Yemisi Izuora Lagos state commissioner for wealth creation, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, Business consultant, Dr Austin Nweze and CEO, Anchor General Insurance Agency, Ademayowa Adeduro are among speakers slated for Lagos Money Conference on Saturday. The annual conference, one of the largest events dedicated to financal literacy in Lagos, is holding at the Indoor Sports Hall of National Stadium, Surulere.It seeks to liberate people from poverty through the power of financial knowledge. The theme of the conference is Financial Literacy:Antidote to economic recession.It is being organised by a non-for-profit organisation,Youth and Teenagers Development Centre. In a statement on Wednesday, the convener of the conference,…
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Yemisi Izuora Heritage Bank Plc, has joined the world in celebrating the World Savings’ Day with the theme: Our Future Starts with Savings. The World Savings Day, stresses the ingenuity of savings to economic development, which is in line with the bank’s financial literacy programme aimed at introducing its financial literacy edutainment resources to children and young persons under its BUD proposition, was held at the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ojo in Lagos. The MD/CEO of the Bank, Ifie Sekibo, emphasized the importance of savings both modern economies and for individuals- young and old alike to attain a higher standard…
Yemisi Izuora The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has announced three research works as joint winners for the 2017 edition of the prize after two years intensive search for innovations in the fight to end Malaria. The award comes with a cash prize of $100, 000.. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Science Prize, Professor Akpoveta Susu at a press conference in Lagos. “Improving Home and Community Management of Malaria: Providing the Evidence Base” by Ikeoluwapo Ajayi, Ayodele Jegede & Bidemi Yusuf; “Multifaceted Efforts at Malaria Control in Research: Management of Malaria of Various Grades and Mapping Artemisinin Resistance” by OlugbengaMokuolu; and “Novel lipid microparticles for effective delivery of Artemether antimalarial…
Yemisi Izuora The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has cautioned members of the public to be wary of person or group of persons parading themselves as recruitment agents of the authority. FAAN warned that the scrupulous persons also extort money from unsuspecting Nigerians in the process. FAAN gave the warning in a statement issued by its General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu in Abuja. According to Yakubu, for the purpose of clarity and emphasis, the authority is not embarking on any recruitment at the moment. Yakubu said recruitment into any government agency had a stipulated procedure, which includes…
Yemisi Izuora Oby Ezekwesili, former World Bank Vice President and former Nigerian minister of education, is to deliver the Fifth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine scheduled to hold on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Ezekwesili, who is the co-founder of Transparency International, will speak on “African Leadership in a Turbulent Era”. She will be delivering the lecture barely a month after the Sweden-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) appointed her along with Kofi Annan, former United Nations secretary general among others as an Ambassador to champion the study on Global State of Democracy. The Realnews lecture will take place…
Yemisi Izuora with agency report MTN Group is seeking to challenge rival Vodacom Group as Africa’s biggest digital bank by tripling its customer numbers within three years. Already the continent’s biggest mobile-phone company by subscribers, Johannesburg-based MTN is adding about 500,000 active banking customers a month, Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter, 50, said. About 20 million people use MTN’s mobile banking now, he said in an interview at Bloomberg’s office in the South African city. MTN, Vodacom and other competitors are using more affordable and faster internet to offer banking to people in countries where traditional financial services are scarce. Mobile-money accounts allow…
Yemisi Izuora Keystone Bank Limited has handed over a renovated and fully equipped Sick Bay to Dodan Barracks Primary School, Obalende, Lagos to manage remote health challenges of the students. Speaking on the lender’s passion for investment in the education sector at the commissioning ceremony, the Divisional Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications of Keystone Bank, Omobolanle Osotule, said the intervention is aimed at supporting the school to further improve the learning and teaching environment, thereby raising the standard of education in the country. Osotule said: “As a bank that is committed to the development of Nigerian youths, Keystone Bank recognises…
…To Begin Tour Of The Zone Yemisi Izuora In what seems a reconciliatory move President Muhamadu Buhari is to undertake a tour of Southeast states, Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocah has hinted. According to him, how to warm Buhari into the hearts of South easterners was one of the reasons he visited the President at the Villa. Okorocha is the only governor elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the region where the President scored the least vote in the 2015 election. Okorocha said there is the need for Mr President to come to…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has reminded the government that journalists under the law should be given protection in the discharge of their professional obligations. The Union made the demand as it joined millions of stakeholders across the world in observing November 2, as International Day to End Impunity against Journalists. In observing this day, it is pertinent to note that acts of violence against journalists and media equipment are not only a crime, but also serious threats to press freedom and by implication to democracy the NUJ said in a statement. According to the statement, the…
Yemisi Izuora The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has stressed the need for Nigeria to use its oil wealth prepare for a durable future when the world no longer runs on fossil fuels.. He spoke at the 55th anniversary of the Oil Producers Trade Section of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in Lagos,where he also said Nigeria must develop renewable energy and help other businesses flourish to adjust to the reality of the dwindling significance of fossil fuels. Oil-rich countries, like Nigeria, he stated have an obligation to prepare for a destiny that may well be beyond…