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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos—In demonstration of its commitment to deliver superior and innovative banking solutions to its customers, the United Bank for Africa Plc, has announced the launch of a brand new mobile banking application with many user friendly features. The new mobile app which comes with the biometric log-in feature for secure and personalized access, is now available for download on Apple and  Google Play  App  Stores. The UBA Mobile Banking App has been tailor-made to enhance ease of banking by enabling  customers to carry out their transactions without visiting a branch. Other features   of the app, highlighted by UBA’s Head of Digital Banking, Dr. Adeyinka Adedeji, include a more interactive, user friendly interface, ATM/branch locator for easy access to the bank’s touch-points, easier airtime top up via direct selection of contacts from the phone address book, auto reminder for bill payments and recurrent transfers. He said the app had few...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Federal Government, through the Fadama III additional finance programme, has provided support for 14,500 tomatoes, sorghum and rice farmers in Kano State. Briefing the World Bank Mid-Term Review Team on tour of Kano, the state’s Fadama Project Coordinator revealed that the project in Kano State had “recorded a total beneficiaries of 14,495 farmers on production group and 340 farmers on assets acquisition.” Additionally, the project registered and implemented and a total of “972 groups across the three value chains supported by the project, namely rice, tomato and sorghum; while 34 groups were supported with assets.” Similarly, the project constructed Agricultural Equipment Hiring Centre, provided five tractors and implements. Fadama has also constructed 50 kilometres of roads across six local government areas, and 35 tube wells, 27 boreholes, as well as six aggregation centres. Furthermore, the Mid-Term Report of the Kano State Fadama indicated an “average...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Una CALABAR—SIX months after assuming duties as legal officers, 40 young lawyers in Cross River State,  are yet to be included in the payroll of the state, following instructions from the state governor,  Prof. Ben Ayade, that their payment be suspended. The lawyers were recruited with the approval of the governor on November 25. The  Attorney General of the state, Mr Joe Abang,  who was instrumental to their employment in a letter to the governor  expressed gratitude  for approving the recruitment  which he said would boost legal services in the state  and prayed that they be documented, which was approved by the governor. Surprisingly on March 24,  this year,   the governor through the Secretary to State Government, SSG,  Mrs Tina Agbor instructed  that their payment be suspended. In a letter with reference number, SSG/GSA/S/26/VOLX11/543 entitled Withholding the payment of newly employ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Obi Nwakanma Segun Adeniyi’s just recently published book, Against The Run of Play, makes a very startling and disturbing revelation, one confirmed by the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan himself, that the United States government and the governments of the UK and France jointly interfered very directly to manufacture the outcome of Nigeria’s presidential election in 2015. The former president basically acknowledged that he had been put under pressure to varying degrees by the leaders of these “global powers” who ultimately wanted him out on the basis of at least, two reasons: his handling of the Boko Haram issue and the kidnap of the Chibok girls, and his signing into law of the anti-gay marriage legislation, and such sundry matters on which the “West” had interest. It so transpired that the US administration under the former President Barrack H. Obama invited the twelve governors of the former Northern sates to Washington DC, to measure the heartbeat...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—SOME stakeholders of Ihiagwa autonomous community in Owerri West local council area of Imo State, has appealed to Governor Rochas Okorocha to restore, “in the interest of peace, the regency position, pending the selection of a new traditional ruler for the community”. Addressing newsmen after a crucial meeting of major stakeholders yesterday, at the palace of the late traditional ruler, Eze James Muruako, the former Palace Secretary, Chief Gab Eke, lamented that “the once peaceful community have been thrown into avoidable crisis as a result of the dissolution of his Regency by the state Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs”. The stakeholders condemned “the desecration of the late royal father’s palace by some sponsored youths from a section of the community”. “The sponsored youths, numbering about 15, stormed the late traditional ruler’s palace, shortly after their meeting with Governor Rochas Okorocha’s aide, desecrate...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Soni Daniel ABUJA —A prosecution witness in the trial of a former Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd) has revealed how a lawyer to the former CDS absconded to Dubai with title documents of various property allegedly procured with monies removed from the accounts of  the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, between January and December 2013. The witness, Nuhu Dalhatu, made this disclosure on May 3, 2017 while being cross-examined by Lasun Sanusi, SAN, who held brief for Badeh’s counsel, Akin Olujimi, SAN, before Justice Okon Abang of the  Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Badeh is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC alongside Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge of money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption. According to Dalhatu, “investigations revealed that Mr Hussaini Umar sold property at the behest of Air Commodore Yushau, on behalf of Badeh, which title documents and power...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President of Ugborhen community in Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Anthony Amitaye, has bagged the best community president award in Sapele LGA and Okpe Kingdom in general for the giant strides of peace, progress and unprecedented development of Ugborhen district especially the milestone which prompted the recent visit of Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to commission a plethora of projects in the district under the watch of Chief Amitaye. President of Ikeresa community, Pastor Sunny Isiorho, in his award presentation speech thanked Chief Amitaye for making himself available to serve the Ugborhen district Sapele council and Okpe Kingdom in general. He said “I believe that if Chief Amitaye if given a higher political office and responsibility to serve his people, will do better based on his pedigree and performance in office as the President of Ugborhen community which witnessed unprecedented development in Ugborhen district.” In his resp...