L-R: Mark Crook, Director Accrete Petroleum Ltd; Bukola Oladunmoye, Managing Director Accrete Petroleum Ltd; Yusuf Matashi, Managing Director Nigerian Petroleum Development Co. Ltd and Pieris Hadjipieris, Deputy/CEO Petroleum Experts Ltd during the inauguration of Accrete Petroleum Ltd Nigeria New Office Building in Lagos recently.
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1. L-R Business Manager, Akowonjo Business Unit Mr Olanrewaju Yusuf, Brand and Event Manager, Titilola Aikhomu, both of Ikeja Electric Plc, A US based Physician Dr. Olajide Olawepo, and Managing Director XT Monitor, Kayode Adeoti during free medical outreach on Diabetes, Hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (e.g malaria), at Egbeda Undertaking and Oshodi Business Unit of Ikeja Electric Plc with US Medical Mission in Lagos. 2. L-R Community members in Oshodi Business Unit of Ikeja Electric receiving check up and treatment during IE CSR partnership programme with XT Monitor Ltd and a US Medical Mission Group to Nigeria in Lagos…
Yemisi Izuora AXA Mansard has reiterated its commitment to the development of community health insurance system in the country. The company’s Managing Director, Mr. Tope Adeniyi, who spoke with journalists during the commissioning of Nathaniel Olabisi Idowu Community Health Centre at Eni Osa, Lagelu/Akinyele local government area of Oyo State, said the company through its HMO would provide technical supports for the partnership between community health centers and University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He said: “There is an active plan by Nathaniel Idowu foundation to further expand the scope of services provided by the NOICH, to include a soon-to-be-launched…
Yemisi Izuora The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma, has said 60 days will, henceforth, be the deadline for product registration, adding that it aligns with the government policy on ease of doing business. Speaking during a sensitisation forum between SON and Alaba Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN) in Lagos, he said the standards agency had come out with simplified processes to encourage more businessmen to register their products. He discouraged them from copying other people’s brands, adding that it was an economic crime to counterfeit genuine products. While urging the traders to desist from cloning…
Yemisi Izuora President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Kayode Okunoren, who is stepping aside as the president of the body has said that various forms of levies and penalties on insurance brokers hugely affected their performances in the last two years. Okunoren made this known during his Valedictory Press briefing at the NCRIB House, Yaba, Lagos. He said the Council, under his tenure, was able to seek concession for members with the regulatory authorities, especially NAICOM and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) through constructive dialogue. He said they have surmounted almost all the obstacles and further positioned…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has been commended for its excellence in delivering expeditious air navigation services within the nation’s airspace. In a letter of commendation addressed to the Managing Director, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, the Airport Manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, Justin Bell said the airline appreciates NAMA’s efficiency in ensuring seamless, smooth and timely movement of aircraft across the Nigerian airspace, adding that the flight control team in the United Kingdom also appreciated the agency for its excellence in air navigation service provision. In a related development, the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika…
Dana Air has entered into partnership with Project Pink Blue, a ‘cancer –fighting’ organization to host the Pink October Walk, Race and Cycle against cancer at in Lagos. The programme which held at LTV/Radio Lagos Arena, Ikeja, Lagos recently, was in commemoration of the International Breast Cancer Awareness month. The programme which featured a 5km cancer walk kicked off at LTV Arena, had many breast cancer survivors, celebrities, officials of the Lagos state government and United States (US) Embassy in Nigeria participating. Commenting on airline’s support to the fight against cancer in Nigeria, Communications Manager of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa…
…..Lauds CBN Over Trapped Funds Yemisi Izuora Emirates is considering restoration of its second daily frequency to Lagos which it suspended over $600 million of international airlines trapped in the country, added with recession that affected airline business in the country. Emirates Regional Manager-West Africa Commercial Operations, Afzal Parambil at a media chat with journalists in Lagos said the carrier stopped its second flight to Lagos because of “operational reason”, adding that the carrier was in discussion with the Federal Government on the matter. His words, “We stopped our second flight because of operational reasons. We are discussing with the…
Yemisi Izuora The minister of state for petroleum resources Ibe Kachikwu has charged the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to ensure that the Nigerian oil and gas industry is able to produce all its needs by year 2027. The Minister set the target in Owerri, Imo State at the just concluded Nigerian Content Workshop organised by New Planets Projects in conjunction with the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream. He said the Federal Government expects that over the next 10 years, the Nigeria oil and gas industry, in collaboration with foreign investors would have developed in-country capacities and…
..VowsTo Deepen Awareness On Gender Disparity Yemisi Izuora Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF), a non-profit organization aimed at reducing the high incidence of sexual violence, rape and human trafficking, has joined the rest of the World to mark the annual International Day of the Girl Child declared by the United Nations. In a press statement in Lagos WARIF restated its commitment to ensuring that every Nigerian girl child is educated on the signs and prevention of sexual violence and has immediate access to clinical and emotional support. WARIF is an organization set up to address societal issues that surround…