Lagos State Government yesterday lifted its ban on the use of the hijab on uniforms in schools. This was contained in a circular, signed by A.O Olukoya for Tutor General/Permanent Secretary, entitled “Re-The Use of Hijab in Lagos State Public Schools.” The circular reads: “Since the case of the use of hijab i n Lagos State is still pending in ...
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13 November
More eminent people interested in News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture
Three eminent Nigerians have joined the list of speakers at the News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture & Economic Forum holding next week Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the main hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. They are the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lagos State, Kehinde Bamigbetan; Executive Director of Media Law Centre, Richard Akinnola; and Manager, Corporate ...
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13 November
UNICEF Urges all Nigerians to go blue for children on 20th Nov
On 20th November ,World Children’s Day (WCD) , which is the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. As part of the World Children’s Day commemoration, call on all Nigerians to go blue for children. #GoBlue in Nigeria. We seek your collaboration to provide platforms for children to commemorate this year’s World Children’s Day by involving them in ...
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13 November
SCANDALOUS!..Senate Adjourns Over Absence Of Lawmakers
The Senate has adjourned Plenary over the absence of some lawmakers at the chambers. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made the announcement on Tuesday during plenary. He said that the adjournment was because of the presence of few lawmakers in the Senate Chamber. According to him, less than 20 out of 109 Senators are participating in the legislative proceedings and the ...
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13 November
Diamond Bank in panic denial of acquisition talks
Though there are denials .. but we cannot discountenance that Diamond Bank Pc is in a serious trouble. The lender, which has been managing its capital since 2016 to ensure it stays within the minimum regulatory ratio, said it would consider raising fresh funds after selling some assets to strengthen its balance sheet. The directors of Diamond Bank may not ...
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13 November
Teleology Takes Over 9mobile, Appoints Directors
he Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally sold 9mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria, to Teleology Holdings Limited. As a result, Teleology has announced the constitution of a new Board of Directors for the nation’s multi-award-winning telecommunication company, 9mobile. This followed the successful completion of the tenure of the former board appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and in fulfilment ...
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13 November
UBA gets GCR Affirms AA-(NG) Rating ,With Stable Outlook
The national scale ratings of AA-(NG) and A1+(NG) in the long and short term respectively assigned to United Bank for Africa (UBA) have been affirmed by Global Credit Ratings (GCR). The Nigeria-based rating agency, in a statement, disclosed that it also affirmed the long term international scale rating of B+ assigned to the lender with the outlook accorded as stable. ...
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13 November
UBA Rewards 25 Customers For POS Usage promo ends Dec.
In furtherance of its efforts at promoting less use of cash and encourage payments on its Point of Sale Terminal (PoS) terminals, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced that it will be rewarding 25 customers with N100,000 each, when they make payments with their UBA cards on UBA POS terminals at any merchant location. The promo which is scheduled to run ...
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13 November
Zenith Bank’s growth under Mr. Peter Amangbo’s leadership
It is a normal thing to associate a company’s name/reputation with the names of those in charge of administering its affairs, especially the Chairman and CEO. This is the case, whether a company is performing well or otherwise. Consequently, when Zenith Bank Plc recently released its third quarter 2018 financial results, It is natural to associate the impressive result with the company’s ...
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13 November
EXPOSED! How Skye Bank’s directors’ fraudulent activities killed the bank
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Central Bank of Nigeria has said the directors and management of the failed Skye Bank Plc are culpable in the failure of the bank. They contributed to its failure by engaging in insider abuse, poor corporate governance and banking malpractices. Various malpractices such as fraudulent false accounting, manipulation of accounting records to present ...