As the world continues to revolve around technology, individuals and civil society organisations (CSOs) have been urged to leverage on information and communication technology (ICT) in tracking government activities at all levels. This was the thrust of a one-day workshop on the use of technology in tracking and improving government’s accountability organised in Abuja by…
read moreTo gain a clearer perspective of how sports can stimulate growth and national development, it is quite logical and imperative that we examine first, the benefits it holds for individuals who make up social communities. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of modern Olympics, in his book L’education en Angleterre opined that “… organised sport…
read more"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." --Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Philosopher Lagos, 02 June, 2018 – Employees are the backbone of any organisation. When employees are not rewarded for the positive results they produce, the organisation begins to see a decline in operational activities. The Access Bank 2018 Group CEO Awards was an Afro…
read moreREGISTER TO ATTEND THE CONVERGENCE 2018, WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN, WITH THE THEME: HOW WOMEN CAN WIN ELECTIONS IN A MALE DOMINATED SOCIETY In Nigeria women constitute an expansive block of the electorate, for example in the 2015 general elections, 45,888,984 registered voters were women, while 22,944,984 were men. Despite being the larger block of the…
read moreIt is not news that Nigeria is in dire financial straits. In 2017, the country ranked 152 out of 188 countries on UNDP’s Human Development Index ranking with Lagos, the country’s commercial capital gracing the list of the 10 least livable cities in the world according to statistics released by Economic Intelligence Unit in August…
read moreStatistics provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) showed that Nigeria had from January to November 2016 lost over 130 million barrels of crude oil to the activities of 32 militant groups in the oil-producing region. The revelation was further buttressed by another release, which indicated that NNPC’s subsidiary alone, the Nigerian Petroleum Development…
read moreThe 19th NIIT NIGERIA NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP is being announced to provide Scholarship assistance to deserving and meritorious students across various disciplines – School Leavers, Under Graduates, Graduates , Individuals desirous of enhancing their technical skill-sets and students in general who aspire to know about I.T. and career in I.T. The offer is to enable them…
read moreResolutions to the causes of conflict and security breaches in the extractive sector and the effects on our collective and individual lives, were the talking points at the 7th Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) Conference held at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja on the Monday, 21st and Tuesday, 22nd of May 2018. While…
read moreTo give clear perspective to this piece, it is fit that one start by tracing the etymology of the word “philanthropy”. The English word philanthropy is derived from the Greek word philantropos which translates literally to “man-loving” (kindly note that man as used here is generic to mean female and male). What this implies is…
read moreAccess Bank and twenty-five other leading global banks from 5 continents, are re-defining banks’ purpose and business model to align the sector with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Both the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change have set ambitious targets to deliver a…
read moreIn conjunction with the Oxford-Morland-West Africa Graduate Scholarship West Africa includes: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Principe and Togo. There is one Rhodes Scholarship for West Africa each year. The Scholarship for West Africa…
read moreVolunteering simply means to offer one’s services without getting paid for it. It is generally considered as an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial gain to benefit another person, group or organisation. The intent is to promote goodness and the quality of life. In Nigeria, many sustainability focused organisations…
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