Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced its audited results for the full-year ended December 2019, recording impressive growth across top and bottom lines. According to the 2019 financials filed at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday February 28, 2020, the Africa’s global bank’s gross earnings grew by 13.3 percent […]
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Real Madrid won the Clasico and might have saved their season as they ended their slump in the best way possible on Sunday, by beating Barcelona 2-0 and returning to the top of La Liga. Vinicius Junior’s deflected finish and a stoppage-time goal from Mariano Diaz decided a frenzied contest at the Santiago Bernabeu, where […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the case of coronavirus in Nigeria despite the efforts to prevent it. Buhari said this in his first public comment on the disease since it was recorded in Nigeria on Friday. A 44-year-old Italian had flown into the country from Milan, Italy, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, […]
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In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s drive to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the Bank of Industry has approved a $20M technology fund for young innovators, while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is offering a N90 Billion soft loan facility for small scale agriculture enterprises. These were some of the outcomes of […]
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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has been ordered to take over the business and assets of Bedko Nigeria Limited and Alhaji Buba Galadima. This was contained in a judgement by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1136/2019. A statement from the corporation on Tuesday said Bedko Nigeria Limited and […]
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Serge Gnabry fired Bayern Munich to the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals as the German’s double inspired a superb 3-0 rout of Chelsea in the last-16 first leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Gnabry had tormented Tottenham Hotspur with four goals in Bayern’s 7-2 victory in north London earlier this season and the former […]
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The recently appointed Chief Judge of Boko Haram terrorists, Muhammad Shuwa, has been killed in a brutal air raid operation just as the splinter group, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) camp is currently in disarray due to intense infighting. Series of air raids and the merciless operations from the ground troops have recorded massive […]
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Barely a week after Africa got a clean bill of health on coronavirus disease, a fresh case has been recorded in Algeria. Algerian authorities announced that an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17 has tested positive to the disease. “One case was confirmed positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), out of two suspected […]
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The Executive Council of the African Union has supported Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s candidacy for a second term as President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org). The decision was taken during the thirty-sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, held during the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6-7 February 2020. Adesina was elected to […]
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The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Oyo state has made a case for the inclusion of its members in operation Amotekun, a security outfit. During a public hearing on the Oyo state security network agency bill 2020, also known as Amotekun bill, on Monday, Yaqub Bello, a former chairman of MACBAN […]
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