Nigeria’s contender in the race for the post of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee has advanced to the final stage, which has never had a woman serve as director general in its 25-year history. The international body disclosed today 8th October that WTO members have…
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has said that the recently embarked transformation of its processes is to ensure that customers’ expectations are not only met but surpassed while enjoying seamless and world-class banking services. In ensuring this, the bank has embarked on several initiatives that include streamlining and automating…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has decried the removal of his cap by thugs at the Peoples Democratic Party rally in Ondo State on Wednesday. Fayose warned that what happened to the late Bola Ige, who was then the attorney general of the federation, must not happen to him after the…
Not less than five people have been confirmed dead in an early morning gas explosion that occurred at Baruwa, Alimosho area of Lagos on Thursday. In a statement by the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the incident occurred around 6:00 am, destroying several properties. According to Osanyintolu, the…
Mouka, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of mattresses and beddings has won the Category of Large-Scale Organisation Award 2020 in the Africa Kaizen Awards during a recent evaluation of its processes. The award which was organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in collaboration with the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA), was presented to Mouka for its…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday commissioned a self-contained 20 bed holding bay and high care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to isolate suspected Covid-19 patients/cases to avoid further exposure of other patients before their test results come out. Sanwo-Olu, represented by the first lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu at the…