The ongoing land dispute in Magbon Alade town in Ibeju Lekki Local Government area has been on for some years. However, in recent time, the situation has worsen with attacks, bloodletting and even deaths taking center stage. The cold seaside town which used to be known for its peace and serenity has now turned a…
One of the notable female politicians in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, Honourable Susan Adebayo, has explained why she is aiming a seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly next year. The woman, who is very popular in the area, wants to represent the people of Alimosho constituency 1 in the state…
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, will return to Nigeria this week to attend an event slated for Saturday, October 27, 2018. Mrs Adeosun left Nigeria few weeks ago after resigning from office. The former Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State will be attending the annual conference of Arise Women, a faith-based…
The second phase of a training targeted at Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SME) owners to enhance their businesses using digital marketing strategies has commenced. The training is organised by Diamond Bank in partnership with Facebook. The training exercise, which took place across seven states (Ibadan, Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Port- Harcourt, Aba and Umuahia) with over…
***Honours Retired Directors Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc at the weekend honoured four retiring directors while restating its commitment to ensuring strong corporate governance across the group. The four directors, who had collectively served the bank for over 40 years, were celebrated for their remarkable contributions to the group, over…
These are very bad times for customers of the Emeka Emuwa led Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) as the bank appears to have lost its security edge over their competitors. Though, Union Bank prides itself as one of the big, strong and reliable financial institutions in Nigeria, depositors have continued to wonder how safe their…
Ace talking drummer, Gabriel Johnson aka Gabination has paid tribute to Segalink, Ruggedman, and Dolapo Badmus over their roles in championing the #EndSars campaign. The trio whom he called heroes for their role in ending police brutality in Nigeria, were celebrated during the recently-held Gabination Live & Pop. The event which was also tagged ‘Celebrating…
Former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), will in January 2019 address the United Kingdom Parliament over the incessant killings in North-central part of Nigeria, especially between herdsmen and farmers. Danjuma was earlier scheduled to speak to select leaders of the British House of Lords on September 5, 2018 at the instance of two…
The UBA Foundation is now accepting entries for this year’s edition of the National Essay Competition. The first prize for the competition is a N2 million educational grant for the winner to study in any African university of his or her choice, a 100% increase from N1 million which was awarded last year, while the…
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial results for the period ended September 30, 2018 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The results, when reviewed, showed positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Gross earnings for…