By: Highcelebritysquard Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2022, recording double-digit growth across key income lines as well as significant progress in the contribution from its subsidiaries. At the end of the first two quarters of
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By: Highcelebritysquard Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has assembled about 52 lawyers, including seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria, to defend his case at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, who contested the July 16 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, had
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By: Highcelebritysquard Juan Mata is set to join Galatasaray after his exit from Manchester United on a free transfer upon the expiry of his Old Trafford contract, express.co.uk reports. The 34-year-old ended his contract with the Red Devils at the beginning of the summer, opting to depart the club on a free transfer. According
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By: Highcelebritysquard The winners of this year’s Ballon d’Or, the top award for individual footballers, will receive digital tokens to go with their gleaming trophies, the organisers told AFP on Thursday. The France-based award, run by the Equipe media group, has feted the beautiful game’s best players for 66 years, bestowing on them
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By: Highcelebritysquard FBL-EUR-NATIONS-SWE-POR FILE: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring the opening goal, his 100th goal for Portugal, during the UEFA Nations League football match between Sweden and Portugal on September 8, 2020 in Solna, Sweden. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) The Nigeria Football Federation and Federação Portuguesa de Futebol have signed a
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By: Highcelebritysquard Tributes from the world of sport have started pouring in following the death of Queen Elizabeth II aged 96. The Queen passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday. During her 70-year reign, the Queen maintained her passion for horse racing throughout and attended major sporting events across the country.
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By: Highcelebritysquard The President-General, Nigeria Union of Railway Workers, Innocent Ajiji, has said the union is still waiting for the Federal Government to fulfil its promise to increase the salary of its union members by 95 per cent. The PUNCH had reported last year that the NUR, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour
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By: Highcelebritysquard Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa’s profit before tax rose by 12.6 per cent to N85.7bn in the first half of 2022 from N76.2bn recorded in the same period of 2021. The bank disclosed this in a statement on its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30,
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By: Highcelebritysquard Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, admitted on Thursday that the absence of APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was sorely felt by a larger majority of lawmakers in the Senate. Adamu submitted his resignation letter to the leadership of the Senate
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By: Highcelebritysquard The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to pay more attention to local elections in their domain during next year’s general and successive elections in Nigeria. He said rather than put all focus on the central elections and who becomes the next president, it was important
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