Month: January 2020

US-Nigeria Trade Council Endorses FlagIT App, Commends FG, FRSC, AFF

The US-Nigeria Trade Council, a body that specializes in facilitating trade and investments between the United States and Nigeria, on behalf of Nigerians in the diaspora (United States) has endorsed the Flag’It App, a mobile technology Application Portal recently launched by the Akin Fadeyi Foundation for reporting corruption. The group, in a statement, enjoined Nigerians…

CAN Should Commend Pantami For Blacklisting 9.2million Pre-registered SIM, By Adewole Kehinde

My attention was recently brought to the allegations of Christian Association of Nigeria statement asking President Buhari “What is the essence of SIM card registration if the authorities cannot utilize it to find these killers who depend on phones as a mean of interaction to do their criminalities?” I will like to bring the attention…

THISDAY Award: Eze Describes Amaechi as Catalyst for National Development

Former National Publicity Secretary  of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, (nPDP), and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has joined well-meaning Nigerians and people of goodwill to felicitate with the Hon. Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi CON. over the award investiture on him as THISDAY Editor’s Choice Minister of…

NIPR Fellows Pays Tribute To Chief Alex Akinyele

Professionals in the Marketing Communications Industry on Thursday, 23rd of January 2020, paid their last respect to the late Chief Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele, at the Night of Tributes organized by the Body of Fellows of the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Ikeja. At the gathering, Public Relations Practitioners…

Africa Needs Massive Capital Investment in Power, Human Resources to Drive Economic Growth – Elumelu at the UK Africa Investment Summit

The Chairman, United Bank for Africa(UBA), and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu has advocated massive private capital investment as well as increased support to youth development as catalysts for driving the much needed economic growth on the continent. Elumelu said this while speaking on a panel at the  UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020, in London.…

UBA Connect Set to Deepen Intra-African Trade

As Customers Can Now Make Cash Withdrawals In Local Currencies Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the official  launch of a flagship product UBA Connect, a service that enables the  customers of the bank to conduct traditional banking transactions at any UBA branch in the 20 African countries where…

Ex-Delta Commissioner Raises Alarm Over Planned Conversion of Mariam Babangida Women Development Centre to Appeal Court

A former commissioner for women affairs in Delta State, Queen Betty Efekodha has raised an alarm over the plan to convert the Mariam Babaginda Women Development Center that was built during the tenure of former governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the state to Appeal Court premises. According to Efekodha, the building has been roofed and painted,…