UBA Foundation sensitises staff, customers on mental health awareness
In line with its commitment towards giving back and impacting lives, UBA Foundation – the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc – has kicked-off a week-long series of...
View ArticleOgun Govt Assures LG Pensioners on Payment of Gratuities
Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Government says it would ensure a comfortable post retirement life for its local government pensioners, irrespective of the challenges they now face....
View ArticleAkwa Ibom woos investors with over $3b worth of investment and largest Free...
The need for diversification and collaboration in the wake of the global pandemic, as a vehicle towards achieving a robust economy, cannot be overemphasized. This was the reverberating sentiment...
View ArticleEcobank Nigeria sensitises customers on e-Naira
COMFORT EKELEME Ecobank Nigeria said it has commenced an intensive sensitization of its customers on the inherent benefits of the e-Naira, which was recently introduced by the Central Bank of...
View ArticleNDE Trains 540 Unemployed Graduates on advanced Business In Imo State
From Victor Duruamaku Owerri National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 540 unemployed Graduates on advanced Business ventures in Imo State According to the...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Labour Ps calls for inclusive implementation of interventions
AKOR SYLVESTER-Abuja The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Yerima Peter Tarfa, has called for increased inclusive implementation of Federal Government’s COVID-19...
View ArticleMarwa charges military officers to engage in book writing
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd) has charged military officers to venture into book writing to expand the frontiers of...
View ArticleNnamdi Okonkwo debunks report of EFCC’s arrest over NDDC fraud
COMFORT EKELEME Nnamdi Okonkwo, the immediate-past chief executive officer of Fidelity Bank Plc and newly appointed group managing director of First Bank Holdings has debunked a report that he has...
View ArticleMarine accident: Inter-agency collaboration key to solution -NIMASA DG
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, says inter-agency collaboration is key to sustainable resolution of the problem of accident in the...
View ArticleBuhari in S/Africa, to seek $40bn investments
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Durban, South Africa, from Paris as part of his ongoing socio-economic diplomatic missions aimed at enhancing security and economic transformation of the...
View ArticleLagos Free Zone is redefining the ease of doing business in Nigeria
Lagos Free Zone (LFZ), a subsidiary of Tolaram, is redefining the ease of doing business in Nigeria to attract huge investments. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dinesh Rathi, stated this on...
View ArticleAfDB approves $150m to support agriculture in Africa
The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved 150 million dollars to support ETC Group’s trade and agriculture value-chain development in Africa. Amba Mpoke-Bigg, head, AfDB Communication and...
View ArticleWe appreciate your support for the Nigerian Economy, President Buhari assures...
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Durban, South Africa assured that the Nigerian government will continue to support efforts to broaden the economy through multilateral financing. The President...
View ArticleHeadline inflation reduces to 15.99% in October -NBS
Nigeria’s headline inflation declined for the seventh consecutive month to 15.99 per cent in October, Mr Simon Harry, the Statistician-General of the Federation has said. He said this on Monday in...
View ArticleDurbanTrade Fair: We’ve come here in full force, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Durban, South Africa assured participants at the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair 2021, that his delegation is attending with ‘‘full force’’ to maximize the advantage...
View ArticleGroup seeks Bill to create database for food vendors
Favour Ishember, Abuja In a bid to install proper monitoring and compliance to food safety best practices in Nigeria, a nongovernmental organization, Food Hygiene Initiative of Nigeria has sponsored...
View ArticleBuhari approves N656bn bridging facilities to states – Finance Minister
Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed on Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved a bridging facility of N656.1 billion to be granted to states over a...
View ArticleNational Fistula Center Abakkaliki repaired 3,063 Fistula patients in 13...
From Clement Nnachi (Abakaliki) The Medical Director of National Obstetrics and Fistula Center (NOFIC) Abakaliki Ebonyi State Professor Johnson Obuna, has restated that the hospital has so far...
View ArticleEconomic growth: Onyeagwu calls for collaboration with Nigerians in Diaspora
COMFORT EKELEME, Business Editor The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has called for increased collaboration of Nigerians in the diaspora for the...
View ArticleLITF lauds UBA’s contribution to growth of African economies
.As AfCTA limitless opportunities, GDP hit $3.4 trn. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has commended Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) for its contribution to...
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