Year: 2019

Rescuing African Agriculture from Climate Change

Ministers of agriculture from 30 African countries, including Nigeria recently met to discuss actionable solutions to the threat posed by climate change to agriculture in Africa. The meeting was the 2nd annual ministerial conference of the Adapting African Agriculture (AAA) Initiative, themed “Food Security Facing Climate Change”. The 2-day conference which was held at the…

Lagos, Ogun Produce 2019 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Champions

In a trilling, but energy-sapping mental duel last weekend, representatives of Lagos and Ogun States shrugged off all challenges to emerge victorious in the finals of season 5 of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited. In an electrifying final battle of the…

Organisers Fix December 1 for 2019 All Colour Awards

The much-anticipated unusual “made in Nigeria” annual event with limitless imagination, All Colour Awards (ACA), will take place at the reputable Abelinis Hub, located on 1, Erinola Salako Street, Behind Excellence Hotel, Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, December 1, 2019, the organisers have announced. The event is expected to bring together top players in different…

Ecobankmobile *326# Partners AFRIMA to Promote Music, Creative Industry

Ecobankmobile*326# has announced its partnership with the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2019 slated for Lagos Nigeria from 20th through 23rd, November. AFRIMA, Africa’s most glamorous music event, is an annual celebration of African talents from all regions of the continent. The Lagos Awards which is the 6th edition has as its theme: “Feel Africa”.…

BLK Prestige Investment Limited: Responsible CSR For Societal Growth

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Nigeria is almost as old as the country as it could be traced to 1956, when crude oil was found in Oloibiri, Niger Delta Region of the nation. The region has perennially suffered from environmental neglect, crumbling infrastructures and services, high unemployment, social deprivation, abject poverty and endemic conflict. These…

2023: Why Plot Against Amaechi Will Always Fail—Eze

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has lamented the rate at which beneficiaries of the large-heartedness of the Minister of Transportation and former Rivers State governor, Dr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, are plotting against their benefactor. Eze, spokesman of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), in…