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Month: May 2019

NOVA Merchant Bank wins Zik Prize for professional leadership

Following the announcement of former Chief Executive of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc., who recently become the Chairman and Founder, NOVA Merchant Bank Limited, Mr Phillips Oduoza, has been handed over the 2019 Zik Prize for professional leadership in…

Ghanaian GCB Bank plans Anglo-West Africa expansion, Nigeria, others in view

Before the end of the year, chances of a Ghanaian financial institution entering the already saturated Nigerian banking industry are green very possible. This is coming on the heels of leading Ghanaian banking group, the GCB Bank, disclosing its plans…

UBA set to give out ticket to winners for June 1 2019 UEFA Champions League final

Tier I Pan-African Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc in partnership global payments and financial technology group, Mastercard, will be giving away an all-expense paid trip- ticket to 12 lucky customers of the bank and their plus ones to…

Burkina Faso’s ratification today may flag off AfCFTA implementation

Chances of coming to life of the conceived African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by the African Union Commission (AUC), may become a reality before the end of today, if the government of Burkina Faso will put paid to its…

FG begins evaluation of bids for gas flare commercialisation—Suleiman

The Federal Government Tuesday said it will flag off evaluation of all bids that met given terms and conditions for the taking over of all 178 gas flare sites in oil producing communities in Niger Delta for the gas commercialisation…

Amaechi, Sirika end Buhari’s first term with N47bn Nigeria Air controversy

More annoying and conflicting happenstances unfolded at the Ministry of Transportation and its aviation arm last hours of the life and time of the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari’s just ended first term. First was the first ever revelation…

48 hours after, Mile 2 still blocked as Apapa gridlocks relocate to Kirikiri, Satellite Town

Whereas the Presidential Order’s 72-hour ultimatum for articulated vehicles to vacate the entire Lagos ports access roads in Apapa and environs, which expired weekend, may have effected minimal sanity, checks around Mile 2 axis revealed continued blockage of Apapa-Oshodi Expressway…

(For The Records) Let us choose life, not death as Buhari begins another tenure

By Cardinal Onaiyekan (CON) Being a Speech presented by John Cardinal ONAIYEKAN, (CON), Catholic Archbishop of Abuja at the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Inter-denominational Church Service held at the National Christian Center, Abuja, on Sunday 26th May 2019. Reflection May the…

We don’t believe an Okorocha leaving N42.5bn in Imo coffers—PDP

Barely 24 hours after the just gone Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, said he would be handing over N42.5bn to his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, a top official of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), now ruling party in the state,…

Report mute on Osinbajo’s TraderMoni toursim, bursts $1b lost to grey MSMEs schemes

…As Aisha Buhari’s revelation deepens validity of report in the North The report of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Initiative (SEEDi), an independent development research group, has raised serious question on the reality and resultant effects of key Micro,…