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The weekend is starting early thanks to the great line up of football games on GOtv. Watch some of the best teams in Serie A and La Liga battle it out to get ahead in the pre-weekend groove. The time has come for you to take it all in. Yes, the thrills of victory, the suspense, and unleash the excitement as live [...]

Top Nigerian financial service technology company OPay has donated 300,000 medical face masks to hospitals and healthcare centres in Nigeria as part of its #DoMore initiative. The donation is part of OPay’s recently announced 50 Million Naira fund set up to provide medical supplies to frontline health workers as well as relief support for the less privileged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In [...]

Nigerian Breweries Plc., Nigeria’s foremost brewing company has announced the opening of entries for the 6th edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the initiative held on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, the Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc., Mrs. Sade Morgan noted that Maltina Teacher of the Year is one of the ways the [...]

As the restrictions and lockdown continue in major cities across the country, no one can determine when schools will reopen. Understanding the adverse effect this is likely to have on education, FirstBank has announced the launch of an eLearning initiative aimed to reach one million students across Nigeria. Designed to effectively keep up the education of one million students from primary [...]

…aims to recognize the unsung heroes of the medical practice ISN Products Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading supplier of Medical Diagnostic Products and Services, has flagged off the inaugural edition of the ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award; aimed at recognising and rewarding the unsung heroes (Medical Laboratory Scientists) of medical practice in Nigeria. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony held on [...]

Unilever, others, drive social inclusion through sustainability The world is dynamic. It is constantly evolving and changing. To stay ahead of the curve is to change and remain relevant. This is progress. Sustainability, as a concept, has shown that it is durable and sustainable. It has moved from the fringes. From being whispered in corporate corridors, it is now at the [...]

GBfoods, a global leader in culinary product manufacturing, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government and the Emirate of Yauri recently built a N20 billion Tomato processing factory, in Kebbi State. The factory is the second largest in Nigeria and the only fully backward integrated plant in ECOWAS – and has the largest single tomatoes [...]

Palton Morgan, Nigeria’s foremost property development holding company, in its quest to deliver exceptional real estate projects and drive the exponential growth of Nigeria’s property sector, has appointed former Emaar Pakistan Chief Executive Officer, Nidal Turjman as its new Group Chief Operating Officer. Emaar Properties is one of the world’s most valuable and admired real estate development companies with diversified interests in real [...]

Calls for Heroes and Champions Beating Corona In Africa with D-banj, Tara, Sangu Delle and Nadine Ibrahim Ahead of its fifteenth edition, The Future Awards Africa has rolled out an exciting lineup of activities surrounding its iconic award event. TFAA is pioneering a near-complete pivot to virtual platforms in response to global trends accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic. the Future [...]

Farm4me, an agro-allied outfit, recently boosted agriculture business with the launch of its revolutionary online platform that enables farmers to sell farm produce and also obtain loans. The website www.viablex.com also affords commercial farmers the opportunities to purchase commodities and store online pending when prices are high and they could trade and make profits. Adama J. Adama, CEO, Farm4me, at the unveiling [...]

At the beginning of 2020, most of us started the year on a high and positive note, with plans around career development, personal growth, travel and so on. Little did we know that the pandemic which was going to put all our plans to a halt, was looming. The WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, and since [...]

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has dismissed a report by Sahara Reporters, an online medium, alleging that it received N1billion from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for a non-existent digital learning scheme. The NITDA, through its legal representatives - Arthur Nylander Barristers and Solicitors said the report had alleged that Dr Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy [...]

Nigerian financial service technology company O Pay has announced it will be committing more than fifty million naira in its initial efforts in providing relief support for less privileged Nigerians and front-line medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, as part of its #DoMore initiative, OPay is dedicating 1% of every airtime transaction done via the OPay app to purchase relief materials [...]

BY ADEBAYO JOHNSON There is a not-so-popular saying: “when everything is going well, we often forget; but when it’s going bad, we never forget to remember.”As Lagosians, so that we do not forget, this one story must be told. Picture this for a moment: it is the one-year anniversary of Mr. Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in office, a rainy day filled with an [...]

In response to calls for personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and other frontline responders battling the Covid-19 pandemic, Mara Phones Nigeria announced that it has donated 10,000 masks to the Government of Nigeria.  Putting into practise the simple idea that every single person can do something good to improve the lives of others and positively change the world; Mara Phones [...]