To reward consumers and improve the livelihoods of its consumers around Nigeria, Dangote Cement Plc yesterday unveiled plans to produce an astonishing nine millionaires daily in its new Spell and Win “Bag of Goodies 2” Consumer Promo. The promotion, scheduled to run from Wednesday, July 15, to November 15, is expected to produce 1,000 millionaires…
Year: 2020
Rumour Mill, Quackery, Lies and Fake News: The story of Sahara Reporters, By Bilyaminu Kong-kol
The objective of communication is, indisputably to attain a desired result; definitely for it to serve the purpose for which it is designed, intended or planned, positive or negative. Communication has been perhaps the most important aspect of human and social existence even during the primitive age. Therefore, care must be taken to preserve its…
Eze Lauds Okodudu’s Appointment as Acting UNIPORT VC
Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has expressed delight over the appointment of Prof. Stephen Okodudu, a seasoned administrator with proven competence in public service, as Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt. In a statement…
SEPLAT Appoints Onwuka as CFO, ED
The Board of Directors of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has announced the appointment of Mr Emeka Onwuka as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director of the Company. The appointment takes effect from August 1, 2020. Onwuka has over 30 years’ experience in financial services within Sub-Saharan Africa. He has acted as the…
Customers to Enjoy Access to Funds, Flexible Repayment Plans with New UBA Credit Card
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has introduced the new UBA Naira Credit Card to its teeming customers in fulfilment of its promise to ease accessibility to funds and improve the overall standard of living. With the new UBA Naira Credit Card, customers whose salary accounts have been domiciled with the…
TAJBank Launches First Ethical Online Mall in Nigeria
Nigeria’s most innovative Non-Interest Bank, TAJBank, has announced the highly anticipated launch of TAJMall, the nation’s first ethical online shopping mall. The highly anticipated launch of the e-commerce site, which held recently, is coming closely on the heels of the commencement of its Agency Banking Network which began in June across thirteen (13) states in…
UBA Appoints Deputy Managing Directors for Nigeria, Africa
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, is pleased to announce the appointments of Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new positions, reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents further strategic recognition of the…
Schools Reopening: Give Students Monetary Stimulus Or Forgo Tuition Fees
A Political Analyst and Social Commentator, Jumu’ah Abiodun, has appealed to Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Governors of 36 states of the federation to give Nigerian tertiary institutions students financial stimulus or forgo this session school fees. Jumu’ah, in his open letter addressed to President Buhari, copied the Nigeria Governors’ Forum through their Chairman,…
Dangote Denies Endorsing Obaseki For Edo Guber
Group Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Dangote Group, Mr Anthony Chiejina, has refuted an allegation that his boss, businessman and industrialist, Aliko Dangote has endorsed the incumbent Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki for a second term in office. Reacting to a report in an online medium that Dangote told newsmen in Abuja…
Pantami Is Too Focused To Be Distracted, By Kelvin Adegbenga
My attention was called to a publication by the controversial online media; Sahara Reporters on the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami titled “Buhari’s Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami Living Large in Abuja, Purchases Three Houses in Wuse for his Three Wives”. When I was searching for the news,…