A filmmaker is shooting a movie centred around sickle cell disease and it is part of efforts at creating awareness for the disease in the country. The flick, titled STRAIN, is a family drama feature film about a family that suddenly discovers that their young son has the sickle cell disease. Oluwatoyin Adewumi, the Co-writer,…
The Coronavirus is a pandemic that has ravaged a lot of countries, claiming thousands of lives and threatening the earth with the reality that indeed, ‘The end has come’. But in a move to curb this menace, several organizations both public and private are rising up against the scourge whose targets are to erase the…
A foundation known as The Give Hope to the Slum Child Programme has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting individuals who are in need, in response to the COVID-19 epidemic by identifying, assessing, developing, and scaling-up essential amenities people might need during the social distancing/self-isolation period. As the two weeks nationwide shutdown comes into effect, the…
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) on Thursday announced a donation of over N5 billion ($14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries, by supplying relief…
The Olare-Aja of Koko, Chief Stephen Ejueyetsetsi Aganbi, will be remembered as a modern and progressive community leader, a committed citizen and one of the most effective leaders in the history of Nigeria’s Second Republic. Aganbi died Tuesday night at the ripe age of 99 years. The death of the international lawyer, renowned politician, Itsekiri…
Shareholders of Guaranty Trust Bank plc will attend the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank by proxy, the management has said. This was disclosed in a statement issued on March 24, 2020 and addressed to shareholders, which is reproduced below. Kindly be informed that Guaranty Trust Bank plc had published the Notice of…
The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected virtually every facet of human endeavour in every part of our planet. Sporting events are being postponed or outrightly canceled, schools are being shut down, social gatherings outlawed, stock markets are crashing, Civil Service winding up gradually, countries are virtually shutting down by halting public, economic activities, some…
Pan African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa during the weekend held a Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) capacity training in Onitsha where about 400 small and medium scale business entrepreneurs in Onitsha, Anambra State, benefitted immensely from the impactful training. The beneficiaries were trained in record keeping, cost reduction, stock compiling, financial and…
Nigerian businesses need to prepare and brace themselves for a highly challenging period ahead as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts day-to-day life and commerce. This follows the Federal and State Governments’ recent announcements of a set of bold measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria, including travel bans, school closures and limits to…
One issue that is causing the world to panic is the coronavirus disease and this is because of the rate the virus spreads, causing many countries to shut down their economies. However, it is important to know that the world was informed of this pandemic about six years ago when God told His son, Prophet…