***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…
There are two types of people when it comes to efficiency in government services, those who talks and talk before doing things and those who do things then talk to sensitize the people about it, the current Postmaster General of Nigeria (PGN), Hon. Bisi Adegbuyi, falls into the second category, as he has been allowing…
New gift to the movie industry Prisca Umoru has come to shine as one of the up and coming fast rising actresses in the African biggest entertainment industry called Nollywood in 2017. The pretty and petite talented actress is so passionate about the movie industry and her undying love for acting has been her propelling…
***To Compete With Rice Consumption In a major strategic move to grow its market equity in Africa, Dangote Flour has unveiled new improved pasta products called ‘Ecccellente’. The re-vamped Pasta, is expected to reduce the dependency on rice consumption by Nigerians. Speaking at the Grand Customer Launch Event in Kano on Tuesday, Executive Director, Sales…
Comedian of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gbenga Adeyinka 1st has commenced his proposed South West tour with his rising comedy and music brand, Laffmattazz with Gbenga Adeyinka 1st and Friends. The tour train has already left memorable moments in the minds of residents of Ibadan who trooped out enmasse to witness the first leg…
Several stars in the Nigerian showbiz industry like Mercy Aigbe, Yaw, Do2dtun, Nedu (Sister Nkechi), Woli Arole and others have joined the growing number of people who are positively commenting on the recently introduced Simple Site Builder product (www.simplybuildit.ng) by Web Solutions company; WhoGoHost. The celebrities in a series of posts on social media (Twitter…
It was a show of class and elegance on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the serene township of Ise Ekiti in Ekiti State where the son of the soil Debodun Adebomi hosted a high octane five years remembrance celebration for her late mother Madam Eunice Adebomi. The party that had so many important dignitaries in…
As part of its regular business portfolio review, Dangote Flour Mills (DFM), has exited its noodles business as it does not consider it strategic. The company has sold the assets of Dangote Noodles to Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie noodles. To smoothen the transition, DFM has offered Dufil the use of some of its…
For its 2017 edition, organizers of Islamic Music and Associated Nominees (IMAN) Awards, Synergy Media, have announced 9 additional categories, bringing it to 40 competitive categories in all. The first edition held in 2016 only had 31 categories. According to Synergy Media, the new categories came as a result of yearnings of some segments of…
It was really a day of honour for one of the young property merchants on Lagos Island, Wasiu Elemoro, when he held a 3-in-1 party on April 24, 2017. On that day, the young philanthropist held his house warming ceremony, birthday party and coronation of his chieftaincy title as the ‘Oluomo of Ibeju’. At the…