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Uber, the technology company that connects passengers with drivers through a smartphone application, has introduced its low-cost option, UberX, as a safe, reliable and flexible alternative to urban transport in Lagos.
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FBN Capital Limited has been awarded the ‘Africa Oil and Gas Deal of the Year Award’ for the Oando Energy Resources, OER, $350 million Conoco Phillips assets acquisition deal.
3. Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr. Tammy Danagogo has expressed his appreciation for the
harvest of victories posted at the weekend by Nigerian athletes in various competitions held around the continent.
4. In order to foster capacity building in the nation’s Petroleum industry, the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has charged the management of Petrolog Group to adopt one of the tertiary institutions in order to
integrate the youths in Marine Engineering and allied disciplines.
5. Enterprise Bank has introduced a
loan scheme for trade unions and cooperative societies in private and public organisations. The move is in line with its commitment to continually meet the needs of its growing clientele across the country.
6. The International Energy Agency, IEA, has stated that
Nigeria is expected to account for 60% of the projected investments in power in the West Africa sub region by 2040.
7. The Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Group, Mr. Ahmad Julfar, has said
universal broadband can be achieved through public private partnership to promote greater digital, social and financial inclusion in the developing world.
8. The North East Entrepreneur Development Centre (EDC) of the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced an entrepreneurship training programme for 500 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Adamawa.
9. Edo ICT Agency has collaborated with Edo State Ministry of Agriculture;,SabiHub and Open Knowledge Foundation to organize the
first Hackathon (technology competition) on government open data scheme in the West African region.
10. To commemorate his one year in office, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State will inaugurate a monumental site for the formal take off of the
$100 million Ekcel Farm project in the state on Wednesday.
