South Sudan declares state of emergency

President Salva Kiir South Sudan on Thursday declared a state of emergency after persistent rain and flood killed nine people and displaced 25,000 others. South Sudan President Salva Kiir made this known in a statement. The emergency was declared in 27 out of the East African nation’s 32 states after…

203 ex-employees drag Union Bank to court

Union Bank of Nigeria No fewer than 203 former employees of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc on Thursday dragged the bank before the National Industrial Court, Ibadan, over unpaid N16.2bn balance of pension entitlements. The case was filed by Augustine Onu, Abegunde Solomon, Olanisebe Ezikiel and 200 others. The…