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1 Mar 2019

Kevin Mike Drags Belinda Effah, Fred Ebere to ‘House 10’


Effervescent actor and filmmaker, Kevin Mike, otherwise known as K-Mic, has hit location for ‘House 10’, a situational comedy (sitcom) series starring multiple award-winning actress Belinda Effah, actor Fred Ebere and others.
The thespians are currently in Owerri, the capital of Imo State Nigeria shooting the series which bothers on a subliminal satirical comment of the society on relationship, career, and other walks of life, focusing majorly on challenges faced by youths in their search for greener pasture; using such elements as spoof, exaggerated situation, burlesque and parody to pass critical messages of both moral and cultural significance.

UBA Group Launches Full Banking Operations in the UK

l-r:  CEO, UBA UK, Mr. Patrick Gutmann; GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka; President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu; President, Afreximbank, Dr. Benedict Oramah; and CEO, UBA Africa, Mr. Victor Osadolor at the launch of UBA UK in London on Thursday

London, March 1, 2019, three weeks after the UBA group launched its operations in Mali, the global financial city of London hosted a high level gathering of business and public sector leaders on Thursday February 28, 2019, as the new UBA franchise, UBA UK was formally birthed in the United Kingdom amidst high expectations.

At the upscale ceremony which held at The Prestigious Shard in the city of London, UBA UK was formerly introduced to business leaders across Europe and Africa with a commitment from the UBA Group of its readiness to galvanise trade and commerce between Europe and Africa.

Bayelsa Money! FirstBank,Stanbic IBTC in trouble for laundering Billions for Patience Jonathan


Former First Lady,Patience Faka Jonathan must be suffering from insatiable greed for  riches and  severe desire to gain and hoard wealth. Weeks after forfeiting some billions,Justice Olatoregun of Federal high court Lagos have ordered for oral evidence in a suit filed by the economic and financial crime commission EFCC seeking for an order to forfiet another N9.2bn and $8.3m linked to wife of Former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“I have stated here that the right of parties in this siut can not be determined by affidavit evidence unless the oral testimonies are called with cross extermination.”

27 Feb 2019

Journalist Rasheed Abubakar celebrates 8-year relationship with renowned author, Abayomi Mumuni - pens emotional tribute


Exactly this time eight years ago, in the wake of the 2011 general elections, I was invited as a  journalist with Encomium Ng back then to cover the unveiling of the now defunct CPC's gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni Nurain by Mrs Lucy Ajayi, the current Executive Director, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board.

21 Feb 2019

Ecobank of Fraud! Another Bank Manager In N561 Million Scam


Ecobank ex-manager, Ifeanyi Azike has been charged with an alleged fraud of N561 million by the Police Special Fraud Unit.

Azike has been arraigned on two counts before the Federal High Court in Lagos. The police accused him of fraudulently obtaining N150m from one Mr Okafor Kelvin, a customer of the bank, on the claim that he would help him purchase the Federal Government Treasury Bill in Ecobank.

20 Feb 2019

Fidelity Bank rewards 32 winners with N18m in GAIM Season 3


Fidelity Bank Plc on Tuesday gave out a total of N18 million worth of cash prizes to 12 winners of its “Get Alert in Millions Savings Promo (GAIM)” across the country.

The bank gave the prizes during its 4th monthly/2nd Bi-Monthly draw of “Get Alert in Millions Savings Promo (GAIM), Season 3,’’ held in Lagos.

19 Feb 2019

Application for the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme closes March 1


The Tony Elumelu Foundation, an African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs has announced its last call for applications into its prestigious 2019 Entrepreneurship Programme. The application portal launched on the 1st of January 2019 will close on the 1st of March, 2019.