UBA Announces Strategic Expansion into Key Markets Across Africa Nume Ekeghe UBA Group senior executives recently concluded the Group’s Half Year Business Review. Held at
global headquarters in Lagos Nigeria, Group Managing Director/CEO, Oliver Alawuba, brought together executives responsible for UBA’s twenty-four countries of operation.
It was an opportunity to restate the Group’s pan-African strategy, and commitment to further expanding the Group’s coverage across high potential markets across Africa, while
also deepening its operations in its existing twenty African presence markets. With over 51.7% of Group revenues from ex Nigerian operations, UBA’s journey to being Africa’s most
diversified financial services group was clearly in evidence, The international strategic intent Continued on page 9
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Presidency: We Never Stopped Issuance of Five-year Non-Immigrant Visas to US Citizens Says Nigeria has e-visa policy for US, many other nations’ citizens; US has declined reciprocal footing for Nigerians UK launches e-visas for Nigerian study, work applicants Deji Elumoye and Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The presidency on Thursday formally reacted to news making the rounds that President Bola Tinubu stopped
the issuance of five-year multipleentry visas to US citizens, saying at no time did the president stop the
issuance of the multiple-entry visas to US citizens. It stated that Tinubu rather
sustained the diplomatic tempo in line with the principle of subsisting bilateral agreements and reciprocity.
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Continued on page 9
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LISTING OF GTCO ON THE LSE IN LONDON...
The Group Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Mr. Segun Agbaje(middle) standing 4th from (right ) is the Managing Director of GTBank, Miriam Olusanya. and a cross section of officials of GTCO, London Stock Exchange and Nigerian capital market community during the listing of GTCO on the LSE in London…yesterday