Month: November 2016

How Umahi Turned Ebonyi Into A Huge Construction Site: An Insider’s Account

By Eze Monica. C. Ada Introduction “Well, I cannot in all honesty understand how these works have been achieved within this short time and, indeed, in the climate of dire economic shortages of government. I am impressed that you were able to do these works within the cost you mentioned. I can, in all honesty,…

UBA Mentors Students in Oyo To Commemorate World Savings Day

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is promoting financial literacy among young school children in Nigeria.  To this end the bank’s Executive Director, Lagos and West, Mr. Ayoku Liadi was at the Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo to mentor and teach the students on the benefits of inculcating financial discipline. “The Future belongs to…

Tony Elumelu: L’Afrique n’a pas besoin de charité mais d’investissements

Chairman of UBA Plc, Tony Elumelu, was in France recently, where he spoke on some sundry issues. Elumelu granted an interview to Le Monde Afrique and spoke on his Africapitalism ideology as it concerns Africa’s desired leap to new heights. Watch here, http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/video/2016/11/01/tony-elumelu-l-afrique-n-a-pas-besoin-de-charite-mais-d-investissements_5023562_3212.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=Autofeed#link_time=1477992674

Indomie Excites Children With Neighborhood Carnival

In continuation of its quest to celebrate its consumers like no other, popular household brand, Indomie noodles have commenced a special fiesta tagged “Neighborhood Carnival”. The carnival which is targeted at its consumers is a potpourri of various entertainment activities including dancing competition, football games, quiz, bouncing castle, among others. Aside children, adults were not…

Blackmail: How Otedola Plotted Naijagistlive Publisher’s Arrest

***Allegedly Swindles Access Bank’s Herbert Wigwe, Others When the internet came into existence, many young entrepreneurs took advantage of the social media platforms to make a living for themselves. Some unscrupulous ones, however, explored all the illegitimate avenues to defraud people. One of such young men allegedly using the social media against its primary purpose…

Movie Star, Princess Onanuga, Paints Manchester Red For Daughter’s 10th Birthday

UK-Based Nollywood actress and producer, Princess Elizabeth Onanuga, is currently in a good mood as her daughter, Teniola clocks 10 on Saturday, October 29, 2016. As it is the joy of every mother to see her child/children grow older, the joyous mother planned a bowing party to celebrate her pretty daughter with her friends in…

Heritage Bank Reels Out Global Aspiration To Stakeholders

Heritage Bank Plc indeed lived up to its slogan of being the ‘Timeless Wealth Partner’ to its investors and customers when recently it took them through a journey of all the transformation activities that have made the bank what it is since inception till date, ‘a single bigger and better financial institution’. And so, within…

Lagos Ideal Destination For Investors From Germany—Obasa

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has stated that Lagos State remains the best destination for foreign investors, particularly those from Germany, with its improving infrastructure and secured environment. Obasa spoke in his office in Alausa on Monday, October 31, 2016 when a delegation of German Parliamentarians visited him. The…

Pictures From Movie Stars, Police Novelty Match

Members of the Golden Movie Ambassadors of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, and The Nigerian Police Force recently played a novelty match to celebrate the unity and peace between the movie ambassadors and the police. According to TGMAN President, Saidi Balogun, the match featured prominent movie stars like Aisha Abimbola, Kunle Afod, himself and others. They…