LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Partners for the eighth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) have begun to emerge with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Emadeb Group and Dangote Group leading the train of partners for the event slated for Thursday, October 3, 2024 at the Reverton Hotel, GRA Lokoja,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A teenage student, Benjamin Basil, who was apprehended by security operatives at a bank in Jos with devices suspected to be bomb explosives while trying to rob them of N100m on Tuesday narrated how kidnappers forced him into the act. Speaking with PUNCH Online on Tuesday at the police Command headquarters in…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the U-Turn Bus stop, Abule Ẹgba branch of UBA today , Monday 30,2023 as a result of non availability of cash for customers. It was observed that despite the CBN extension on swap of old notes to the new redesigned notes, the Oliver Alawuba led UBA couldn’t pay customers with…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have attacked a branch of the United Bank for Africa, at Bank Road, Umuahia in Abia State. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Eye witness disclosed that an orange seller was shot during the robbery attack at the the bank. The victim…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A number of gunmen have launched coordinated attacks on banks in Yagba axis of West senatorial zone of Kogi State, on late Tuesday afternoon. killing a yet to be ascertained number of persons. The marauders started their raid at about 4pm on Tuesday in Egbe town, Yagba West Local Government Area, LGA….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Judge Rebukes Two Nigerians Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Nigerian government official who ran a defunct pension reform department, has been convicted of stealing 2 billion naira ($4.8 million) belonging to pensioners after a two-year trial. Okon Abang, a judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sentenced Maina to eight years in…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver attached to the Okota, Lagos branch of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) has reportedly eloped with N25 million meant for some automated teller machines, ATM, around the zone. According to report in BusinessLive, the incident took place penultimate week Tuesday and no fewer than five bank officials have since…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced a donation of over N5billion (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. According to a statement signed by Ramon Nasir, Head, External and Media Relations of the bank, “The…