Housing Finance Investment Conference and Exhibition (HOFEX) Holds In Lagos.
The Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) will hold this year’s edition of Housing Finance Investment Conference and Exhibition (HOFEX) between 18 and 19October. This is the second edition of the conference and the theme is “The Mortgage Banking/Housing Finance Sector in Nigeria – A viable Platform for Wealth Creation and Affordable Housing.” There will […]
Starcomms, MTS And Multilinks Nigeria To Merge
Pending the approval of the Nigerian Communication Commission, three Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) carriers in the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry, Starcomms, MTS and Multilinks, will merge to become CAPCOM. This will make CAPCOM become the biggest CDMA providers in the country and also grow muscle to compete with the dominating GSM carriers. CDMA networks have […]
Museum Dedicated To Fela Kuti Opens In Lagos [PICTURE]
Celebrating his posthumous birthday, the children of Fela Kuti have opened a museum called “Kalakuta” which is dedicated to their late father and Afrobeat Legend. The Museum was launched yesterday, October 15, when he would have been 74years. Fela died in 1997 – at 58 – of HIV-related sickness, but his works and significance continued […]
Lagos State Government Sets Up Oil Corporation.
The Lagos State Government is set to launch its oil and gas corporation, aimed at optimizing the benefits of oil and gas in the country and ease supplies to the state. The Lagos State Oil and Gas Corporation (LOGASC) is on the way in the state, and a bill towards it has been sent to […]
Events This Weekend!
Music Meets Runway 2012 Model Casting Music Meets Runway is an annual fashion and music show event, which features fashions by the new era of fashion being presented by live performances by popular music acts, including international artists. ‘Music Meets Runway’ is intended to provide a platform for talented designers, especially those who normally […]
“There Was a Country” New Book by Chinua Achebe
World renowned poet and African respected writer, Chinua Achebe, has taken The minds of Nigerian back to the hard times of the late 60’s during the Biafran War or the Nigerian Civil War, in a book titled There Was A Country. The book, which is a personal history of Biafra as remembered by Achebe, described […]
Round Seven: Wole Soyinka Awards For Investigative Journalism Begins!
Professor Wole Soyinka’s Center for Investigative Journalism is set to award journalists for their work and reports that has been received by the Nigerian audience. The award is open to professional Nigerian journalist or team of journalists, full-time or freelancers, who have produced a news story published between 26 October 2011 and 3 October 2012 […]
European-Nigerian Business Forum Holds in Lagos
The Federal Government of Nigeria is working hard and seriously towards trade and investment in the country. There have been more Bi-National Commission of recent, and Bi-lateral trade between Nigeria and several economies have grown. In line with this, a business forum, involving business leaders and public officers from Europe and Nigeria will hold in […]
President Jonathan Presents 2013 Budget!
President Goodluck Jonathan has presented the 2013 budget to a joint section of the Legislature – Senate and the House of Representatives. He presented 4.93 trillion naira ($31.35 billion), with cuts to recurrent expenditure and increase in spending, in key areas. He based the revenue to fund the budget from oil at $75 per barrel, […]
New Facebook Jacket Hugs You When Someone Likes Your Status
Being liked on Facebook is normal, and could create a feel good mood, but nothing physical happens. Nothing physical is expected because Facebook, other social networks and other messaging service are virtual with relations staying so. But a student of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Melissa Chow, has designed a wireless-controlled Jacket that bloats whenever your […]
YouTube Invests New $100million For Contents For Its Channels.
YouTube, a video sharing website and one of the most popular around the world, with several channels, is paying Media houses and artists – in Europe – for contents to put on their YouTube Channels. YouTube Channels are platforms on YouTube where new and recent contents are uploaded, and if it has millions of views, […]
SsangYong Launches New Models of SUVs in Nigeria
South Korea’s fourth largest auto-maker, SsangYong has launched new models of Sport Utility Vehicles in Nigeria. The brands – Rexton, Actyon and Kyron Sports – will be available in the Nigerian, by Stallion Motors. Stallion Motors is an authorized dealer for auto-brands in Nigeria, and it has added SsangYong to that list. Speaking at the […]
Events This Weekend!
Oja-Ara Independence Edition SCUUP presents Oja-Ara Independence Edition. SCUUP stands for Sassy/Strong, Cute/Cool/Confident, Unique/beaUtiful/Urbane and Preppy. Oja-Ara is a mini-fair whose fourth edition will hold this weekend. Ojo-Ara is the Yoruba term for “Market of Wonders”. The theme is Think Nigeria, and it is sponsored by STANBIC IBTC Bank. Venue: GET Arena, Oniru estate, Victoria […]