Category: National/Politics

Akinkuowo, Cowbellpedia Champion, Gets Foreign Scholarship

Ayodele Akinkuowo, the 2015 Senior category winner of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, has secured a scholarship to study Aeronautic Engineering at the University of Moscow, Russia. Promasidor Nigeria Limited, the makers of Cowbell Milk brand sponsors of the Quiz Show also donated the sum of USD $2,500 in appreciation of the…

Tony Elumelu Urges African Leaders To Prioritize Youth, Leapfrog Traditional Development Paths

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, CeLD Innovations Unveil Cashtoken

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…

AXA Mansard Health Launches New Plan To Promote Affordable Healthcare

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…

Stanley Acho Launches ‘Same Day Logistics’ In June, To Employ 100 Nigerians

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…

2019: Ijaw Group Throws Weight Behind Emmanuel Uduaghan For Senate

More and more support is coming the way of Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the immediate past governor of Delta State who is gearing up to represent Delta South Senatorial District in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly. A group, Ijaw Liberation Movement (ILM) in Ijaw land, one of the three major ethnic groups…

World Book Day: Airtel Doles Out Books To Underprivileged Children

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, is commemorating the 2018 World Book Day with public primary school pupils across different locations in the country with the donation of 5000 books and hosting of book-reading sessions. The initiative will flag-off on Monday, 23rd April, 2018, with an interactive session with primary four and five students of…