The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2018 edition of its annual Essay Competition. The NSE Essay Competition, themed “Building a Sustainable Capital Market”, is one of the Exchange’s financial literacy and inclusion initiatives aimed at building a financially savvy generation. Essay Topic Discuss how technology can promote financial…
read moreBritish Council is launching the second round of the Festival Management Training programme for Festival Managers working in West Africa.The Festival Management Training programme will comprise two, 3-day, face-to-face workshops, online mentoring sessions and opportunities for UK residencies and professional exchanges as below:TimelinesActivityLocationDatesWorkshop 1Lagos, Nigeria24 – 26 October 2018Group Mentoring Sessions Feedback on festival business plans…
read more‘The rust and grim that enveloped the water facility assaulted me. It was compounded by the stench of fermented human waste with towering elephant grasses strewn all over the premises. The women for which the water facility was established were as usual not in their homes.’ When asked for their whereabout. We were told that…
read moreWhat do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? A couple of years ago, Forbes posed a similar query to more than one hundred kindergarten-elderly kids and the results weren’t astonishing. As usual, many envisaged being: superheroes, princesses, astronauts. Unfortunately, these formidable dreams and aspirations…
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read moreThe ChangemakerXchange is a global collaboration platform for young social innovators. It gathers some of the world’s most exciting changemakers at impact retreats in beautiful spaces around the world for the exchange and co-creation of ideas. ChangemakerXchange brings together some of the world’s top social innovators, who have dedicated their lives to solving a social…
read moreIn line with its Corporate Social Responsibility, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has partnered with the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) to assist Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs, in creating awareness on the dangers of heart diseases and the effect on the well-being of people. This was made known by the Director General of the…
read moreNigeria must stop relying on crude oil earnings as the revenue it generates from the commodity is not economically sustainable, a former United Nations Permanent Representative and Under Secretary-General to the world body, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as well as heads of other agencies have said. Speaking on the sidelines of the 2018 Leadership Impact and…
read moreHaving successfully issued N10.69 billion green bonds in 2017, Nigeria envisages issuing N150 billion in 2018. As we are at a juncture where climate fragility and risk remain high, smart mitigative actions would need to be taken. The green bonds, although relatively new, provide a major decision-making approach from the investors’ perspective towards financing sustainable…
read moreThe word ‘aid’ has different definitions applicable in different circumstances. It can be defined as “financial or material help given to a country or an area in need”; It can also be “a source of help of assistance”. Aid can come in different varieties or forms; donations to NGOs or charities, aid agencies, medical aid,…
read moreFor Nigeria to achieve greatness, there is need for the promotion of local content. Local content here incorporates the use of more local raw materials and domestically fabricated machines, patronage of locally produced goods, and use of domestic labour, among others. More than 100 firms shut down in Nigeria in 2016 alone because they could not…
read moreExperts at a public lecture organised by Pinnacle Leadership and Entrepreneurial Academy Nigeria have said, to move with the trend of globalisation, Nigeria needs to build technical minds that will influence national development. They also called for a review of the curriculum at every level of education to match economic realities, saying the present one was not…
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