The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the premier Chamber of Commerce and a leading voice in the organised private sector (OPS) in Nigeria has concluded arrangements to assign current participants of its mentoring program to their respective mentors for practical mentoring session. The Mentor-Mentee Matching ceremony, according to LCCI is scheduled to hold on Friday, 5th August, 2016 …

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By Friday Ekeoba The trade relationship between Nigeria and the UK may soon get a further boost, as the UK’s Prime Minister Trade Envoy to Nigeria, John Howell has called for more collaboration and strengthening of existing business opportunities between both countries. He said the Nigeria market with lots of business growth potentials remained untapped, noting that the British government is more than ever ready …

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By Uzoma Ngozi “How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.” – Benjamin Disraeli, one-time British Prime Minister. “When your success hovers from one person to the other, it will definitely get to someone who will regard it as failure.”  – Michael Bassey Johnson, an uncommon Nigerian penman. In a publication titled, “Those Calling for Okonjo-Iweala’s Sack Are Detractors”, The …

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Worried by the continued insolvency currently being experienced by most state in the country, the National Delegate Conference (NDC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has appealed to the Federal Government to offer ‘adequate protection’ to the N5.3 Trillion workers contributory pension funds. Speaking at a conference held on Wednesday, President of ASCSN, Bobboi Bala Kaigama said the fund …

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By Dayo Emmanuel For Mrs. Ebere Azubuike, what a man can do, a woman can do even better. The mother of five who would not allow economic situation or family challenges turn her to a beggar, has decided to launch into the obvious male dominated business terrain to fetch a living. While her male counterparts in the commercial cyclist business …

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Consistent with its commitment to providing an efficient and sustainable capital market, the Nigerian Stock Exchange recently organized the 3rd edition of the Nigerian Capital Market Information Security Forum with the theme “What to do when you are hacked”. This biannual event provides a platform for stakeholders and thought leaders in the information security space to share knowledge on Information Security best practices and cyber …

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The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two armed robbers in two separate incidences in Ikotun and Olodi – Apapa, just as it recovered gun, jewellery, laptop and 18 mobiles phones from the robbers. The robbers; Bashir Wasiu, 22, from Oyo State and Tunde Adedeji, 23, from Abeokuta, Ogun State were arrested in Olodi – Apapa, around …

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By Friday Ekeoba The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria (DGIC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost trade, investment and knowledge transfer between Germany and Nigeria. The official signing, which took place at the German Consulate in Lagos recently, provided the platform for support to Nigerian …

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FRIDAY EKEOBA The downturn in the domestic economy activities might have started to take its toll on the manufacturing sector as Flour Mills in its fourth quarter result announcement According to FBN Research, there is the likelihood that the flour going concern will review downward its consensus forecast profit-before-tax for 2017. In a filling to the Nigerian Stock Exchange during …

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DJ Ernesty is a graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, and an Abuja based DJ with a bias for quality gospel and contemporary music. In this interview coordinated by Obus Zalee, coordinator of the popular Christian Talents Community (CTC); a group involving over 150 talents representing various denominations and vocations, Ernesty bared his mind on his …

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