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The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called on member states to pay their outstanding contributions, as the organisation faces such a “severe financial crisis” that staff salaries risk not being paid next month. Guterres said this on Tuesday while addressing the UN General Assembly to introduce a proposed budget ...

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has joined the rest of the world to celebrate the 2019 Customer Service Week, themed, “Magic Happens Here,” with recognitions for staff who have excelled in excellent service delivery. The event which was commemorated all over the world, recognises the importance of customer service ...

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2019 edition of its annual National Essay Competition in Nigeria with a call for entries. Now in its 9th year, the essay competition, targeted at senior secondary school students in Nigeria is organised ...

Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, has introduced Z-Money, which brings banking services closer to its customers and enhance financial inclusion among the under-banked and unbanked populace of the country. Z-Money is an agency banking product of the bank which entails the onboarding of agents who are expected to ...

Jigawa state governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, has appointed a special assistant to each of his three wives. Of the 51 Special Assistants that were appointed by the governor, there is also a special assistant for street light as well as for population control. According to a copy of the lists ...

Nine persons, including a 12-year-old boy have been abducted in Pegi community, a resettlement area in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The victims were kidnapped last night around 8:00pm by gunmen who dressed in military camouflage. The gunmen shot at two vehicles, including one NISSAN ...

–  Osho Oluwatosin, Lagos For some weeks now, one of the industries that has received so much attention lately is the Nigerian music industry due to the content flying around the industry. A lot of music fans have been enjoying this atmosphere as some claim it is very healthy for ...

Nigeria will host the 2019 African Netpreneurs Conference between Tuesday, October 22, and Thursday, October 24. The African Netpreneurs Conference is a gathering of elite digital business professionals hosted by the American Internet Business School. Themed “Maximizing Business Profits In The Global Marketplace”, the three-day conference will hold at the ...

The Akin Fadeyi Foundation, Conveners of the Corruption Not In My Country Project are set to launch a new mobile and web application device designed to empower Nigerians to report corruption on October 10, 2019 at the ShehuYar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The Report-Corruption-App, called FLAG’IT, a project initiated by the Akin ...

Film For Impact Foundation in partnership with High Definition Film Studio is set to receive entries for the maiden edition of “Africa Film For Impact Festival (AFFIF)”. Africa Film For Impact Festival (AFFIF) is dedicated to showcasing, celebrating, and empowering films and filmmakers committed to social change themes in movie ...