Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, a member of Standard Bank Group, has reeled out a three-pronged framework that underscores its approach to sustainability and support to its clientele, employees and the society at large. The Social, Economic and Environmental (SEE) framework, the organisation said, is designed to support the wellbeing of communities by delivering value through…
read moreUNDP and Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) through the Lagos State Employability Support Project plan to increase the pool of skilled manpower to alleviate the acute shortages of employable labor. The project will improve the quality of labour in these sectors: Manufacturing, Health Care, Construction, Entertainment, and Hospitality. It is expected that through the…
read moreTechnology giant, Google has honoured Nigerian literary icon, Chinua Achebe on its doodle, adding up to the long list of awards clinched by the writer in life and in death. Google said on its website on Thursday that it honoured Achebe on its doodle today; Nov. 16 would have been Achebe’s 87th birthday. The News…
read moreThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries of excessive debt services in the respective economies. According to IMF regional outlook unveiled in Abuja yesterday, debt servicing costs are becoming a burden especially in oil-producing countries, noting that such costs are expected to absorb over 60 per-cent of government revenues…
read moreMonitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a process that helps improve performance and achieve results. Its goal is to improve current and future management of outputs, outcomes and impact. It is mainly used to assess the performance of projects, institutions and programs set up by governments, international organisations and NGOs. It establishes links between the past, present…
read moreDeadline: 14 December 2017 Nominations are open for the 2018 Commonwealth Commonwealth Youth Awards.
read moreThe Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) is a charitable company dedicated to the training of farmers in modern and sustainable agricultural practices and rational use of natural resources. The Foundation has been running agricultural training for youths and farmers since 1987 and currently has six schools in the different agro-ecological zones in Nigeria. The schools are located…
read moreThe use of power generators by Nigerians to provide domestic electrification has become a common and acceptable practice in a country that possesses over 30,000MV worth of electrical generation capacity, and supplies about 25 percent of neighbouring Ghana’s gas power. Records show that over 60 million Nigerians actively use electric power generators, and spend a…
read moreAuthor ~ Bekeme Masade-Olowola Nigeria and other developing nations have long been ridiculed with the rhetorical question: “Can any good thing come from Nazareth?” This was why when the federal government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), established the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in July 19, 2010, many groaned in despair –…
read moreAuthor ~ Bekeme Masade-Olowola Two weeks ago, we commenced a
read moreAuthor ~ Kingson Elendu Debt servicing costs are becoming a burden in Nigeria, and was expected to absorb more than 60 percent of government revenues in 2017, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Regional Economic Outlook released on 30 October, 2017. The World Bank, through its Senior Economist, Gloria Joseph-Raji, also warned that the…
read moreMinister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole To check the rising rate of maternal and child mortality in the country, a leading mobile telecommunications giant, MTN’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm, MTN Foundation, has flagged off a partnership health education sensitisation programme with the Federal Ministry of Health to assist intending mothers overcome challenges leading to…
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