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Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc yet again, reaffirms its leadership position across Africa, as the bank has been globally recognised as the African Bank of the year 2021 by the Banker Magazine, a leading global finance news published by the Financial Times of London.

The Board of NSIA Insurance Limited has announced the appointment of Adesegun Akin-Olugbade as its new chairman.

Mr Akin-Olugbade who is a leading legal, finance and corporate governance expert, is taking over from Ituah Ighodalo who has since stepped down from the position.

The incoming NSIA Insurance Limited chairman said he felt privileged to be named to his new role and he is more than willing to push the company to greater heights.

Banks in Nigeria are competing to outdo each other in winning not just adult but children customers.

And to a good extent, they are making progress. Before now, children were not considered eligible to own bank accounts. But things have changed.

Taking advantage of technology and the mandate to increase financial inclusion in the country, banks now offer parents and guardians the opportunity to operate functional accounts for their children from age zero to the adult age of 18.

MONROVIA – With two years to go until the 2023 presidential elections, former Vice President Joseph Boakai is already facing intense pressure to clean up his image in order to have a shot at winning the standard-bearer mantle of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) ticket.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has embarked on a four-day journey to some Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to discuss issues around crude oil production cut.

A statement by his special Adviser on Media, Garba Deen Muhammad, on Friday, said the countries include Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville and South Sudan.

Pirates on Saturday attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one, according to Al Jazeera reports.

The report said Turkey’s military was planning a rescue operation for the surviving crew members.

Quoting Turkey’s Maritime Directorate, the report said the crew initially locked themselves in a safe area but the pirates forced entry after six hours.

Moanda, Gabon, Jan 21 – Mipoko marvelled at the new spigots as she filled containers with water and loaded them onto a creaking wheelbarrow.

The taps have been installed for the public by COMILOG, a mining giant that has extracted manganese in the Gabonese city of Moanda for decades.

“They’ve changed our lives!” the 12-year-old enthused.

Next to her, Germain Ndoulouga, a 38-year-old unemployed man, grumbled: “It would be great if only COMILOG gave us jobs.”