Month: November 2018

First Bank Fingered In Late Samuel Aideyan’s Family Crisis

Some family members of the late Edo State-born billionaire, Samuel Aideyan, are not happy with First Bank Nigeria Limited. According to the aggrieved family members, the financial institution could have prevented the crisis presently rocking the family if the bank had earlier taken some steps, especially by raising red flags when some huge amount of…

12 Finalists Selected in UBA Foundation National Essay Competition 2018 Amidst Increase in Entries

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the twelve finalists for the 2018 edition of its annual National Essay Competition. The 12 finalists will sit for the second round of the competition, where three winners will emerge after undergoing supervised essay writing on a different…

Ohanaeze Warns Nnamdi Kanu Over 2019 Polls Boycott

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja last Wednesday cautioned the Director of Radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for asking Igbos to boycott the 2019 Presidential elections. This was part of the resolutions of the Imeobi meeting of the Council of Elders held in Abuja last Wednesday.  The body opined that the call for boycott of…

Nigerian Activists Seek Boycott Of Israel

Thousands of Nigerian activists on Tuesday called on the international community to boycott Israel due to its illegal occupation of Palestinian land. At a rally held in the Nigerian capital, Lagos,  commemorating 100 years of the Balfour Declaration in which Britain supported the establishment of a Jewish state on Palestinian land, activists called on the…