First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services organisation has announced its partnership with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System plc (NIBSS) on its recently launched Nigeria Quick Response (NQR) Payment Solution. The NQR is an innovative payment option implemented for all financial service providers and designed to promote quick and fast transactions by scanning the code on one’s mobile device. Also, the initiative reduces cost(s) for merchants… Continue Reading

The Witness, a credible Nigerian newspaper in digital and print formats, is set to launch a non-governmental organization, ‘The Witness Newspaper Foundation’, in commemoration of its fourth year anniversary. The event is billed to hold on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, at the prestigious Lagos Continental Hotel (formerly Intercontinental Hotel), Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement on Monday by the managing director of the newspaper, Mr. Julius Akpovire-Enyeh, stated the foundation which is the… Continue Reading

” It is not what we do once a while that makes tick. It is what we do,day in day out that makes us professional and highly respected” • I have known Otunba Segun Ogunbunmi , who is celebrating his 50th Golden jubilee since the late 90’s when we were then ‘ struggling ‘ young pen pushers before God ( fortune) smiled on us Ogunbunmi & I first began as… Continue Reading

Africa-Re’s partnership with IFC (A member of the world bank group) in March 2019 is strategic and symbolic. The Partnership aims at providing technical support to insurance companies for their agricultural line by using index-based agricultural insurance. This no doubt will trigger innovative and more efficient solutions for small farmers,help them mitigate effects of climate change related shocks,protect them against catastrophic losses and access to finance. The African agriculture insurance… Continue Reading

…Hits 3 million user mark Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has in the last three years won the hearts of its customers with its artificial intelligence chat bot, LEO, which has proven to be the most formidable artificial intelligence chat bot till date; serving an ever-increasing clientele who now have less transaction hassles to worry about.   Leo is an AI chatbot for banking services currently available… Continue Reading

The name, Dare Adeleke means different things to different people, depending on which side they stand.As a politician, Dare Adeleke or Hon. Dare Adeleke as he is fondly called by his admirers, is a resourceful grassroots mobilizer, a founding member and a staunch loyalist of his party, the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) of which he was Youth leader in the early days, a fearless upholder of the truth, a loyalist… Continue Reading

Opens Portal for NEC 2021 Prizes increase in value by 33% UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the commencement of the 2021 edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC) in Nigeria with a call for entries.  The National Essay Competition (NEC) is part of UBA Foundation’s education initiative which is aimed at promoting literacy and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition… Continue Reading

According to scoops gathered by Freelanews online, problems started when a photographer innocently posted photos of a wedding event he covered on his Instagram page and an eagle-eyed fan recognised the groom. On a closer look, he turned out to be Moris Orlando, the same man that got married to Atirene in February 2021! According to a source, the most painful part of the whole issue was the fact that… Continue Reading

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Kennedy Uzoka, has said that the bank recorded significant improvement in its operational and financial performance as a result of its unending commitment towards delivering products and services aimed at meeting customers’ demands. Uzoka said this during the Investors/Analysts Conference Call at the bank’s head office in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday September 16, 2021, following the release of its results for… Continue Reading

Just like yesterday, 10 years have passed since our magazine rolled out and hit the newsstands. We however thank God that despite the biting economic hardship and the unfriendly climate in the print media, we have been able to keep our head above waters and still be in the volatile business of print production, against all odds.Newsthumb is a reputable and widely-read weekly lifestyle magazine. Over the years, the magazine… Continue Reading