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Former United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc staff, who were allegedly wrongly disengaged, have again dragged the bank before National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Lagos, seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the bank, from debiting their accounts in any other banks in the country, over alleged outstanding consumer/staff loans. It would be recalled that early this year, 116 UBA employees whose appointments were unlawfully terminated, dragged the bank before the court seeking several orders which include, an order declaring their disengagement as illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and breach of contract and consequently demanded for the sum of N2.015 billion…

President Muhammadu Buhari has given assurances that there would be more resources for the country’s military, police and other security agencies to deal with the unwanted security situation in some areas of the country. Assessing the state of security in the country, the President described the situation, particularly in the North West and North Central parts of the country as “very disturbing.” In a message to Nigerians shortly after performing the Eid prayers with his family and aides at the forecourt of the State House, Abuja on Friday, President Buhari said that while much had been achieved, security wise, from…

Italian Serie A side Napoli have confirmed the signing of young Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen from French club Lille. Napoli’s website gave very few details of the deal simply sayini: “SSC Napoli are delighted to announce the signing of Victor Osimhen from Lille on a permanent transfer.” According to French sports newspaper L’Equipe, the deal is worth more than $96m (81.3m euros) making him the most expensive African player of all time. Napoli have now paid more than English side Arsenal paid Lille for Ivory Coast’s Nicolas Pepe a year ago. Osimhen had joined Lille from Belgium’s Charleroi as a replacement…

…Mulls Long-Term Loan Facility For Health Investors …Governor Procures 250,000 Face Masks, Donates 30,000 To Secondary Schools Students The first indigenous medically graded face mask manufacturing company has opened in Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, opened the O-Care Medical Face Mask factory in Odofin Park Estate, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the State, saying the development was timely. The factory is a subsidiary of Transgreen Nigeria Limited, a local manufacturer of medical equipment, such as respirator, ventilator, hand gloves and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The O-Care face mask is said to be the first certified medical face…

MultiChoice Nigeria is happy to announce the return of the 24-hour channel, ESPN on GOtv channel 36, available on the GOtv Max package. GOtv Max customers will have access to thousands of live sporting events and shows from the ESPN network, such as the English Football League (EFL), Major League Soccer (MLS), Scottish Premier Football League (SPFL), Dutch Eredivisie and other popular premier American leagues. Viewers can look forward to these thrilling games;English Football League: 2019-2020 playoff Semi Final: Fulham vs Cardiff at 7:40pm on Thursday, 30th July, Major League Soccer: 2020, KF: Wedstrijd at 1:05am on Friday, 31st July,…

M-Net, the MultiChoice Group’s flagship channel on DStv Premium, has acquired the rights from The Walt Disney Company to screen Black Is King across Africa. The film by Beyoncé is based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift from last year’s release of Disney’s The Lion King.  The teaser and trailer about this new visual album are already taking the world by storm. More good news is that M-Net will bring Black Is King to the continent within 24-hours of its debut on Disney+. The M-Net screening is scheduled for Saturday, 1 August at 9:00 PM WAT. And, DStv customers who don’t have access to M-Net can shrug off any…

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Thursday accused the military of sabotage in Tuesday’s attack on his convoy. The governor was on routine inspection when his convoy was attacked by suspected Boko Haram fighters between Baga and Monguno. He was whisked away from his official car and smuggled into the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad (FSAS) armoured personnel carrier to keep him safer after the attack was repelled, according to an eyewitness in the convoy. Zulum faults military over convoy attack. pic.twitter.com/pTGuBHuGRK — daharatu abdullahi (@DaharatuA) July 30, 2020 Zulum told reporters yesterday in Munguno: “As far as I am concerned,…

Mexican forward Raul Jimenez, 29, is on his way to Manchester United after Wolves agreed a £27m deal to sign Braga’s 27-year-old Portuguese striker Paulinho. (RTP, via Express) Jadon Sancho’s anticipated move to Manchester United has moved closer, as Borussia Dortmund are willing to agree on an initial £60m fee for the 20-year-old England winger. (Independent) Chelsea have tabled an offer for Barcelona’s 28-year-old German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. (Cadena Ser, via Mail) Gareth Bale, 31, has told Wales boss Ryan Giggs he intends to stay at Real Madrid next term even if the forward’s lack of games leaves him rusty for the Euros. (Mirror) Chelsea and Manchester City are among a number of leading clubs…

Olumide Akpata has been elected as the President of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) beating two other challengers, Dr Babatunde Ajibade (SAN) and Dele Adesina (SAN). The former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SL) had maintained a huge lead in the NBA national elections that got underway on Wednesday. ANNOUNCEMENT OF NBA 2020 NATIONAL OFFICERS ELECTION https://t.co/hxw1dJcgaj — Nigerian Bar Association (@NigBarAssoc) July 30, 2020 Akpata, the only non-Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) among three presidential candidates, had polled 8075 votes (53.7 percent) as at 2:02pm on Thursday. His closest challenger Dr Babatunde Ajibade SAN has…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 481 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday. The 481 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 42689. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 266 patients from isolation centers across the country with five new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 89 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 15043. Nigeria announces 404 new coronavirus cases But it was the…