Oando Foundation Gives Scholarships To Students.
Oando Plc, one of Nigeria’s indigenous successful oil and gas company, has taken education to heart, by adopting public primary schools and supporting selected pupils there to further their education. It will take ten outstanding student from those schools and pay for their tuition fees and sundry expenses. Oando has committed 1% of its profit […]
DG NITDA: Nigerian IT growth at 30% annually
The Director General of Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Cleopas Angaye, has revealed that Nigeria’s IT industry is growing at the rate of 30% annually. He made this known during an address in Calabar at a conference on Cloud Computing in Nigeria. He said that there are 45 million internet users in Nigeria currently […]
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Expected in Nigeria for Airtel’s Night of Influence
The presenter of Global Public Square on CNN and Editor-at-large of TIME Magazine, Fareed Zakaria, is expected in Nigeria by mid-November for an event, Night of Influence, put together by Airtel. Night of Influence will have Zakaria speak on Africa’s Political Economy: The Challenge of Leadership. Business leaders, top bureaucrats and career folks are expected […]
Nigeria to Import 100 Rice Mills
The Jonathan Administration that successfully oversaw the adoption of 13 new rice mills in Nigeria with a total capacity of 240,000 tonnes in the last year has announced that there will be more rice mills, to meet its 2015 target of self-sufficient rice production. It is known that most of the rice mills in the […]
Business registration with the CAC now possible round the clock
The Corporate Affairs Commission has commenced a 24-hour start-to-finish business registration process for intending business owners in this country. This will make it possible start the process – having the required documents and fees – and get registered on that same day. This is starting off in Lagos, as the Minister for Trade and Investment, […]
Airtel Nigeria gets new CEO – Segun Ogunsanya
Airtel, an international telecoms provider and the third largest GSM carrier in Nigeria, has appointed a new Chief Executive – Segun Ogunsanya. He will succeed the outgoing CEO, Rajan Swaroop, and report to the International CEO, Manoj Kohli. He will resume later this month, and will be required to power Airtel Nigeria to new […]
Belgium-based Chika Unigwe wins the 2012 Nigerian Prize for Literature
The Committee for the award of the Nigerian Prize for Literature has announced that a female Nigerian, Chika Unigwe is the winner of the 2012 prize. She won for her book “On Black Sister’s Street” and was awarded the sum of $100,000. Her book was one of the three books that made it to the […]
Events This Weekend!
2012 Lagos International Trade Fair The Lagos International Trade Fair is annually organized by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The Fair which is staged with the support and co-operation of the Federal and State Governments covers all aspects of business and economic activities , will be held again this year, opening today. Venue: […]
Nigeria International Music Expo (NIMEX) 2012 Holds in November
Consolidating on the recognized and burgeoning music industry, a business and entertainment expo will be held in Nigeria, this November. It will look into music business initiatives aimed at instilling long term stability and growth to the Nigerian entertainment industry. It will be held for three days in Lagos and will provide an opportunity for […]
Thought Leadership for Public Healthcare in Nigeria
As part of its Thought Leadership series on sustainable development, Thistle Praxis Consulting will be having a sustainable conversation on Public Health: Tackling Challenges for Effective Service Delivery. It will hold next month, in Lagos, and speakers will be medical professionals. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate, will be the lead […]
The Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria Calls for Entries for the Creative Industry Awards
In 2011, the Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (CEAN) sought to reward Initiative, Talent, Creativity and Entrepreneurship across the creative industries, recognizing the central role they play in the development of a competitive and sustainable creative economy. With the support of the British Council we were able to achieve our goals, seeing Wale Adenuga of […]
Nigerian Professor, Nneka Okeke wins UNESCO Women-In-Science Award
Physics Professor, Francisca Nneka Okeke of University of Nigeria Nsukka, has been named – along with four others as recipients of the 15th Annual L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women-in-Science Award. She won “for her significant contributions to the understanding of daily variations of the ion currents in the upper atmosphere which may further our understanding of climate […]
PathCare Nigeria unveils its Electronic Medical Record Solution
PathCare Nigeria has launched an online delivery result system. This will provide electronic medical record for patients, with accurate and reliable results. The solution works such that, after lab tests are conducted, it is made available online, for doctors to use to treat patients. PathCare is also available in South Africa and has worked there. […]
Standard Chartered Bank, others, buy Union Bank for $500 million
Standard Chatered Bank, a member of a strategically aligned group of investors, that came together to form Union Global Partners, has bought 65% stake in Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, or 11,008,274,206 common shares for $500 million dollars. This recapitalization of the bank, comes as a reformist MD, Funke Osibodu, bows out and a new […]
VCASH e-commerce payment solution to be launched in December
Virtual Terminal Network has teamed up with Keystone Bank to provide Nigerians with a world-class and an e-commerce payment solution specifically for Nigeria. The virtual payment solution is a revolutionary system that will make it safe and secure for Nigerian retailers and global merchants to receive virtual payments locally and globally. To launch it, it […]
Symantec: Nigeria Is Vulnerable To Global Cyber Attack
Maker of Norton Antivirus, and leader in internet security watch, Symantec Corp, has released its latest global, internet security report. Where it accessed the state of global cyber security and made remarks about potential threats with recommendations to prevent them. It alluded Nigeria in the report, knowing our transition to e-payment, and advocacy of some […]