Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has launched the Customer Experience (CX) School of Excellence, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at empowering its workforce to deliver top-notch services to its customers. The comprehensive program is expected to equip the bank’s employees with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide superior customer experiences across all…
Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd (“Guaranty Trust” or “the Bank”) has been named Best Bank in Nigeria at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023. This marks a record 12th time that Guaranty Trust Bank has been recognised as the leading financial institution in Nigeria. Announcing the award, Euromoney stated: “Nigeria’s Best Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, has…
No fewer than 42.69 million poor Nigerians were excluded from the Federal Government’s N5,000 monthly cash transfer since its inception in 2016, according to findings by The PUNCH. In June 2023 edition of the Nigeria Development Update, the World Bank disclosed that only 19.4 per cent of Nigerians benefitted from the programme. With an estimated population…
Nigerian Union of Practitioners of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NUPCAM), Lagos is taking a bold step at repositioning natural medicine in Nigeria. To this end, it is collaborating with Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) to advocate for its place as a veritable partner in health care delivery in Nigeria. NUPCAM Lagos visited the newly…
L-R: Roosevelt Ogbonna, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, and Sunil Kaushal, Regional CEO, Africa & Middle East, Standard Chartered at the signing of agreements for Access Bank’s acquisition of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra Leone, and its Tanzanian Consumer, Private & Business Banking business in London on Friday. Access Bank Plc (Access)…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have kicked against the Student Loan Scheme introduced by President Bola Tinubu to solve the major challenge facing the education sector in the country. Tinubu signed the Student Loan Act to Law days after his assumption of office and the…
The Nigerian Union of Practitioners of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NUPCAM, has elected the chief medical director of Ayodele Psychotherapy Centre, Dr. Isaac Ayodele as the chairman of its Lagos chapter. Dr. Ayodele, a renowned naturopath who is also the chief medical consultant at Ayodele Herbals, Lagos, Psychometric Hub International and a member of NUPCAM’s…
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has announced Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central as the Senate Majority leader and former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno Soutg as the Senate Chief Whip. Reading the letter from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akpabio also announced Senator Dave Umahi,…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr. Gboyega Akosile, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The appointment according to the Head of Service takes immediate effect. Before his reappointment, Akosile had served as the…
In preparation for the forthcoming governorship elections in Ondo State, the quest for a transformative leader capable of propelling the state towards progress and prosperity has gained momentum. A group, the Ondo Youth Solidarity Movement (OYSM) has endorsed Engineer Funmi Ayinke Waheed Adekojo, affectionately known as FunmiAyinke for the governorship position. The group urges the…
