The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) yesterday pledged a whooping sum of N200million to support current effort of the Nigerian government towards curbing the spread of Corona Virus or Covid-19 in the country. ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a corporate organization in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus since Nigeria…
Lidia Thelema Soberekon has emerged winner of the February edition of the “Help the Hard worker” monthly competition organized by a non-governmental organization, Princewill’s Trust for entrepreneurs, youths and Rivers residents who are engaged in micro business ventures and all forms of hard work in Rivers State. Miss Lidia, a graduate of Linguistics Studies from…
Friends of Niger Delta Ecological Initiative, FONDEI, has noted with regret a barrage of actions by some highly placed politicians and their associates to needlessly criticise, antagonize and distract the officials of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) from carrying out the project’s objectives of identifying and remedying negatively impacted environment of Ogoniland in the Niger…
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Profit before…
At a ceremony marking the refurbishment of Afriland Towers, the state-of-the-art office building, the Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency Mr. Babajde Sanwo-Olu praised Afriland Properties Plc for the successful renovation and commissioning of the world-class 8-floor office complex – Afriland Towers on Friday, with dignitaries including the Oba of Lagos, HRH Rilwan Aremu Akiolu…
The Chinwe Bode-Akinwande (CBA) Foundation, a Lagos-based non-governmental organisation on Saturday held its 2020 annual five-kilometre-long walk, tagged: “Walk4Hope” in Lagos. According to the organisers, the charity walk, which kicked off at the Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, was aimed at creating awareness and raising funds for the protection and support of underprivileged widows and…
Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has expressed concern over the delay in the arrest of Aisha Yesufu, of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign group, one week after a video clip in circulation allegedly showed the…
In demonstration of its commitment to consistently promote and support the growth and development of the economy and also to deepen its foothold in the retail sector, Keystone Bank Limited recently held another edition of its capacity building training for its customers in Abuja and its environs. According to the lender, the programme tagged ‘Spark…
Dangote Cement Plc will soon boost its export sales as it prepares to inaugurate its Apapa, Lagos, export terminal. This will be followed by Onne, Rivers State, export terminal. The company disclosed this while commenting on its future plans following the release of its 2019 financial results. Dangote Cement Plc commended the decision of the…
The February edition of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Grand Round expounded on ‘The Role of Sleep in the Management of Lifestyle related Diseases’, held at the Malaria Research Centre (MRC), (LASUTH). The three speakers from the Department of Family Medicine are Drs. Moyo Makinde, Olamide Oluwatuyi and Wasiu Akanmu. In his presentation,…