Tony Elumelu
6 Jan
Reputation Poll International (RPI), in collaboration with the Global Reputation Forum (GRF), has unveiled the prestigious 2025 list of the 100 Most Reputable Africans.
6 Jan
The family of Tony Elumelu has donated food items and N10 million cash each to 10 orphanage homes across Lagos State.
23 Dec
The founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has advised Nigerian leaders and other well-meaning Nigerians to root for the betterment and brighter future of people in the society. Elumelu gave the advice while distributing over 1,800 premium quality CSS Parboiled 25kg Rice to his people in Onicha- Uku Kingdom, Aniocha North local…
17 Dec
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) through UBA Foundation, its corporate social responsibility arm, has donated the sum of N500 million to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) as part of its commitment to building a safer Lagos.
29 Nov
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has signed an agreement to commence full banking operations in France. In a statement released late Thursday, the banking group described the landmark business cooperation agreement with the French Finance Minister, Antoine Armand, as part of President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to France. During the visit, UBA Group Chairman, Tony…
15 Nov
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced it will raise N239.4 billion through a Rights Issue of 6,839,884,274 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N35.00 per share.
25 Oct
The Chairman of Heirs Holdings Group and United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, said the one million barrels project initiated by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is a crucial part of the solution
19 Oct
The Chairman of United Bank of Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has said that businesses have not created value on the African continent but traded commodities for short-term profit, not long-term investment.
25 Sep
Days after Nigerian disc jockey and musician, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, hosted an opening session at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, popular Afrobeats sensation, David Adeleke, a.k.a. Davido, is set to perform at an official event of UNGA79, marking his debut at the prestigious global forum.
18 Sep
What most Nigerians may not know is that these manufacturers that are contracted to carry out turnaround maintenance on our refineries are suspected to be the same that are part of an international syndicate determined to prevent the revival of Nigeria’s four ailing refineries.
13 Sep
Regulatory and high costs of compliance are impeding the growth and innovations of the banking sector, Chairman of UBA Group, Tony Elumelu has said.
The global investment banker who stated this in Abuja at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria
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