·  Ten out of the twelve winners are girls The UBA Foundation, the CSR arm of the United Bank for Africa, today, held its tenth annual National Essay Competition(NEC) in a virtual ceremony that was attended by high school students from across the nation. The UBA Foundation’s Education initiative has been changing lives for a decade…
Philip Shekwo, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa state, has been Armed men abducted Shekwo from his residence in Lafia, the state capital, on Saturday night. They were said to have exchanged gunfire with the security detail attached to the APC chairman before whisking him away. Bola Longe, police commissioner in the…
Named Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for the Sixth Consecutive Year   Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with four (4) awards including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for the sixth consecutive year at the 27th annual World Travel Awards. The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria…
President-elect Joe Biden will receive the @POTUS Twitter handle as soon as he is inaugurated to the White House in January regardless of whether President Trump concedes before then, Twitter announced Friday. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the tech giant is “actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on…
…….. Reports Profit before Tax of ₦167.4 Billion Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The 3rd Quarter result shows improved performance across key financial metrics, reaffirming the Bank’s capability to navigate the current economic challenges occasioned by…
                            That Delta State Big Boy and Group Managing Director, BGL Securities, Albert Okumagba who died a couple of hours back as a result of complications arising from heart…
                First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its variant account products – KidsFirst and MeFirst – created to encourage the right savings culture among children from 0 – 17 years. The offerings…
             The drug maker Pfizer said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 95 percent effective and had no serious side effects — the first set of complete results from a late-stage vaccine trial as Covid-19 cases skyrocket around the globe. The data showed…
              The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said the hike in petrol pump price is due to discovery of coronavirus vaccine. Days back the price of crude oil in international market tilted up and arising from the increase, petrol pump…
      Just when an Abuja Federal High Court is set to deliver Ruling on 24 November, 2020, the motion brought before it by Peace Global Satellite Communication over an ex-parte order secured by AMCON, the AMCON Receiver is threatening the obligor to move out of the property. This according to…
