Month: April 2017

Obabori Wins Courier Personality Award

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Red Star Express Plc, Sola Obabori, has been named the Courier Personality of the year at the 9th edition of the ‘Beacon of Information and Communication Technology’ award organized by foremost ICT Weekly news publication, CommunicationWeek. According to organizers, the award is “merit-centric and designed to reward…

On Corruption Fight: Why President Buhari Should Sustain Maina’s Pension Fund Recovery Efforts, By Felicia Okoh

In Nigeria at the moment, there’s a word, or more appropriately buzzword that resonates everywhere: It is a word that even children in nursery school may be familiar with given every usual reference to it at the slightest opportunity. Indeed, there is hardly any news item from Nigeria these days that does not make mention…

UBA Group Starts Strong In 2017, Grows Profits By 41% In First Quarter

***Its African subsidiaries wax stronger, contributing 35% of earnings The Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has released its unaudited first quarter results, showing significant growth across major income lines. Following a sterling performance in 2016 financial year, UBA Group delivered another impressive 41% percent year-on-year growth in profit-before-tax in the first…