The 2017 Access Bank-UNICEF Charity Shield Polo tournament galloped-off on a blistering note Wednesday at the Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club, Kaduna with three championship games in the Access Bank Cup series. Kaduna Sublime, Lagos STL Titans and Kano Susplan galloped off on impressive notes, in the opening day competitions that pitched twelve ambitious […]
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The Quarter-final matches of the 2017 GTBank Masters Cup (Season 6) are set to hold on Thursday the 11th and Friday the 12th of May, 2017 at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos. The knock-out phase of the prestigious football tournament will feature 8 games that will see the last 16 teams in both the male […]
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…Africa’s agenda must change to prioritize jobs and power, Elumelu cautions “Embrace legacy, you are not here forever,” Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, urged policymakers as he represented the African private sector at the opening session of the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa which […]
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Majority of women take care of their face more carefully than the body, because their body skin is not as thin as face skin and it is protected from harmful external influences – ultraviolet radiation, dust, wind, temperature changes. However, body skin ages too. It suffers from dryness or dehydration, loss of elasticity. Most women […]
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In line with its determination to dominate Africa’s mobile banking space with the introduction of cutting edge technology-driven products and services, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, leading African financial institution, has introduced a full-fledged banking platform, tagged UBA Magic Banking and enabled by dialling *919# within Nigeria. The USSD code *919# enables customers to do a […]
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A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Yisa Olanrewaju Adedoyin, has pleaded guilty to receiving over N70 million (N70,050,000) from the N23 billion alleged Diezani Allison- Madueke bribe meant to compromise electoral officers before the 2015 general election. Mr. Adedoyin alongside Christian Nwosu and Tijani Inda Bashir were re-arraigned on Wednesday on an […]
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has stated that the House is committed to passing a new minimum wage bill. In a statement to mark the 2017 Workers’ Day, Dogara, reiterated the resolve and commitment of the parliament to enacting the New minimum wage bill for Nigerian workers. He said that increasing […]
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The Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has released its unaudited first quarter results, showing significant growth across major income lines. Following a sterling performance in 2016 financial year, UBA Group delivered another impressive 41% percent year-on-year growth in profit-before-tax in the first three months of 2017. Leveraging on strong growth in […]
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Access Bank Plc has reported an impressive first quarter profits raising hopes among investors about the Bank’s determination to be the world’s most respected African bank. The Bank’s unaudited financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2017 showed an increase of 38% in Profit before Tax, which rose to N31.2 billion when […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, a lieutenant general, was on April 25 conferred with the Brazilian Military Order of Merit Award, at Brasilia, Brazil. The Brazilian Military Order of Merit Award, which is the highest military honour, is awarded to those military officers that have distinguished themselves in various military endeavours. Mr. Buratai […]
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