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Friday, January 31st, 2020
… Attracts Zero Charge On All Transactions (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has revamped its NextGen account which targets students in tertiary institutions and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), with added features and benefits. NextGen is a suit of personal accounts designed to meet the needs of young […]
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Monday, January 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former banker, Aghata Igwe who allegedly obtained N42 million from a businessman under false pretences, on Monday appeared at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Igwe, 42, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing. She however pleaded not guilty to […]
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
…AS Customers Can Now Make Cash Withdrawals In Local Currencies (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the official launch of a flagship product UBA Connect, a service that enables the customers of the bank to conduct traditional banking transactions at any UBA branch in the 20 […]
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Friday, January 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of UBA Group, Tony O. Elumelu, has made the donation of a multipurpose information technology centre to his alma mater, Ambrose Ali University. Through the UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Elumelu has championed the construction of a state-of-the-art multipurpose information technology […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
Highlights: Sixth Year of Programme and Tenth Anniversary of Foundation see Significant Enhancements to the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme Creating a Personalised Entrepreneurship Journey for Applicants and Greatly Increased Access to Programme and Knowledge Base Applications made through TEFConnect, Africa’s largest digital entrepreneurship network (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened its application […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has announced that small businesses with turnover less than N25m will be exempted from paying Companies Income Tax (CIT). Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed while disclosing this Monday explained that the policy would be effective once the Finance Bill 2019, is signed into law. Contrary […]
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Saturday, January 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 5,000 staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, started the new year with a lot of cheer as the bank yesterday announced its promotion to new grades as well as salary upgrades with immediate effect this January. Those who are beneficiaries of this exercise will receive up to 170% […]
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Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
…Worth $14.8bn, only African on top 100 world richest (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African richest man Aliko Dangote has significantly moved up in the World billionaires’ list as he emerged 96th richest person in the world, with an estimated worth of $14.8 billion, as against his previous ranking of 103rd in the world. Dangote, who remains the […]
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Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
… Records 81 Per cent Drop in Pipeline Vandalism (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of ₦13.23billion in October 2019, representing an increase of 54 percent vis-à-vis the ₦8.59billion surplus posted in September last year. The NNPC, in a release signed by its Acting Group General Manager, […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the 7 Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited sponsored the sixth edition of the Africa Fashion Week, Nigeria which held on Friday and Saturday, 20 – 21 December 2019 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Africa Fashion Week, Nigeria, is a convergence of fashion entrepreneurs and the general public to promote the creativity and […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it is studying the situation on change of West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) currency, Eco, to be used as ECOWAS single currency. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed,made this known in a statement by Yunusa Abdullahi, her Special Adviser, Media and […]
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Sunday, December 15th, 2019
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Friday held the 2019 edition of its annual Each One, Teach One initiative, hosting a huge impact day in Nigeria and across all its subsidiaries in Africa. The Each One, Teach One initiative is part of UBA Foundation’s activities […]
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Saturday, December 14th, 2019
…To Generate $9bn for FG, 10,000 Direct Jobs (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A critical step towards the realization of the Train 7 Project of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) was taken Friday in Abuja with the signing of a Gas Supply Agreement between the company and major gas producers. Speaking on the significance of the […]
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Friday, December 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, today announced the appointment of AlhajiAdo Yakubu Wanka as Non-Executive Director. Speaking on his appointment, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited said, “We are delighted to welcome AlhajiAdo Yakubu Wanka, to the FirstBank Board. We are […]
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Monday, December 9th, 2019
…As Jolaosho Otokini Of Declared Overall Winner (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was an all-female top three affair, as 14 year-old Jolaosho Oluwatoroti Otokini of Louisville Girls High School, Ogun State, emerged the overall winner of the 2019 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning the grand prize of an educational grant of N2,000,000.00 to study […]
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Monday, December 2nd, 2019
Photo caption: CEO, UBA Africa, Mr Victor Osadolor (middle) with the “African Bank of the Year 2019” won by United Bank for Africa(UBA) Group at The Bankers Awards held in London. …Subsidiaries Win Best Bank In Benin, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Congo, Sierra Leone (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Banker Magazine has once again selected leading […]
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Monday, December 2nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs — will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. Applications are made through TEFConnect, the digital networking hub for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, created by the Foundation. The TEF […]
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Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twitter is set to begin massive purging of accounts that have been inactive for over six months. The social media platform said the affected accounts will be spared, provided the owners log in before Wednesday, December 11 deadlines. The ‘’cull’’ Twitter disclosed will include users who have stopped posting to the site because […]
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Thursday, November 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed the Finance Bills seeking to amend taxes payable in Nigeria, including the Value Added Tax (VAT). From the outset, five per cent is legalized and paid as VAT on certain products, including pharmaceutical products, among others. The bill which was passed Thursday specifically seeks an increment of the value-added […]
