in Kano on Wednesday left no fewer than 12 persons dead. The bombers were said to have detonated Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, which almost…
Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah, has commended the ban on street protests by Governor Nyesom Wike. Obuah described the move as timely and necessary because some groups wanted to hide under the guise of freedom of expression and speech to cause commotions in the state. According…
Immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has expressed her disappointment over allegations of money laundering she is being accused of by most Nigerians. Dieani said she is specifically pained that her very “good friend” and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido, alleged that $20billion developed wings under her watch…
In Nigeria, most governors, after serving their tenures, which are mostly two terms of four years each, retire to the Senate. But the incumbent governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he will not toe that path like his ‘senior’ colleagues. Fayose, addressing newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said he has no…
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, celebrated man of God, Bishop (Dr) Chris Kwakpovwe, will be a year older. To make the day special, the cleric, who doubles as the publisher of the popular daily devotional booklet, Our Daily Manna, has lined up activities. Bishop Kwakpovwe, also the General Overseer of Manna Prayer Mountain, born in…
Nigerians have been assured by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the former state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, will deliver as the Minister of Transport. The party, in a statement issued by the media aide to the state chairman of the APC, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said the former…