Amazon is cutting 9,000 more jobs, CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday in a memo to staff. The latest cuts come after the company announced earlier this year that it was eliminating some 18,000 positions as part of a major cost-cutting…
Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs
Google’s parent company Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs, in the latest staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took “full responsibility” for the cuts, in an internal email. The cuts will affect…
Coming to America was with sorrow, tears and blood
I’ve seen Coming to America 1 and 2 but while Prince Hakeem came to sow his royal oats, Omo, I came to reap sorrow, tears and blood! I went to America 30 years ago; I went on a student’s visa.…
Lagos attracts $250m investment for new industrial, residential development
Lagos State government yesterday said that it had attracted investment worth $250 million for its new industrial cum residential development aimed at boosting economic activities and jobs. The state’s Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Co-operatives, Dr Lola Akande, disclosed this…
Buhari sets ambitious targets for total broadband coverage of Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has set ambitious targets for a national broadband network to harness the potential of the internet and digital access for jobs, education, healthcare, identity management and to increase productivity in the public sector. To this end, the…
We said it!!! Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate
Weeks before the PDP primaries that produced Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate, thisislagos.ng gave reasons why Atiku would pick Petet Obi and what an Atiku/Obi Ticket will mean for Nigeria. The reasons are reproduced below: Thisislagos tells you why an…
Atiku shares his thoughts on educating and empowering our youth (#Time2Atikulate series)
Atiku Abubakar has described Nigerian youth as the future of Nigeria. The PDP presidential frontrunner said Nigerian youth “are resilient, resourceful and rearing to do great things but their dreams and aspirations are consistently undermined by a broken educational system,…
5 key issues Kabiru Tanimu Turaki will tackle as President
As the field widens and the battle hots up in the lead up to picking a PDP flag bearer, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former minister is looking increasingly like the man to beat. Focused and determined,…