United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced a significant growth across key metrics despite global economic challenges, posting an impressive gross revenue of N3.19 trillion in 2024. The Chairman, Board of Directors of UBA, Tony Elumelu, who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, during the Annual General Meeting of the bank, also announced a profit after tax of N767 billion. According to the chairman, “In line with our commitment to delivering superior returns to our highly esteemed shareholders, we declared and paid an interim dividend of N2 per share in the course of the 2024 financial year. “We hereby…
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By Andrew Abah, ABUJA Team Nigeria has wrapped up its participation at the 2025 African Senior Weightlifting Championship in Moka, Mauritius, with a stunning haul of 18 medals—13 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze—cementing its status as a continental powerhouse in the sport. Nigeria’s final day of competition saw Sarah Ovayioza deliver a show-stopping performance in the women’s 76kg weight class, lifting a combined total of 237kg in the snatch, clean, and jerk. Her flawless execution earned the nation three more gold medals and drew roaring applause from the crowd as she closed out Nigeria’s campaign in style. Earlier in…
The downpour on Friday evening overwhelmed the roof of the National Assembly, causing the compromised roof to leak in several points. The heavy leakages have exposed the shoddy supervisory job by the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, in the renovation project of the National Assembly. FCDA, which had from the inception in 1998/1999, contracted the construction of the building and the maintenance for the first ten years to the construction giant, Julius Berger. However, the bill given by the construction giant was so huge, leading to the award of the renovation subsequently to an inexperienced local construction company for a…
By Tony Obiechina Abuja As part of the inaugural edition of The Nigerian Hamilton Project: A National Dialogue Series on Development as an Attitude, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) hosted a compelling fireside chat between Professor Osita Ogbu, Development Economist and former Economic Adviser to the President, and Mr. Nnanna Ude, NESG Board Director. The event, held in Enugu, sparked a reflective and wide-ranging conversation on leadership values, governance philosophies, and national transformation. Speaking candidly, Professor Ogbu drew on his experiences and research, emphasizing that development is ultimately shaped not just by leadership alone, but by the ideas, values,…
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26. Senate President Godswill Akpabio is at the head of the five-member delegation. Other members of the delegation are the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu; Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria; Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah; and Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Archbishop Ignatius Ayua Kaigama. Pope Francis, the revered head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at…
More messages of congratulations have been pouring for Mr. Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over have award as Spokesperson of the Year at the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Awards, which held last week in Abuja. Soneye beat top contenders from other organisations to win the coveted prize. In addition, he also clinched for the second year running, the Best Spokesperson (Oil and Gas) Award. In the latest round of congratulations, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the press corps of the Senate and House of Representatives, joined the growing…
President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja from Europe, Monday night. Among the officials who welcomed him home were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. READ ALSO:
The inaugural Sports Meet Nigeria Conference, a high-impact professional gathering designed to foster collaboration among sports business professionals, investors, marketers, broadcasters, media & PR experts, sports and social entrepreneurs, administrators, and leaders from other key industries, holds in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Saturday, 26th April, 2025 at the prestigious Cubana hotel Jabi, Abuja. The event will feature panel discussions, keynote presentations, networking sessions, and deal-making opportunities aimed at unlocking the commercial and developmental potential of sports in Nigeria. Put together by a Veteran Sports Business Advisor, FIFA Player’s and Match Agent, and Boxing Promoter & Matchmaker, Akeola Lukumanu Ayinde, the…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, on his 65th birthday. President Tinubu reflects on their enduring friendship and shared commitment to national progress, rooted in their membership of the “Class of ’99” Governors. The President extols the former Majority Whip’s unwavering patriotism, recalling decades of collaboration marked by mutual respect, even with political differences. He lauds Senator Kalu’s entrepreneurial spirit, as epitomised in his establishment of Slok Holding and investments in banking and the media, ventures that have created hundreds of jobs. “Senator Kalu, my…
With the release of the timetable for the conduct of elections into Local govt areas and local council development areas in Lagos State, Hon. Babatunde Adetunji, a chairmanship aspirant in Ikosi/Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA), has shed light on why it is the turn of Isheri to occupy the office of the Executive Chairman. Adetunji, who is eyeing the office of the chairman under the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the upcoming election, has been in active politics for over two decades. He explained the peculiarity of Ikosi/Isheri LCDA as a “twin” local government, arguing that…