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Dance Professionals, Scholars Gather In Calabar, To Proffer Solutions to Tourism, Other Challenges

Dance Professionals and Scholars will from Wednesday 4th of December to Saturday 7th, December 2019, gather at the University Senate Chamber, University of Calabar, Cross River Nigeria, to proffer solutions to some of the tourism challenges within the culture industry in the country. The conference organised by the Association of Dance Scholars and Practitioners of Nigeria is to be hosted ... Read More »

Second Year Running, UBA Group Emerges African Bank of the Year

…….. Subsidiaries win Best Bank in Benin, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Congo, Sierra Leone at The Bankers Awards The Banker Magazine has once again selected leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as the “African Bank of the Year 2019”. This is the second time, UBA has clinched the prestigious award, having been named Best African Bank ... Read More »

Mouka Quality Sleep, Smarter Kids Essay Contest

After months of brilliant competition amongst participants from various schools in Lagos, the 2019 Mouka Quality Sleep, Smarter Kids Essay contest came to a rewarding close with presentation of prizes to The 2nd runner up, 1st runner up and the ultimate prize winner at the Mouka Corporate Head Office in Lagos. 2nd runner up walked away with the sum of ... Read More »

Unemployment: We must invest more in technical education – Elegushi

  Prominent Lagos monarch, the Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi has advised the government and other stakeholders in the education sector to invest more in technical education, noting that it is one of the panaceas towards addressing unemployment in the country.   Oba Elegushi who made this call while addressing newsmen at the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo ... Read More »

FAYEMI APPOINTS BOARD MEMBERS FOR FOUNTAIN HOLDINGS

In a bid to further drive investment in the state, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of members of Board of Fountain Holdings Limited, the investment company owned by the state government. The new board is headed by Mr Jide Ogundare. Other members of the board are: Prof Abiodun Ayeni- Agbaje, Dr Tunde Adeniran, Ms. Folakemi ... Read More »

SPECIAL STATUS FOR LAGOS, BEST WAY TO HONOUR MOBOLAJI JOHNSON’ – SANWO-OLU

…Senate Commiserates With Lagos Government On The Death Of Former Military Administrator Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged contemporary leaders to draw inspiration from the legacies bequeathed by the late first military Governor of the State, Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson (rtd). Sanwo-Olu extolled the leadership qualities of the late Johnson, saying the deceased, in addition to being a military ... Read More »

Taraba Assembly Speaker, Diah resigns

Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Peter Abel Diah, has resigned his position, THE PUNCH reports. This follows weeks of political intrigues in the state. The Speaker confirmed his resignation on Sunday, citing personal reasons. It was learnt that Diah had, until Sunday morning, been in control of 15 members, against Governor Darius Ishaku’s nine. The PUNCH quoted multiple sources ... Read More »

Right of Reply: Segun Sowunmi replies Abiodun Aide says you missed the point

When the all-inclusive, now clearly cosmetic, slow to settle, uninspiring administration of HE Dapo Abiodun started, I had suspected that the idea was, perhaps, to cage all potentially divergent opinions and strong voices in Ogun. I have now become satisfactorily convinced that an awkward situation of catastrophic proportion is before all lovers of our dear state. I had penned a ... Read More »

Dangote Refinery takes delivery of world largest crude distillation facility

Dangote Refinery has taken delivery of the world’s largest crude distillation equipment designed for crude oil processing, thus raising hope for the completion of the project. The Crude Distillation Column received yesterday, is the largest in terms of distilling capacity which is 650 thousand barrels per stream day. According to the company, “The significant equipment weighs 2250MT; Length, 112.5m; Width, ... Read More »

Breaking News: Tony Elumelu Foundation to Open Applications for the 2020 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on January 1, 2020

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs — will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. Applications are made through TEFConnect, the digital networking hub for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, created by the Foundation. The TEF Entrepreneurship Programme is open to entrepreneurs from across ... Read More »