A grandson of the legendary South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela – Mandla Mandela, Chief of Royal House of Mandela delivered a speech at the 15th #BRICS summit held in Johannesburg. He greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin in absentia and acknowledged “the important role he and the Russian Federation playsContinue Reading
A 21-year-old Sierra Leonean self-taught engineer and innovator, James Samba built Sierra Leone’s first-ever electric vehicle equipped with self-recharging capability made with 75% local materials. James’ electric vehicle is a 10-seater shuttle minibus. It’s solar-powered and electric-powered. He is looking forward to starting mass production of electric cars in SierraContinue Reading
By Ime Silas Chairman of UBA Group, Mr. Tony Elumelu, CFR, has called on entrepreneurs the world over to consider taking time out periodically, to reflect on their business journeys with a view to creating avenues to learn from past successes and mistakes. The Nigerian-born renowned economist was named inContinue Reading
Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) will soon open the online application portal for the fourth edition of the Kwapreneur (4.0) — the state-funded initiative to support businesses and ideas of young entrepreneurs in the state. KWASSIP was established in December 2019 through a legislative instrument to serve as aContinue Reading
…Anambra State Government to shut down defaulting banks By Ime Silas The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all Commercial Banks in the country to accept, as well as dispense the old Naira notes. This development was made known by the governor of Anambra state; His Excellency, Prof. CharlesContinue Reading
“We insisted on the need for the Federal Government to resolve the introduction of the cashless policy in favour of the common man“ “…we believe the fundamental objective of Government must be to see to the welfare and security of the people at all times. It is not to inflictContinue Reading
The Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, Mr Akan Okon, has averred that when fully completed, the Ibom Deep Seaport Project would change the economic fortunes of the state. Mr Akan Okon stated this over the weekend, during a parley with journalists in Uyo, the state capital. TheContinue Reading
COORDINATOR OFFICE TO GET THE FORM.NAME AND NUMBER OF EACH STATE IS HERE SMEDAN ZONAL OFFICE NATIONWIDE Zonal OfficeNORTH WEST GEO-POLTICAL ZONEZONAL OFFICE COORDINATOR: ALHAJI AHMAD MADAKI Small Scale Industrial ClusterSharada Phase 1, Kano MunicipalKanoContact: 0803 487 1657, 0803 586 5903E-mail: admadmadaki@ymail.com KADUNA STATE OFFICEROOM 172/173, FIRST FLOORFEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEXKAWO,Continue Reading
The Akwa Ibom State Government has emphasized that local content will be strictly adhered to in the construction process of the Ibom Deep Seaport. The Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, Mr. Akan Okon reechoed this when members of Nigeria Dredgers Association paid him a courtesy visit inContinue Reading
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has again, allayed the fear that China may soon invade the country to take over critical national assets to settle Nigeria’s sovereign debts. In a statement made available to media houses, Eze, who hadContinue Reading