Pan-African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced the commencement of its chat bank ‘Leo’ on the WhatsApp platform.  With Leo on WhatsApp, customers who are users and lovers of the app can now can perform basic banking services including checking their balances on the go, transferring funds, paying bills, among other services  The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, UBA, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, who expressed excitement about the ... Read More »

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki is heading an 85-member campaign council of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 22 governorship election in Osun State. All the party’s serving governors and presidential aspirants are also members of the council. The council, which was inaugurated in Abuja Monday by the national chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has ... Read More »

  President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 due to “some drafting issues” that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the Bill. Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The presidential aide said that already, the president ... Read More »

…demand N15m ransom The parish priest of Emmanuel Catholic Church, Oviri-Okpe in Okpe council area of Delta state, Rev Father Christopher Ogaga, has been kidnapped. The news of the kidnap of Father Ogaga broke few hours after the tragedy of the collapse of another Catholic parish within same Okpe council area, which claimed a live and left about 15 persons ... Read More »

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…Why he deserves his Ifako/Ijaiye constituents’ support It is no longer news that this gregarious politician of deep grassroots commitment is well-loved by his people, even long before he came into limelight as a House of Assembly member in 2007, and now a third-term member of the vibrant legislative House of Lagos state. Now that it is getting clearer and ... Read More »

    .Many Roads still Full of Weeds .Ijaiye-Ogba Rd., Oba Akran, Ikeja; Bonny Road V.I etc Contrary to the positive media publicity of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, as a performing governor, there are still clear indications that this index is far from being realistic. For one, his refuse collection drive is a farce! Since he introduced the idea ... Read More »

Contrary to the positive media publicity of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, as a performing governor, there are still clear indications that this index is far from being realistic. For one, his refuse collection drive is a farce! Since he introduced the idea of Cleaner Lagos Project, the state has drifted into a state of Dirtier Lagos, with many roads ... Read More »

UBA Appoints Four New Board Mem Lagos, Nigeria; August 31, 2018: The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its board, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). The new board members are Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo, Ms. Angela Aneke, Alhaji Abdulqadir Jeli Bello ... Read More »

  MTN Nigeria on Thursday refuted the claims by the Central Bank of Nigeria that it illegally, in collusion with four Nigerian banks repatriated $8.1billion from its Nigerian operations to offshore investors. The CBN said the remittances between 2007 and 2015, in tranches of of 2.63 billion dollars, 1.766 billion dollars and 348 million dollars were done in flagrant violation ... Read More »