Yemisi Izuora OVH Energy, has announced the commencement of its creative writing competition in commemoration of the World Creativity and Innovation week which took place from April 15-21, 2018. This competition is the 2nd edition of the company’s Prodigy series titled “So You Think You Can Write”. The Prodigy Series is an intellectually stimulating creative writing competition designed to support and encourage the art of creative writing in Nigeria, whilst proffering pragmatic solutions to business issues. This initiative was conceived in line with the United Nations 2030 sustainable development agenda and is open to Nigerians between the ages of 20-35…
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Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has received the 2018 award for “CSR in Education” from Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. According the Director of Advocacy & Research, LCCI, Dr. Vincent Nwani, “the objective of the annual awards is to recognise, celebrate and promote private and public institutions that have exhibited the core values of best business practices, growth through innovations, business sustainability and have positively impacted the society. This award is the outcome of a painstaking selection process from numerous entries received for this…
Joseph Bakare President Muhamamdu Buhari has appealed to the media to be more objective in their report. He said while he would provide an unfettered environment for the media practitioners to do their work, they should note that responsibility is reciprocal. He added that journalists should be mindful of fairness, justice, and national interest at all times. Buhari said these in a message made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day which is observed on May 3 of every year. Speaking on this year’s theme, “Keeping…
Karim Benzema: helped Madrid hold dominant Bayern Munich and qualify for third UEFA Champions League final Karim Benzema showed he still has fire power as his brace helped Real Madrid to level scores with Bayern Munich in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final and scrape qualification for the final in Kiev on 26 May. At the final whistle, it was all square at Santiago Bernabéu , with both teams tied 2-2. But Madrid escaped with the 2-1 advantage recorded in Munich last week, making aggregate score 4-3. Joshua Kimmich had opened scoring for the visitors in the third minute.…
Nigeria has announced a ban on the production and import of cough syrup containing codeine after a BBC investigation into its role in an addiction epidemic. A health ministry spokesman told the BBC remaining stocks in shops could be sold with a prescription. The BBC investigation showed the syrup being sold on the black market to be used by young Nigerians to get high. It recorded a number of pharmaceutical figures selling the drug illegally. The joint probe by the BBC’s new investigation unit, Africa Eye, and BBC Pidgin prompted a swift response from people across the country, including Nigeria’s…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recruitment of 6,000 additional police officers as part of fresh measures to address the nation’s security challenges including the farmers/herdsmen clashes across the country. The President made this known in a special interview session with Voice of America, Hausa service, in Washington, United States on Tuesday morning. President Buhari, who is in the U.S. on the invitation of the American President Donald Trump, revealed that additional security measures were being put in place to check cases of insecurity in Nigeria. “We will put in place more measures to check insecurity in the country including…
Plans Strike Over Airways’ Workers N45b Pay Delay Yemisi Izuora Aviation workers under the aegis of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) have called on the Federal Government to adopt the airports privatization model implemented by many countries as government’s 100 hundred per cent ownership of airports they said is serving as a disincentive to many foreign investors. This is coming as the union gave government a seven day ultimatum to pay the N45 billion severance benefits of former workers of Nigeria Airways Limited or risk industrial action that could shut down the aviation sector. The workers through…
The governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has announced automatic promotion for all workers in the state civil service, with the exception of those who are newly employed. He also promised that because of the fondness he had for the workers, he could also approve sleeping allowance for them. Okorocha announced the automatic promotion in his address at the 2018 Workers’ Day celebration, which held on Tuesday at Heroes Square in Owerri. This is even as low turnout marred the celebration, as many workers stayed away from the event. Addressing the workers, the governor said, “I have therefore approved an automatic…
Yemisi Izuora The Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha has commended Dana Air for introducing Owerri Abuja –Owerri flights. The Governor made the commendations On Tuesday, after the airline’s inaugural flight from the Sam Mbakwe International Airport Owerri, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The Governor who was represented by his Special Adviser, Hon Ikenna Eme, said Dana Air commencing Owerri to Abuja flights and back has brought needed succour to the good people of Imo state who have had to pay more for less on the route.” ‘’Today we have witnessed development and expansion. We are happy that…
Gerard Izuora The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied claims that it collaborated with fraudulent websites to leak question papers through syndicates to candidates. The Council’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, in a press release said the question papers for the ongoing WASSCE for school candidates, 2018 did not leak as reported in the media. According to him, Leakage could be said to have occurred when question papers got into the hands of individuals who were not supposed to have them before the time scheduled on the timetable. He said: ‘’WAEC monitoring and investigations of the ongoing…
