Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. He addressed over young Cape Verdean entrepreneurs in a Forum themed “African Youth: Foresight ... Read More »

For many years, until the early 1980s, the Nigerian textile industry was the highest employer of labour, after the public sector. Sadly, the industry is in dire straits battling for survival in recent times. Among the challenges that confronted the sector were policy inconsistency leading to closure of many textile companies occasioned by poor power supply, smuggling, poor access to ... Read More »

NAPTIP DG Dame Julie Okah-Donli presenting award of Excellence and Exemplary Leadership in fight against human trafficking to Mr Ganiyu Egunjobi, Chairman, Agege Local Government in Lagos. The Chairman of Agege Local Government of Lagos State, Mr Ganiyu Egunjobi, on Wednesday, bagged an award of excellence and exemplary leadership in fight against human trafficking in the area. The award was ... Read More »

Agege Local Government on Tuesday donated N500,000 to 2-year old Oliyinde Semilore, who is battling cancer of the eyes. The Council chairman, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, presented the said sum meant to enable the sick teenager, whose parents reside at 275, ipaja Road to undergo padeatric Opthalmic cataract surgery. Egunjobi, who was moved to tears during the presentation the council’s ... Read More »

One of the wave making Yoruba Movie stars, Sholagbade Mustapha has just joined the list of Nigerian actors who are brand ambassadors for property companies. The quiet but intelligent role interpreter, we learnt,was today 15th October 2019,​ signed a year contract with Akefada International Ltd, owner of Royalty Homes, at the company’s head office, located at Obanikoro Area of Lagos ... Read More »

< https://af.mail.my.com/cgi-bin/readmsg?id=15711848620000140851;0;5&mode=attachment&email=thumb01@yahoo.comOne of the wave making Yoruba Movie stars, Sholagbade Mustapha has just joined the list of Nigerian actors who are brand ambassadors for property companies. The quiet but intelligent role interpreter, we learnt,was today 15th October 2019,​ signed a year contract with Akefada International Ltd, owner of Royalty Homes, at the company's head office, located at Obanikoro Area of ... Read More »

leading media measurement and evaluation agency, P+ Measurement Services, has announced the introduction of a dedicated Broadcast Analytics audit Reporting platform to help brands interpret their TV and radio advert compliance reports. In a statement, the agency said the new solution, regarded as the first of its kind in the Nigerian marketing communications industry, would help brands transform their reports, ... Read More »

In furtherance of its commitment to the growth and development of sports, nation building and the economy at large, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the Georgian Cup of the Kaduna Polo Tournament for the 100th consecutive year, possibly the longest running sports sponsorship in the world and a Guinness Book of Records potential. The 2019 ... Read More »

The Executive Director, Operations and Information, Fidelity Bank Plc, Gbolahan Joshua has advised data validation agencies and organisations to adopt appropriate policies that provide financial institutions with the required flexibility to utilise available customer data. Joshua who gave the counsel during a panel session at the 10th anniversary celebration of Verve in Lagos recently, explained that this would assist banks ... Read More »

…Lagos Governor Meets PZ Chairman, Directors Residents of Ijegun area of Lagos State may now be relieved of the hardship they experience over the activities of oil tank farms and mega depot belonging to Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). On Monday, Lagos State Government and Ijegun-Egba Tank Farm Owners and Operators Association agreed to work together in the regeneration of ... Read More »