Month: November 2020

ICPC Uncovers Hidden $919,000; Secures Interim Forfeiture

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has obtained an interim forfeiture order on the sum of $919,202.07 (approximately N450 million) fraudulently hidden in a bank account. The commission acted on a petition instituted against some officials of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt for alleged corrupt practices. Investigators in the…

Real Estate Brands Africa Awards holds December 3rd

The Most Innovative Real Estate Brands Africa Awards 2020 is a Celebration of Innovation, Leadership and Growth of the Real Estate and Property Industry. The Award will honour Real Estate Game Changers, Companies, Products and Personalities that have made contribution to the development of the sector. The Award Ceremony is on 3rd of December, 2020…

UBA Gets Double Honours At BAFI Awards

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, carted two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay’s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI) winning the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the glamorous event held over the weekend. The bank beat other strong contenders – Zenith Bank, Guaranty…

Carleton’s Sprott School of Business Launches Educational Partnership with Atlantic Hall School in Nigeria

Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business and Atlantic Hall School have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance entrepreneurship and experiential learning opportunities for secondary school students in Nigeria. “We are delighted to enter this educational partnership with Atlantic Hall School,” said Dana Brown, Dean of the Sprott School of Business. “We look forward…

Bank Manager Bags Five Years for N27m Theft

Justice Adie A. Onyebueke of the Cross River State High Court, Akamkpa, has sentenced one Augustine Effiong Bassey  to five years imprisonment for stealing N27 million, belonging to a microfinance bank, where he was a branch manager. He was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on a…

Nollywood Celebrity, Tayo Sobola, Unveils Hicolumn Groundbreaking E-commerce Tech in Grand Style

Top Nollywood celebrity, Tayo Sobola, popularly called Sotayo Gaga, has unveiled the biggest e-commerce platform in the country – Hicolumn, with matchless qualities that connects consumers to choice stores, anytime, anywhere, thus bringing their usual places of shopping close to their neighbourhood. The unveiling of the groundbreaking e-commerce platform took place at the Radisson Blu…

Osinbajo To Huawei & Co: Training Is Good, But I Want Tech Jobs For Young Nigerians

The idea of a partnership between the Federal Government and technology companies to develop an eco-system of competent Nigerians working in the service sector and even outsourcing their expertise abroad is a welcome development and a step in the right direction in job creation. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, stated this during a virtual courtesy…

Ned Nwoko Becomes NAOSRE Grand Patron

Prince Chinedu Munir Nwoko, mostly known in the business, entertainment and political circles as Ned Nwoko, has become Grand Patron to the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, , an association made up of the finest hands in Nigeria’s security reportage. Ned Nwoko is one of Nigeria’s outstanding investors in hospitality, a business that…