Pan- African financial institution, United Bank for Africa,
(UBA Plc), continues to lead in innovation with the launch of its dynamic and
creative Online Radio channel – RED Radio
RED Radio, powered by UBA is a lifestyle web platform that
has been set up to inform, educate, entertain and to bring to the fore, the
best of Africa. Much like its sister platform, REDTV, RED Radio is expected to
showcase the best in lifestyle, entertainment, music, news, comedy and fashion.
Speaking on the launch of RED Radio, Group Chairman of UBA,
Tony O. Elumelu applauded the creative initiative, emphasising that UBA as a
financial institution is always ready to support creativity and entrepreneurship.
The 2020 Time 100 most influential person in the world who has committed USD100
million to empowering young entrepreneurs across Africa said about RED Radio,
“Creativity and innovation are a powerful combination and every detail in an
art piece is important and meaningful. This applies to growing businesses and
budding entrepreneurs. You will encounter challenges, like I did, but each
experience is a lesson that brings you closer to your goal. That is the beauty
of creativity.”
Continuing, Elumelu remarked, “There are many ways to make
something beautiful, to make a sound interesting or to bring a story to life.
You can define your expression, and today, as UBA’s RED Radio launches, I wish
Bola Atta and her enterprising team many successes through this beautiful
medium of expression.”
In appreciation of the support of UBA Group Chairman for the
exciting creative initiative, UBA’s Group Head, Corporate Communications, Bola
Atta, said ‘just like, REDTV which is Africa’s leading online entertainment
network, RED Radio is positioned to fast become the foremost online radio
platform in Africa’.
Also expressing his delight, UBA’s Brand Ambassador and star
boy, Wizkid, said, “I am never too busy for my UBA family,” as he granted an
exclusive interview on one of the station’s flagship shows ‘On the Street’
where he spoke extensively about his upcoming album and what his fans should
expect from him in the coming weeks. RED Radio promises to bring rich and
engaging content that will keep its audience coming back constantly for vibrant
and robust entertainment. Listeners can tune in to www.itsredio.com 24/7.
One of the leading Financial Service institutions
in Sierra Leone United Bank for Africa (UBA), has appointed Mr. Usman Isiaka as
its new MD/CEO taking over from Mr. Chinedu Obeta that has served the bank for
a period of 10 years with sterling perfo…
Pan- African financial institution, United Bank for Africa,
(UBA Plc), continues to lead in innovation with the launch of its dynamic and
creative Online Radio channel – RED Radio
RED Radio, powered by UBA is a lifestyle web platform that
has be…
Cabinet ministers are reported to be tossing and
turning unsure if their heads would fall under the guillotine when President
Bio announces the long awaited cabinet reshuffle very soon.
“It has been done and dusted,” a confidential State
House source told this press.
Whilst details of the reshuffle have been kept under
tight seal, it is certain, sources intimated, that some prominent high profiled
cabinet ministers will return to warming the bench whilst some significant new
players will …
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice,
Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, popularly known as JFK, who represented former President
Koroma and several former Cabinet Ministers at the Commission of Inquiry (COI)
has blasted that the outcome of the COI was vindictive and a vendetta against
his clients.
JFK made the statement on BBC radio after the President
released the government Whitepaper on the recommendations contained in the Commission’s
report past Thursday.
Director General of the National Telecommunications Commission
(NATCOM), Daniel Bobson Kaitibi, six months into his leadership of the
Commission has extended thanks and appreciation to board, management and staff
for the tremendous support that they have provided the Deputy Director-General
and him exactly six months since their joint appointments by His Excellency
President Bio.
DG Kaitibi also took the opportunity to update the media and the
public on what they have achieved so far as a Co…
In his bid to be the party’s standard bearer for the 2023 national
elections, over the past weekend, the 2018 presidential flagbearer of the main
opposition All People’s Congress, Dr Samura Kamara visited the two northern
province headquarter distri…
In yesterday Monday edition, The Exclusive reported that the
United States Department of State has declared that the United States of
America will not issue almost all immigrant and non-immigrant visas to Sierra
Leoneans applying at the Embassy in Freetown.
This, the release said, is due to continued delays by the
Government of Sierra Leone to accept its citizens who are subject to a final
order of removal.
Now, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a pre…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this
third media release, wishes to update the general public of the actions and
steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in the Audit Reports of
Sierra Leone 2015 – 2018. These interventions focused on aspects of possible,
or alleged corruption, and conducts inconsistent with the provision(s) in the
Anti-Corruption Act of 2008.
After a thorough review, and analysis of the
aforementioned Reports, a total of twenty-one (21) issues attr…
A new report released recently by
Campaign for Human Rights and Development (CHRDI) has revealed that there are
only sixty three (63) Judges and Magistrate serving over seven million people
across Sierra Leone.
The report which is titled: Justice
under lockdown also makes critical observation about the low manpower in the
judiciary which, according to them, is seriously affecting effective Justice
delivery system in the country.
Sierra Leone Police
(SLP) past Friday in a series of coordinated raids on popular entertainment
spots in the west end of the city along the Lumley Beach Road and in the
neighboring Goderich arrested 71 people.
The police spokesman
said the 31 male and 40 females violated the 11pm COVID-19 curfew order. “They
will all be tested for COVID-19 before been charged to court,” he said.
NACOVERC which
coordinates the fight against COVID-19 in the country as part of measures to
ease the constrain…
The Government of Sierra Leone through World Bank Support has
disbursed a grant of Fourteen Billion Three Hundred and Seventy Four Million
Five Hundred Thousand Leones (Le 14, 374, 500,000) to Twenty Five (25) Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the country.
The grant is part of Sierra Leone’s Agro Processing
Competitiveness Project to promote SMEs in agro-business, according to the
Minister of Trade & Industry Dr. Hinga Sandi during his key note address in
the symbolic disbursem…
The National Executive of the Youth League of the main opposition
All People’s Congress (APC) and its corresponding APC Veterans Organization has
recently been reportedly holding series of in-house meetings to decide which
process they will be using to choose the next executive, ahead of the party’s National
Delegates’ Conference, scheduled to take place in February next year.
Few days ago, the National Secretary General of the APC,
Ambassador Alhaji Osman Foday Yansa…
The United States Department of State has declared that the
United States of America will not issue almost all immigrant and non-immigrant
visas to Sierra Leoneans applying at the Embassy in Freetown.
This, the release said, is due to continued delays by the Government
of Sierra Leone to accept its citizens who are subject to a final order of
removal.
Controversy has reigned between USA and the Sierra Leone
Immigration running back to 2017 over the issue of the USA’s decision to deport
t…
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic
that saw the closing of schools across the country since March, the Ministry of
Basic and Secondary Education in partnership with the West African Examinations
Council were able to conduct delayed National Primary School Examination (NPSE)
for over 150, 000 pupils countrywide, with the number of boys and girls almost
equal.
Noticeable about the results which
were published last weekend by WAEC is that the top ten performing schools and
candidates came from no…
One Adama Kamara has testified before
Magistrate Hannah Bonnie of the Pademba Road Court No1 in Freetown in an
alleged murder of her son Alieu Sesay.
The accused in the said matter, Mohamed Sesay
made his third appearance in court and was arraigned on a count of murder
contrary to law.
According to the charge sheet, it was
alleged that the accused on Friday, 14th August, 2020, at 17:00
hours at No 9 Ranger Street off Mountain Cut, Freetown, stabbed one Alie…
