The nation’s political landscape is fast changing than initially envisaged and the South-West of Nigeria is taking the lead in what analysts have dubbed the regrouping of main players and bigwigs.The big news here is the recent cross-carpeting of the former Ogun State Governor and chieftain of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), Aremo Olusegun Osoba who…
With the election of national officers of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, fast approaching, there are strong indications that the election may likely witness the worst of its kind in the country if complaints from Christian leaders in preparation for the election are anything to go by. Pastor Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, who disclosed in…
Looking into the activities of Petroleum Minister-In a normal situation carrying out routine turn-around maintenance (TAM) for an oil refinery shouldn’t attract any attention locally, nationally or internationally. This is because it is regarded as a normal oil refinery industry housekeeping standard scheduled activity or exercise all over the world except here in Nigeria, where…
Following a 3-day Forum held in Lagos, Nigeria between April 6 & 8, 2016, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc Chairman Mr. Tony Elumelu formally inaugurated a Group Board Meeting as a platform for group integration, bonding and knowledge sharing. 90 participants comprising of the entire Board of United Bank for Africa PLC, Chairmen and…
THIS REPUBLIC By Shaka Momodu Since the All Progressives Congress (APC) made it to the seat of power in 2015, it has been doing what it knows how to do best: bristling and spewing propaganda. The unfortunate thing here is that while it got away with it as an opposition party, it is proving a…
As one of the disciples of President Muhammad Buhari’s on-going crusade on anti-corruption, one would naturally want to believe that the Chief finance officer of the nation, Kemi Adeosun is a thoroughbred corporate high-flyer who must be without blemish, but ”the wind just blew and the bum of the chicken” has been revealed like the…
Pan Africa financial services group, United Bank for Africa Plc has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter of 2016 showing gross earnings of N74 billion and profit before tax of N18 billion for the three months ended March 2016. The Group sustained its strong profitability, recording an annualized 20% return on average equity…
It was an exciting evening on Saturday, April 9, 2016 as staff of pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc gathered at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria, to celebrate the bank’s staff that have performed exceptionally well in the 2015 financial year. It is a tradition that the bank…
Over 20,000 indigenes of Ogun State residing in Abuja and Federal Capital Territory has commended Senator Solomon Adeola aka Yayi as the Number 1 leader of the state origin in Abuja that identify with the cause of the indigenes in Abuja since they came together as a group a few years back. Giving the commendation…
A woman in Ibadan has shocked the court of law with her narration of the tortuous sexual experience she undergoes in her matrimonial home. A 43-year-old woman, Omolara Acchoyame, recently dazed her husband before the Igando Customary Court in Lagos State, when she alleged that sex with her husband was torture. Omolara, who had filed…
