October 17, 2019, Lagos, Nigeria:Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, met with market leaders from Alaba, Trade Fair axis in Lagos West senatorial district. The consultative meeting, which was at the instance of the Governor and coordinated by the Managing Director Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, lasted for about 90 minutes and …

The Court of Appeal in Ibadan on Thursday reserved judgement in an appeal by Sen. Abiola Ajimobi challenging the verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal on the Feb. 23 National Assembly Election for Oyo South. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Election Petition Tribunal had upheld the …

  The James Hope College (JHC) has announced the acquisition of the American International School Lagos (AISL) Lekki Campus facility to establish James Hope College in Lagos.  This was disclosed at the signing ceremony held yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event had the Governor of Lagos, …

Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited hosted the third edition of its annual Fintech summit themed “Banking + Tech = Solving Real Problems”. The event held on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 in Lagos with a conference and panel sessions comprising tech experts, start- ups, …

..As many houses on fire A mother and child were burnt to death in Onitsha fuel tanker disaster. The fuel tanker leaden with substance premium motor spirit (pms) is currently on fire at Upper Iweka Onitsha, Anambra state. It was gathered that the tanker lost control and fell inside the …

THE battle rages on between All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki. Oshiomhole on Tuesday urged Obaseki to focus on delivery of good governance to the people rather than blackmailing his personality. But the governor insisted that the party chairman should call his …

Joe Ajaero, ULC President: planned strike on minimum wage dead on arrival There is a crack in the ranks of labour union leaders as the date for their planned strike over the Federal Government implementation of the minimum wage looms. The president of United Labour Congress, ULC, Mr Joe Ajaero, …

Polaris Bank as part of its strategy to provide empowerment opportunities for prospective and existing Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) customers, has partnered Digivate 360, a local partner of Facebook, to provide digital marketing training to SMEs. This is to enable SMEs leverage digital marketing tools to grow their businesses and compete …

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, won three awards at the All Africa Employee Engagement Awards held recently in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The All-African Employee Engagement Awards rewards individuals and businesses for contributions to the development of employee engagement and the future of work on …