How Women’s Participation Can Bridge Digital Gender Divide – Adeniyi

With growing concern over the participation of women in the tech industry, it has become imperative to establish a roadmap that will help draft more women into the sector. Speaking recently at the 2022 edition of SheCan Conference in Lagos, the Chief Digital Officer of Wema Bank Plc, Mr Olusegun Adeniyi identified various areas where…

Dangote Cement’s Past Consumer Promo Winners Recount Gains

  Past winners of the Dangote Cement consumer promo have commended the company’s Management for the positive economic and social impact of the promo on their livelihoods and wellbeing. Some of the winners, who spoke on the impact of the cars and millions of Naira won during the previous seasons, described the promo as a…

Union Bank Releases 2021 Citizenship, Sustainability, Innovation Report

Leading financial institution, Union Bank, has today released the 6th edition of its annual Citizenship, Sustainability and Innovation (CSI) report, which provides an update on the bank’s initiatives across environmental, social and economic areas during 2021. Like previous editions, this year’s report highlights Union Bank’s continued efforts toward positively impacting the people and communities it…

Africa No Filter Launches the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund to Empower Emerging African Creative Talent

Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative working to transform stereotypical narratives of Africa, has launched the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund.  Named after African business leader and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu, the Fund will award grants to emerging artists and storytellers, whose work shines a light on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa. The $30,000 fund is…

Buhari Reiterates Commitment to Peaceful, Credible Elections In 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night in Lisbon, Portugal gave assurances of a free hand to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, reiterating the commitment of his administration to ensure that the Commission (INEC) delivers peaceful, transparent, free, fair and credible elections next year. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of Nigerians living in Portugal,…

JJC Announces Separation from Funke Akindele after Six Years of Marriage

Nigerian musician, Abdul Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz has officially announced the separation from his wife, Funke Akindele Bello. This is coming after months of rumours and speculations about the couple’s marriage. The entertainer who made the announcement on his Instagram page on Thursday morning admitted that things have been difficult between them for…

Ogun Customs Seized Goods worth over N1bn in Two Months

The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command on Monday said the cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) of all the seizures between the month of May and June 2022 amounts to N1,290,108, 608.00 The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bamidele Makinde during a media briefing at Idiroko Ogun state said between the month of May 2022…