Kushal Dutta, the managing director of Jumia Travel, the hotel and flight booking platform within the Jumia ecosystem, has said that investors in the company’s ventures are happy with the achievements of all the companies under the Jumia brand name. Dutta made the disclosure while responding to a question on the status of the company’s…
This August, fashionistas from all over Lagos would come together to witness a fashion show that focuses on the beauty and perfect curve of a true African woman. The Curve catwalk Show 2017 will feature 10 designers showcasing (Lingerie, Swimwear, Urban Wear, Traditional Outfit and lots more. There would be performances by the FABSISTERS and…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state has advised the PDP to refrain from its vicious attack on the judiciary, especially on the judges that presided over the legislative elections petition tribunal that handled all the petitions emanating from the last Rivers State legislative rerun elections.. The APC State Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, made…
On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, The UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, continued on its quest to educate and empower African youths as it visited the Accra High School in Ghana. UBA Foundation’s Read Africa Initiative was launched in 2011 and has been changing the lives…
For weeks now, there has been uproar in the country over the removal of CRK from school curriculum in Nigeria by the Federal Government. This move has received massive critics from different angles. One of the people who are angered by this is popular Prophet, Joshua Iginla, who insisted that Nigeria can never be Islamized…
Following shareholder approval received in January, Guinness Nigeria Plc has now received clearance of the issue documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission and approvals from the Nigerian Stock Exchange to list the new Guinness Nigeria shares on The Nigerian Stock Exchange. The funds raised will support the Company in executing its strategy in the…
Recently, a wave of false fabricated stories about the activities of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme has been systematically circulated. Wabiye Idoniboyeobu Media Consultant to the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in a press statement today said the recent act of blackmail “is…
Executive Director of Fate Foundation, Mrs Nike Adeyemi, has urged the Federal Government to implement the teaching of entrepreneurship education in the nation’s primary schools to fast track economic growth. Adeyemi made the appeal on Monday in Lagos during a panel discussion at the launch of a Minipreneur Book. The book was written by Mrs…
At the 24th Annual General Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim), held in Rwanda, Tony Elumelu, CON, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, congratulated Afrexim for the critical support that the Bank, led by President Oramah, provides for African businesses and its significant contribution to the development of cross-border trade and…
In furtherance if its quest to make a law to promote and preserve the compulsory teaching of Yoruba Language in all schools in Lagos State, the state House of Assembly through its House Committee on Education embarked on a tour of the six (6) education districts of the state. The aim of the tour was…