UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced that the three top winners of this year’s National Essay Competition (NEC) will get educational grants worth N10.5m to study in any African university of their choice just as it has stated that students now have up to…
The Lagos State Taskforce today carried out a sensitization/campaign exercise to enlighten and educate members of the public on the dangers of driving against traffic (one-way), okada operation on restricted routes, street trading and other environmental vices which are not in tandem with global practices. The programme which was anchored by the Chairman of the…
By Joseph Erunke After eight months of embarking on strike to press home their demands from the federal government, lecturers of public universities in the country have suspended the action. The decision which has not yet been officially communicated to the public,was taken at the National Executive Council,NEC, meeting of the lecturers’union under the aegis…
The Appeal Court in Abuja has discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu is being prosecuted by Nigeria’s Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges bordering, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed in the course of his separatist campaigns. A three-man…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria to implement the 22nd National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition which will be held on Thursday, 13th October 2022. The annual flagship event which was last held physically in 2019 will bring together 12 winning student companies from the Regional Company of the…
Africa’s Global Bank, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again rewarded its loyal customers in the just concluded UBA Bumper draws, doling out millions in cash prizes. The virtual draw was witnessed by relevant regulators including representatives of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC). 20 lucky bumper…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced Nollywood filmmaker and producer, Olajide Kareem, aka Seun Egbegbe, to seven years imprisonment ‘with hard labour’ for fraud. The court, however, set Mr. Kareem free because he had exceeded the imprisonment time in detention. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo sentenced Kareem on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, after convicting…
The Federal Government yesterday arraigned a Lagos State Monarch, The Onikosi of Ikosi, Oba Alami Oloyede Onikosi and three others before the Federal High Court, Abuja Division on charges bordering on forgery and falsification of a Supreme Court judgment as well as perjury. The others charged alongside the Lagos Monarch are Muyideen Fabunmi, Alademehim Samuel…
The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested a five-man land grabbing syndicate who operate at the Command Secondary School, Ipaja axis, Ikola Junction, for trying to forcefully take possession of land spanning 12 hectres belonging to Lagos State Ministry of Housing. Speaking on the arrest, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye disclosed that the…
