Nominee Chairman of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Dr. Tunde Lemo has advised Nigerians to take their destinies in their hands and mind the process producing leaders in the country. Lemo, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gave this charge at the 70th anniversary of Nigeria’s foremost tertiary institution; the Yaba College of Technology in …

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Citizens around the world can join the Climathon movement and take part in a 24-hour global hackathon to find solutions to Lagos’s climate challenges. Organised by Climate-KIC, Climathon brings together the challenges of the world’s cities with the people who have the passion and ability to solve them.  The 2017 edition of the global 24-hour climate change hackathon takes place simultaneously …

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Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has failed to appear before Justice Okon Abang Wednesday. The court which begins sitting in the case of money laundering between Nigeria’s Federal Government and the former National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh had wanted the former President to appear as a witness. Metuh had had a …

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Mercer (www.Mercer.com) South Africa (Consulting) (Pty) Ltd has announced on 25 October 2017 that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with EZ37 Solutions Limited (www.EZ37solutions.org), a Nigeria based Human Resources firm. Under the terms of the agreement, global human resources consultancy Mercer, will utilize the deep knowledge of the local Nigerian market and the wide relationships already in …

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Creative Media Works (www.CreativeMediaWorks.com), operating as BBM Messenger (www.BBM.com), invites you to the first of its Innovation Information sessions. Highlighting a focus on fintech, this powerful afternoon is packed with innovation-rich content, sharing and networking, aimed to help participants innovate and extend their mobile business platform. Interviews with Adam Pattison, BBM Messenger, VP Americas and EMEA, to discuss the exciting …

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President of Africa Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has concluded arrangements to set up fund for young farmers, agripreneurs with US $250,000 World Food Prize money. “I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.” With these words, the Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, officially named …

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Leading pan African cement manufacturer, the Dangote Cement (www.Dangote.com) has maintained its strong hold in the Nigeria domestic cement market accounting for 65 percent of the Nigerian market volume, while other African plants’ volumes went up by 7.5 percent to 7.0 mta. The Cement company has in the past months expanded its operations across Africa with the coming on stream …

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The President’s charge aligns with the AfDB’s High 5 development priorities, in particular with the fifth goal to improve the quality of life for the people of Africa African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina has called for urgent action from stakeholders over the deepening crisis of global malnutrition. Adesina made the call as he joined key nutrition actors, private-sector …

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A Nigerian graduate awaiting the mandatory national service has been diagnosed with a hole in the heart disease. 28-year-old Rafiu Sikiru Adekunle begging for survival is calling on Nigerians to help raise N8m for surgery. Rafiu who studied Accounting at the Ekiti State University was awaiting his call-up letter for the one year mandatory National Youth Service when he got …

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Urban music label, Blood Entertainment, has announced that it’s set for the major release of Like Buhari, a pop song by its front-line act, King Oogbodo. According to BE, Like Buhari has been on underground promo for some time now in order to receive the proper feedback on it from music lovers and stakeholders and having obtained a pass mark …

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