The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) will hold its 1st annual conference today, Thursday, August 10 at Renaissance Hotel, Isaac John Street, Ikeja. The theme of the conference is: “Sustaining Growth through Diversification of the Economy.” Keynote Speakers at the conference are university teacher, Prof. Akin Onigbinde; the Managing Director of the News Agency […]
Month: August 2017
Intrigues, surprises on The Voice Nigeria
In the quest to qualify for the Live Show in the second night of the Battle Rounds of Airtel The Voice Nigeria season 2, contestants delivered stellar performances as they struggled to outperform one another. #TeamWaje kicked off the contest with a performance by Obichi and Isaac. The duet performance of Korede Bello’s ‘Mr Romantic’ […]
AfDB raises hopes of cocoa farmers in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is working towards providing support to cocoa producers in the continent in order to turn around their fortunes. A statement by Mr Emeka Anuforo, AfDB’s Communication Officer on Wednesday said the bank was also considering support to Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to reduce the volatility of the international […]
Airtel boosts patronage with new data package
Airtel Nigeria has officially unveiled a freebie product, “Ovajara back2sender,” which aims to bring over one million new subscribers to its network. The telco said the promo is aimed at impacting positively in the data segment of the market thereby boosting the subscriber rate of Airtel. Ovajara back2sender is a data offering eight times recharge […]
Oluwakemi Longe emerges Three Crown milk mum of the year
Oluwakemi Longe has emerged the 2017 Three Crown milk Mum of the year. She emerged winner after beating five other contestants to win the crown that comes with an all expenses paid trip to Dubai. Sales Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Mr. Adewale Arikawe, said that as Nigeria’s low cholesterol milk brand, Three Crowns milk is a […]
NECA unveils NECAPreneur e-leaning scheme
In its continued endeavour to join hands with Government to address the time bomb of high unemployment among Nigerian youths, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) in partnership with Imagine Business Services recently launched NECAPreneur in Nigeria. NECAPreneur is an e-solution targeted at providing easy-to-access opportunity for the teeming Nigerian youths to upscale their skills and […]
What to expect at the Festival of Marketing
The Festival of Marketing, which this year is taking place in Tobacco Dock in London on 4 and 5 October, features more than 200 speakers across 12 stages. The first agenda has been released showing top marketers from brands including John Lewis, Unilever and Direct Line, as well as disruptors such as Starling Bank and […]
Aicraft pilots threaten strike action
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, (NAAPE) has threatened to embark on nationwide strike over the non-payment of redundancy benefits to workers that were laid off from Aero Contractors. The redundancy benefits was part of the agreement during the disengagement of the workers that the company would pay. Thisday reported that the new […]
CBN Allays fears on FinTechs roles
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured that Financial Technology (FinTech) companies will not take over the roles played by commercial banks in delivering services customers. The Apex bank said through its Director, Banking and Payments System Department, Dipo Fatokun at the Bi-Monthly Forum of the Financial Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) in Lagos […]
Electric car technology threatens Nigeria’s oil export, economy
Oil and gas stakeholders were taken aback recently when Mr. Ben Van Beurden, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch Shell, said his next car, a Mercedes-Benz S500e, which will be delivered to him in September, will be an electric car. His declaration was an affirmation of the impending threat Nigeria’s oil and gas […]