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Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa Plc, has once again made an addition to its growing list of enviable laurels as it was named Africa’s best bank  in the Digital category at the prestigious Euromoney awards in London.   This further lends credence to UBA’s dominance in the digital …

Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, have partnered with Dangote Cement PLC, Africa’s largest cement producer, to announce the issuance of the N50 billion Series 1 and 2 Notes, the largest ever Commercial Paper (CP) issuance by a Nigerian company, under the recently …

OshiomholeWARRI-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole has been urged to intervene in the crisis rocking the party in Delta state. Former acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and chieftain of the party in the state, Pastor Power Aginighan made the appeal in Warri, …

Joint sitting of the National Assembly The 8th National Assembly since its inauguration on June 9, 2015 has only received 12 Bills from the Executive arm of government. Findings carried out by Thisday at the National Assembly reveal that the Bills apart from the statutory budget-related ones were sent to …

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has attributed the current power outage on its network to what it called system collapse of the National Grid. The General Manager, Corporate Communications of the company, Mr Godwin Idemudia, said on Monday that the outage which occurred about 2.27 p.m. Sunday affected Ajah, …

Senate President, Bukola Saraki Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the presidency wasted three years fighting him through the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), instead of concentrating on the development of the country. Saraki is expected to deliver a speech on Nigeria and United  States relations, and opportunities  at the US parliament this …

  LAGOS, NIGERIA, 5 July 2018 – French President Emmanuel Macron offered a bold and new vision of France’s relationship with Africa, speaking to Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs in Lagos today. He passionately advocated a new partnership, prioritizing the role of entrepreneurship in driving Africa’s renaissance, highlighting the importance of the private sector and …

  …Signs 500 million Naira Investment Agreement with Katsina State to revive Songhai Project The Group President/CE, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Thursday, July 5, 2018, signed an agreement with Katsina State Governor for reviving and upgrading the moribund Songhai project in Dutsinma town, under a 10-year lease agreement. The …

The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening spoke with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Erdogan, via telephone, and congratulated him over his re-election. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media …

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has praised the leadership of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency for the construction and handing over of the Model Primary Health Care Centres. He said they were of high standards and excellence, especially in the …