Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has once again added to its growing list of laurels by emerging best institution in two esteemed categories at the prestigious Interswitch Awards and Gala. UBA , beat other nominees in its category, taking away the prize for the Fastest …

Lagos, Nigeria; 26/09/2017; UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the call for entries for the 2017 edition of its annual UBA Foundation National Essay Competition in Nigeria. The essay competition which is put together for senior secondary school students …

Chidi Ekwueme Onyemelukwe  APC picks Ikedife as Nwoye’s deputy INEC insists on Nov 18 for election David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka and Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu Daughter of former Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Mrs. Chidi Ekwueme-Onyemelukwe, has emerged as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship …

Popular musician, Tuface Idibia has bared his mind on Dammy Krane who was accused of credit card fraud in the USA… Super star musician, Tuface (Innocent Idibia) “I always knew that Dammy Krane would be freed but you know that he still had to go to court and clear his …

Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Ali The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted 2,671 pump action rifles imported from Turkey through profiling approach. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Retired Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), told journalists in Lagos on Thursday that the seizure was the fourth …

  Thanks to changing lifestyles and the ubiquity of mobile phones, the number of people across Nigeria using mobile banking is rising exponentially. This is creating the opportunity to turn my vision of a cardless Nigeria into a reality.   By 2020 there will be 200 million smartphone connections in …

In line with its goal to provide quality service to its customers, Keystone Bank Limited has introduced a new SMART number, for customer support. Launched earlier this month, the smart number – 0700 2000 3000 Contact Centre eliminates the need for customers to remember multiple numbers while removing the uncertainty …

Mr. President, Fellow Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my country, Nigeria, I congratulate you Mr. President on your election and Mr. Gutteres on his first General Assembly outing as our Secretary-General. I assure you both of my country’s solidarity and …

The former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Yusuf Bomoi (retd), is dead. NYSC said in a statement that Bomoi died on Monday after a brief illness. He was buried same day in Abuja. The statement said: “Brigadier General Bomoi was the 13th Director-General who served …

ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, has officially suspended its one month, six days strike. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement in Abuja, late Monday, night shortly after a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. Ogunyemi said universities …