During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa’s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding their innovations would also help attract foreign investors. The Tony Elumelu Foundation Founder spoke alongside World Bank President…
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service Provider has partnered with CeLD Innovations to launch CashToken, a consumer electronic reward system into the Nigerian economy. The product was launched at the Hyper Consumer Centricity conference held at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos with top 500 Nigerian CEOs in attendance. Speaking at the…
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) has released its unaudited first quarter results, showing significant growth across major income lines. Following a sterling performance in the 2017 financial year, UBA Group delivered another impressive 18% percent year-on-year growth in gross earnings in the first three months of 2018. Leveraging on strong…
The nation’s leading health care insurance company, AXA Mansard Health, duly regulated by NHIS, and member of the AXA Mansard Group has launched a new health plan called “Easy Care health insurance plan” to help Nigerians access affordable and quality health plan. With the new Easy Care health insurance plan, subscriber can with as low…
An important travel document is your Nigerian passport. Without it, you cannot travel. In Nigeria, almost everyone thinks that you can never get your passport without going through the back door. This is wrong. There are laid down rules for applying for your passport. You only need to be patient or else you will be frustrated.…
Choosing a healthy diet, low in saturated fat is important in helping to keep your cholesterol (this is a fat-like substance that’s found in all the cells in your body) low. However, you can reduce your cholesterol levels further by including these foods shared by Jumia Food, the no 1 food ordering platform in Nigeria, in your everyday…
The management of Triple O Entertainment has concluded plans to stage an award ceremony for the entrepreneurs who have succeeded in various sectors of the economy. The event tagged Lagos Achievers Award aims to recognize the success and vitality of all sectors in Nigeria specifically in Lagos. According to the organisers, this unique annual award…
Financial guru and a Doctorate degree holder from the University of America California, Dr Stanley Acho, has expressed his willingness to tackle the unemployment problem in Nigeria by creating several opportunities to youths in the country. The philanthropist plans to use his influence as a director at Stretch-out Group (Stretch-out Exclusive Rendezvous Ltd, Stretch-out BDC…
It was joyful moment last week when unarguably king of Fuji music in Nigeria, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, returned from his medical vacation from Canada. At the airport, where the ‘big eagle’ first landed in Nigeria, there were fans and associates of the musician patently waiting for his arrival. His new ‘beast’ was even stationed at…
Though the name Joy Tongo may not generally ring a bell, for those in the entertainment, this lady is someone that wields a huge influence in the showbiz sector in Nigeria. Joy has managed and worked with top artistes dominating the music industry at the moment including Wizkid, P-Square, Cynthia Morgan, Yemi Alade amongst others.…