Stanbic IBTC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has again highlighted its resolve to maintain a gender-balanced workforce to ensure it continues to provide quality financial services to clients and Nigerians. The pledge was given at the 2019 Stanbic IBTC Blue Women Network (BWN) fifth anniversary event held in …
Read More »UBA Hinges Future Performance on Cost Efficiency, Improved Asset Quality
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured its local and international investors that it’s prudent focus on improved asset quality as well as the continuous adoption of strict cost efficient measures will help the bank achieve its objectives and priorities for the 2019 financial year …
Read More »‘We are in danger’ Obasanjo raises alarm
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo A former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the level of disunity in the country, stressing that the situation now is worse than what was experienced during the civil war. “When we look at this country today, even during the civil war, we were not as divided …
Read More »PDP To INEC: Declare Rivers, Bauchi Gov’ship Results
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conclude the collation process for Rivers and Bauchi States, saying that the losers can approach the Election Tribunal to seek redress. PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, who made …
Read More »Jimi Agbaje voice out over rumor of him dumping PDP
THE Lagos State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, has said no one will force him to quit the party. He blamed mischief-makers for the insinuations that he had dumped the PDP, adding it was a move to soil his reputation, provoke crisis within the party and dampen …
Read More »Umahi Opposes FG’s Plan to Increase VAT
David-Umahi Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has opposed the proposed plan by federal government to lift Value Added Tax (VAT) from five percent to 35 percent, stressing that it would put the country in difficult situations.This is coming as the Federal Inland Revenue Service ((FIRS), Wednesday refuted reports that its …
Read More »Gbenga Daniel denies abandoning Atiku
The former director-general of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign organisation for the 2019 general elections, Gbenga Daniel, has denied abandoning the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party. “I have not, will not and will never abandon Atiku,” said Daniel on Tuesday. Daniel, who renounced his membership from the People’s …
Read More »Atiku meets southern, M’Belt leaders, says justice’ll be done
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday met behind closed doors with leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum in Abuja. The meeting, which was held at the residence of a former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, also had the leaders …
Read More »Accidents occur on highways are not always due to bad roads as claimed –Fashola
Injuries and avoidable accidents that occur on highways are not always due to bad roads as claimed by road users, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. According to him, road accidents are largely due to speeding and the recklessness of drivers, as no driver speeds …
Read More »I’ll recover my stolen mandate, says Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is confident in getting his “stolen mandate” from the court. He spoke on Wednesday during a courtesy call on the southern and middle belt leaders at the Abuja residence of Edwin Clark, a leader of the group. Atiku, …
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