***As Jolaosho Oluwatoroti Otokini Wins It was an all-female top three affair, as 14-year-old Jolaosho Oluwatoroti Otokini of Louisville Girls High School, Ogun State, emerged the overall winner of the 2019 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning the grand prize of an educational grant of N2,000,000.00 to study in any African university…
It was all celebration, warmth and honour for the Chairman, Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema as he visited his alma mater – the premier University of Ibadan for the Alumnus Homecoming on Friday, December 6. He was honoured as the ‘Most Distinguished Alumnus of the Year’ at the Second Stanza of the 2019 Alumni Lecture…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region of the country, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described a reported physical attack on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as an act of ingratitude by enemies of Nigeria against one of the shining lights of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Eze quoted the…
Mr Bigg’s, the Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) being run by UACN Restaurants Limited has won the “Restaurant of the Year” award in Kaduna, Kaduna State. The award given by Change Nigeria News (CNN-Nigeria) was based on what the panel of judges noted as Mr Bigg’s top notch service consistency. “Mr Bigg’s is one of the…
Pastor Benjamin Akinsanya of the Life House Ministry, Ojo, Lagos, has been arrested with two others, for allegedly sponsoring a six-man suspected assassins in an attempt to kill a female pastor, Janet Ogunsola over alleged spiritual popularity tussle. Other suspects charged with the pastor are Darlington Orji, 25, and Liberty Elvis, 29. Police said that…
A judge of a Federal High Court in Lagos, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, has ordered the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors who are later serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly. Justice Oguntoyinbo also asked the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN to…
In the federal government bid to accomplish her Next Level Agenda, a promise made to the electorates and Nigerians alike, diverse stakeholders from different walks of life who converged on Abuja recently have called for the appointment of trustworthy, down-to-earth and persons with requisite merit to man government Revenue Generating Agencies (RGAs). The above counsel…
The development of Ikike Oil Field in the oil mining lease (OML) 99 achieved a milestone on Thursday as Energy Works Technology (EWT) executed the first steel cut for the delivery of four major pressure vessels for the asset. The first steel cut ceremony held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, marked the commencement of engineering,…
University of Benin Alumni Association, Lagos Chapter has honoured the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of United Bank for Africa(UBA), Mr. Kennedy Uzoka. The honour, which was conferred at an impressive Dinner held at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos at the weekend, was in appreciation of Uzoka’s ‘hardwork, diligence and continuous commitment to the values of excellence’…
***Subsidiaries win Best Bank in Benin, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Congo, Sierra Leone at The Bankers Awards The Banker Magazine has once again selected leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as the “African Bank of the Year 2019”. This is the second time, UBA has clinched the prestigious award, having been…