***Honours Retired Directors Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc at the weekend honoured four retiring directors while restating its commitment to ensuring strong corporate governance across the group. The four directors, who had collectively served the bank for over 40 years, were celebrated for their remarkable contributions to the group, over…
These are very bad times for customers of the Emeka Emuwa led Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) as the bank appears to have lost its security edge over their competitors. Though, Union Bank prides itself as one of the big, strong and reliable financial institutions in Nigeria, depositors have continued to wonder how safe their…
Former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), will in January 2019 address the United Kingdom Parliament over the incessant killings in North-central part of Nigeria, especially between herdsmen and farmers. Danjuma was earlier scheduled to speak to select leaders of the British House of Lords on September 5, 2018 at the instance of two…
The UBA Foundation is now accepting entries for this year’s edition of the National Essay Competition. The first prize for the competition is a N2 million educational grant for the winner to study in any African university of his or her choice, a 100% increase from N1 million which was awarded last year, while the…
From Thursday, October 25 to Wednesday October 31, 2018, lovers of beer will converge in Lagos for the second edition of the Nigeria Beer Festival, which organisers promised to be filled with maximum entertainment. The event is hosted by the Lagos State government and speaking on the festival, the Permanent Secretary in the State’s Ministry…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, was on Monday morning arraigned before Justice C.M.A Olatoregun-ishola of the Federal High Court in Lagos. Fayose was brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an 11-count charge bordering on abuse of office. He was accused of collecting a huge sum of…
Jumia’s hotel and flight marketplace (Jumia Travel) recently organised a capacity training and intensive workshop for Lagos-based hotels selling flight tickets and hotel rooms on its platform, as part of the continuous efforts towards equipping the service providers with cutting-edge industry practice obtainable in developed countries. The supervising director of the company, Omolara Adagunodo, exposed…
These are surely the best of times for customers of Airtel Nigeria as the company has unveiled a new offer that will gift them 250MB data weekly if they recharge their lines. Under the new Recharge Plus offer, customers are encouraged to dial *479# to view their weekly recharge status and as soon as a…
Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service provider, Heritage Bank Plc, yet again has been adjudged the “Most Supportive Bank of the Year,” barely two weeks it grossed home three awards for its outstanding performance. The current award was conferred on Heritage Bank at the fourth edition of Green October Event 2018, an event organized by Alamode…
The Black Friday shopping season isn’t just a time for shopping for tangible products, such as electronics, gadgets, household items, groceries, or health and fitness. Providers of intangible products such as hotels and airlines also leverage the Black Friday frenzy to attract traffic. Often times, they do this through a marketplace that channels a constant…