Lagos, 11 December 2019, Taidob College Abeokuta, winners of the 2019 National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) organized by Junior Achievement Nigeria and sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Friday 6 December 2019, represented Nigeria in Ghana at the 2019 African Company of the Year competition. Taidob …
Read More »Presidency to PUNCH: No big deal calling Buhari Major-General, he worked hard for it
The Presidency has brushed aside the decision of Punch newspapers to henceforth refer to President Muhammadu Buhari, with his military rank of Major-General. According to President Buhari’s media adviser, Femi Adesina, there is no big deal about the decision and rather, it further reinforces the existence of freedom of speech …
Read More »Lagosians to start obtaining licence to drill borehole from 2020
Lagos State Government has it would begin to issue licences and permits before any borehole is drilled for water in any part of the state starting from first quarter of 2020. Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission, Mrs Funke Femi Adepoju, while addressing stakeholders at a meeting, …
Read More »Breaking: Popular Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke is dead
Reinhard Bonke German Pentecostal Evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke is dead. He died on Saturday at the age of 79. He was born on April 19, 1940. His wife, Anni Bonnke, announced the passing away on his Official Facebook Page a few minutes ago. She said; “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, …
Read More »WINNERS OF 2019 FIRSTBANK SPONSORED NATIONAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION CONTEST IN THE AFRICA COMPANY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
Lagos, 6 December 2019, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that Taidob College Abeokuta, the 2019 winners of the National Company of the Year competition organized by Junior Achievement Nigeria would compete against student teams from 10 other Junior Achievement member countries across Africa. The student team contestants comprise representative from …
Read More »Breaking: DSS releases Sowore from its custody
Sowore The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services. Sowore was released alongside his cause mate, Olawale Bakare, both of who were arrested for planning #RevolutionNow. Sowore was released hours after the lawyer of the DSS, Hassan Liman (SAN), …
Read More »UBA on a winning streak; Gets double recognition as best CSR Company in support of Education
…Bola Atta wins Best Corporate Affairs Professional for 2019 Pan-African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa Plc once again got double recognition over the weekend as it emerged the best institution in support of Education(CSR) 2019 as the Chief Executive Officer, UBA Foundation & Group Head, Corporate Communications, Bola Atta, …
Read More »UBA’s REDTV shuts down Lagos as over 25,000 Youths Attend Its Annual Rave
REDTV, the online lifestyle network powered by the United Bank for Africa Group, held its annual Rave on Saturday, November 30 to officially kick-off the ‘Dirty December’ season. Over 25,000 guests attended this year’s event which was held in Lagos and true to its theme, ‘The shutdown’, the rave was the …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Excites School with One Year Teachers’ Salary
A popular African saying states that the reward of teachers is in heaven. Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has however chosen to reward teachers for their role in imparting knowledge on children. The staff of the Transactional Products & Services unit of the bank …
Read More »UPDATED: Orji Kalu bags 12 years imprisonment, company to wind up over N7.1bn fraud
Kalu The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who was charged with N7.1bn fraud. The court found him and his co-defendants guilty of the entire 39 counts filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Mohammed Idris …
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