The federal government on Wednesday, 21 February, 2018 said it was talking with potential financiers, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to provide contributory finance to investors in modular refineries in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS)…
read moreCall for Application: February 1st Deadline for submitting online application and all supplementary documents: June 1st Program Information: Two categories of grants are offered in the ARSP: research grants and program and curriculum development grants. Research Grants: Awards of 3 to 9 months are offered for selected university faculty professionals to conduct research in any academic discipline…
read moreWhen people think about threats to their environment, what comes to their mind is industrial pollution and car emission, not the food they eat. The truth is that, our efforts in poverty reduction and finding solution to end hunger, are making agriculture a major ‘killer’ of the mother earth. Agriculture is posing one of the…
read moreAuthor ~ Elias Gbadamosi Humanity is at the wake of another massive industrial revolution; the fourth industrial revolution. Unlike previous revolutions, the fourth industrial revolution is majorly digital and thrives on its ability to merge diverse technologies thereby closing the gaps between the physical, digital and biological worlds. At the heart of this industrial revolution…
read moreThere is huge excitement and expectation in the Nigerian Football fraternity as the inaugural edition of the NFF Football Awards, supported by partners AITEO as Sponsors and Lagos State as Host City. The inaugural is scheduled to hold at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday, 19th February 2018. It is the…
read moreAfrican Leadership University (ALU) is proud to partner with the Graça Machel Trust and the Mandela Institute of Development Studies (MINDS) to launch the Mandela Centennial Scholarship Programme, a landmark scholarship that will celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the greatest African leaders of the last century – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, fondly known as Madiba. President Mandela firmly believed in…
read moreIn our mind’s eye, the Africa we see, is that continent which has long empowered the global economy. Inversely, the real Africa today is largely engrossed with poverty, resulting from depleted natural resources as well as irresponsible business models and political systems that have inflicted economic woes on the continent. In our previous article, we…
read moreAuthor ~ Ebuka Onunaiwu We may have learnt in the past that corporate social responsibility (CSR) or sustainability is good for business and that it positively affects the core functions of a business from reputation to marketing, sales, employee engagement, employee productivity and morale, investors perception and decisions, human resources and many other aspects of…
read moreA Nigerian man living in one of the world’s most polluted cities has been hailed for “leading by example” and cleaning up his community in the face of government inaction. Chris Junior Anaekwe, 28, drew the applause of the internet for leading a group of local teenagers in tackling rubbish in their neighbourhood in Onitsha,…
read moreThe Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2018/2019 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award for: i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco,Algeria, Serbia, Hungary,Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey,Cuba, Romania, Ukraine, Japan,Macedonia; and ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those…
read moreAs the saying goes: ‘necessity is the mother of innovation’. This justifies the fact that, many countries have experienced several breakthrough in innovation during crisis such as natural disaster, epidemic, war amongst others. These crises triggered the invention of technologies and ideas that leapfrogged some countries to their current developed state. But in Africa, a…
read moreAuthor ~ Funmi Akindejoye The death of three missionary nurses in the town of Lassa in Borno State, Nigeria, after caring for an infected obstetrical patient in 1969, led to the discovery of the virus in Nigeria. Lassa fever (LF) is a zoonotic disease that is spread to people through contact with items or food…
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