Unity Bank Plc has not enjoyed a smooth ride in the banking industry for a while. The financial institution has been riddled with several controversies with the most recent being a mass sack of its staffs. Asides this, its banking business has been alleged to be taking a deep for sometimes now. However, Dubai-based investment…
Day: October 12, 2016
Prophet Iginla Gives Acid Victim N10m For Surgery in India
Abuja-based prophet, Bro Joshua Iginla, has brought succour to a dying 26 year old Muslim lady whose name is Jamila Yusuf. The popular clergy, who simply loves to be addressed as Bro Iginla, gave the acid victim a sum of N5m cash as part payment for her treatment in India. We reliably gathered that the…
UBA Grows Profit To N62 Billion In Nine Months
Leveraging its expansive footprint, pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa Plc (“UBA” or “the Bank”), announced its unaudited Third Quarter Financial Results, showing a 7% year-on-year growth in profit before tax to N62 billion despite the challenging macro-economic environment. This represents an impressive 18.2% annualized return on average equity. The Bank recorded an appreciable…
Five Finalists Emerge In Philips’ Battle Of Barbers
Five regional winners in the on-going maiden edition of a nationwide competition sponsored by Phillips Nigeria for barbers of various categories are set to slug it out for the ultimate prize in the finals of the competition scheduled for Protea Hotel, Ikeja Lagos this Thursday. Tagged Battle of Barbers, the competition aims at promoting innovation,…
How To Be Culturally Sensitive When You Travel Around Nigeria
There is no argument that Africans and Nigerians are culturally sensitive. Despite the fact that there is a sharp decline in values, we have not completely forgotten our traditional route. Hence, anyone who attempts to treat it with contempt or disdain will considerably have themselves to blame. For regular travellers, if you are visiting a…
Jumia Travel Launches New Web Extranet For Hotel Managers
Jumia Travel, Africa’s leading online hotel-booking company, has officially launched the web version of the Extranet App, an application that aims to give more flexibility and independence to hotel managers. Jumia Travel is seeking to further empower its hotel partners across all markets with top-notch technology by unveiling the Web Extranet, a web version of…
5 Ways To Prevent Your Smartphone From Catching Fire
The production of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been halted due to reported cases of the smartphone catching fire or exploding. This may be because of some manufacturing defect and at the same time, it may be due to some of the things we do. This is because there are so many components in…
European Investment Bank, UBA Agree Record €60m New Private Sector Investment Programme
The European Investment Bank and United Bank for Africa (UBA) have agreed a new €60 million lending programme to support private sector investment across Nigeria. This represents the EIB’s largest ever loan to UBA and will allow UBA to provide longer term loans than currently available to private companies in Nigeria. The new private sector…
Kilo One Begins Radio/Club Tour With VogueClub Friday
Sensational music act, Lawrence Uwaifo, fondly called Kilo One, is ready to kick-off his radios/clubs tour this Friday at the prestigious Lagos Traffic Radio and Vogue Club, located on highbrow area of Ikeja; Opebi – Lagos. The Radio/Club tour is set to promote his newly released single titled ‘Our Love’ which has been enjoying much…