United Bank for Africa Plc, the pan African financial institution with a network that spans 20 African countries, the United Kingdom, the USA and with presence in Paris, has announced impressive performance in its unaudited 2019 Third Quarter Financial Results, with significant growth in Gross Earnings, which rose to N428.22 billion, representing a 14.2 percent…
Month: October 2019
CHI MD, NSN Chairman Advocate Daily Fruit Juice Intake
Managing Director of CHI Limited Nigeria Roy Deepanjan, and Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), Dr. Oluwatosin Adu, have called on Nigerians to embrace daily intake of fruit juice as a way of boosting their physical wellbeing. The duo made this call at the 2019 Chivita World Juice Day Conference…
At 60, Mouka Restates Commitment To Quality Brands, Market Share Leadership
Mouka, the nation’s leading mattress and other bedding products manufacturer signalled off activities marking its 60th anniversary in Nigeria on Monday, restating its commitment to quality products in order to maintain its market share leadership. Mr Raymond Murphy. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the company explained to journalists in Lagos that “the last 60…
Ambrose Alli Varsity Honours Gambian President, Ecobank Chair, Others
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, at the weekend awarded the President of The Gambia, His Excellency, Adama Barrow and Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Emmanuel Ikazoboh, with honorary Doctorate Degree of Business Administration on the occasion of its 22nd convocation ceremony. At a colourful ceremony witnessed by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote,…
Nigeria/Russia Relations: The Missing Link, By Hussaini Monguno
On November 15, 1884, 14 mainly European countries gathered in Berlin for a meeting which lasted to February 26, 1885. The aim of that conference was to split the continent of Africa and share it to the Europeans who were scrambling over it. The countries represented were; Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,…
Rotimi Salami Wins City People Best Supporting Actor Award
One of the shinning stars in the Nigerian film industry fondly called Nollywood, Rotimi Salami, has been announced as winner of the Best Supporting Actor of the year award. Rotimi was bestowed with this honour at the just-concluded City People Awards ceremony held in Lagos, which had several stars in the industry in attendance. This…
Chris Okafor Delivers Woman From Grip Of Witches
A woman has been set free from the snare of witches after being in their coven for nearly five years, where she was afflicted with pains because of the hatred her mother-in-law had for her. At a power-packed programme on Sunday, October 20, 2019, the Lord used the man of God of repute, Dr Chris…
Entrepreneurship Journey Entails Hard work, Discipline, Sacrifice–Elumelu Tells Cape Verdean Entrepreneurs
Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. He addressed over young Cape Verdean entrepreneurs in a…
Publiseer Selected For AYADA Lab Program
he digital distribution platform, Publiseer, has been selected to take part in the AYADA Lab program, which effectively started on October 11, 2019, and ends on April 2020. This came after its participation in the local workshops organized by AYADA Lab. On November 7 to 9, all 25 selected startups, the AYADA Lab partners and…
UBA Honours Kola Jamodu after 12 Years of Service; Assures of Solid Governance Processes
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured investors and shareholders of her continuous adherence to solid corporate governance processes as the bank honoured its ex-director, Chief Kola Jamodu. In a glitzy cocktail event and dinner in his honour at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Thursday, Jamodu was celebrated for…