Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) wins “Bank of the Year” and “Best Bank” at The Banker and EMEA Finance Awards in London. Ecobank Cameroon, Gambia and Rwanda won Bank of the Year at The Banker Awards on 28th November. This recognition came just before Ecobank Cabo Verde, Gambia, Liberia and Zimbabwe won Best Bank at the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards on 5th December. The …

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Six months after the administration of former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the state’s ministry of education still featured names of officers in the former administration on the website of the department until recently. Mr. Ambode’s Deputy, Dr. (Mrs.) Idiat Oluranti Adebule according to the website was still the Commissioner for Education meaning the website was never updated …

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The African Development Bank and technology firm Microsoft  today launched the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform, an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth, wherever they are across the continent. The platform, launched at the 2019 African Economic Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, aims to promote a continuous learning culture among young people and build their …

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A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Center for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) has inaugurated aself-defense skills program for 100 teenage girls in Lagos and Ogun States. The inauguration meeting which held at CEE-HOPE’s office at Ogba in Lagos, had25 girl beneficiaries from three communities in Lagos and Ogun States (Makoko, Monkey Village and Agbado Oja). In her opening …

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Are Youths Still The Future Leader Of Tomorrow? By: Balogun Muhammed Jamiu Many years ago, I remembered that a lot of youths chorused and danced to one of the popular matching song every beautiful morning while matching from assembly ground of our schools to our respective classes. “parent listen to your children, we are the leader of tomorrow, try to …

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The AfCFTA will become a key engine of economic growth, industrialization and sustainable development in Africa in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 Nigeria, which signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade Agreement in July, is this week hosting its national AfCFTA Forum on the “Effective Implementation of the AfCFTA for Industrialization and Inclusive Economic Development”. The Forum, which …

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Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation has honoured two Nigerians at an award presentation in Lagos. The award ceremony which took place 30th November had Folorunsho Coker the Director-General of National Tourism Development Commission (NTDC) and Kayode Akintemi, the Managing Director of Plus TV Africa receiving the Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation’s Distinguished Personality Award for their contributions to the growth and development of open …

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The Lagos State Government has invested over N150bn in the education sector of the state in the last three years according to www.yourbudgit.com. Combating annual increase in school enrollment, it is said that the state can only handle 40 percent of the pupils in the state despite the huge budget. Lagos State is among the leading states of the federation …

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Country Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Mr. Raymond Esebagbon has said that the Hate Speech Bill currently being discussed at the National Assembly is misdirected and unnecessary. Esebagbon, a lawyer of over 25 years’ experience made his position clear at a media round table in Lagos on Validation Meeting of the Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD’s …

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Head Coach of Warri Wolves, Evans Ogenyi has said that his team’s 0-1 home defeat to Rivers United last Sunday is “a wake-up call” ahead of their subsequent matches in the season. The Wolves had a good start in the season winning one and drawing three to remain unbeaten but the team count sustain the run. “My players were anxious …

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