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Jim Ovia withdraws from World Economic Forum

Founder/Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr Jim Ovia, has withdrawn from further activities at the World Economic Forum Africa 2019, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. According to a statement from the bank, this is “following the hypersensitivity of…

VMware’s virtualise Africa cements continent’s future in cloud and virtualisation

Cloud computing giant, VMware Inc., last week held its annual event, VMworld, bringing leaders in tech together to experience new and exciting innovation in the field of cloud computing and virtualisation. The company’s diverse enterprise infrastructure product line means it…

Xenophobic attacks in South Africa most pathetic and regrettable – Obi

Advises Nigerians to emulate Indians, Jews The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on South Africans to stop the attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians, describing the development as most pathetic and regrettable.…

Economic Recovery: PR roundtable set to explore opportunities in maritime sector

As Nigeria continues to drive at an improved economy, experts at the next NECCI PR Roundtable are set to provide practical suggestions and solutions for a pragmatic approach to success for the country. Nkechi Ali-Balogun, the Chief Executive Officer at…

Xenophobia: Sanwo-Olu calls for calm, warns against reprisals on foreigners

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed to deal with troublemakers exploiting the ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa to foment trouble in the state. Issuing a stern warning on Wednesday to people engaging in reprisals…

LASG condemns attack on Shoprite

The Lagos State Government has condemned the attacks on Shoprite Complexes at Jakande and Sangotedo Area of Ajah by some unidentified people claiming to be acting in retaliation against the attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. According to a statement…

2019 NLNG Science Prize produces non-Nigerian, Nigerian winner

The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science today announced the works by Professor Meihong Wang and Dr Matthew Aneke on Carbon Capture, Carbon Utilization, and Biomass Gasification and Energy Storage for Power Generation as the winning works for…

Idada, Olatunde, Begho make final shortlist for NLNG’s Literature Prize

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature today announced Jude Idada’s Boom Boom, Dunni Olatunde’s Mystery at Ebenezer Lodge and O.T. Begho’s The Great Walls of Benin as finalists for the 2019 The Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth…

We’ll recruit teachers to maximise quality training – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday disclosed that the state would be hiring trained teachers to strengthen quality education in its schools. The Governor said his administration would spare no effort to expand quality teaching to pupils in…

Anambra to train 100 pilots and flight engineers

The Anambra State Government has established a scholarship scheme to train 100 pilots and flight engineers as well as other aviation professionals in the next few years so as to increase the state’s presence in the aviation industry. The scheme…

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