Announces Six other Executive Appointments Samuel Oni Retires from the Group Board Lagos/// January 30, 2023 The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, today announces the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBA Africa. Bawuah will also join the Group Board as an Executive Director, overseeing the Group’s operations across the African continent, outside Nigeria. UBA …
Read More »Supreme Court orders Honeywell to pay Ecobank N5.5bn debt
Ecobank and Honeywell The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Honeywell and its sister firms, Anchorage Leisures Ltd and Siloam Global Ltd, to pay Ecobank N5.5bn as debt owed the bank. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Honeywell Flour Mills Limited challenging the judgement of the Court of Appeal in …
Read More »Nkechi Onwukwe, director at Humanitarian Affairs Ministry is dead
Nkechi Onwukwe Mrs Nkechi Onwukwe, the only female director at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has died. The Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq expressed shock at her sudden demise when she paid a condolence visit to the family in Kado, Abuja at the weekend. Farouq who …
Read More »Naira Notes: Reps reject 10 days extension, insist CBN must obey the law
Alhassan Doguwa The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee looking into the recall of old Naira notes has rejected the 10-day extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN had on Sunday announced the extension of the deadline till 10 February from the …
Read More »Condemnation Trails Woman Charging N1k For PVC Collection In S’East
Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) A woman in a viral video trying to extort money from unsuspecting public before giving them their permanent voters’ cards has come under attack. The trending video posted @ChidiOdinkalu shows where the woman, suspected to be an agent of a staff member of the Independent National …
Read More »My team working on ‘West Africa gas that will sell in Europe’ – Tinubu
Bola Tinubu Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says his team is working on a West Africa gas that will sell in Europe if elected president. The former Lagos State governor said this when he took his campaign to Benin City, Edo State, where he held …
Read More »Dangote emerges as Vanguard’s personality of the year
Management of Vanguard Newspapers over the weekend bestowed the honour of “Personality of the Year” on the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. The Newspaper rolled out red carpet in celebration of men and women who have distinguished themselves as achievers of excellence in their various fields of …
Read More »Again, INEC extends PVC collection deadline
PVCs The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced a further extension of the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards PVCs by one week. Accordingly, the new deadline is February 5. INEC earlier extended the deadline for the collection of PVCs but a National Commissioner with the electoral …
Read More »Erhumu Bayagbon resigns as Airtel’s media relations manager
Erhumu Bayagbon Erhumu Bayagbon, the media relations manager of Airtel Nigeria, has announced his exit from the company. The exit comes 18 years after he joined the telecommunications company. During his time at the telco, Bayagbon maintained an upward career trajectory. He spent 15 years in the communications department, after …
Read More »Aregbesola Begs NIMC, NCC To Help Track Escapees Of Kuje, Other Prisons
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has pleaded with the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to assist in the identification and recapturing of the fleeing inmates from the Kuje Correctional Service. Aregbesola made this plea while reacting to questions from State House correspondents on …
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