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Olam, a leading food and agribusiness conglomerate, is set to hold its inaugural webinar series, the Olam Green Land Webinar Series, themed Deepening the wheat farming development programme in Nigeria through innovation, increasing investments and collaborations. The webinar series, which will hold on March 26, 2021, will be headlined by award-winning scientist, Dr Filippo Maria Bassi, a senior scientist at the International Centre for the Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) based in Morocco, where he leads the durum wheat breeding team to deliver varieties adapted to dryland agriculture. Dr Bassi will deliver the keynote address. Speaking on the rationale…

Recently, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC announced the promotions of several of its women to top executive roles across the Stanbic IBTC Group. These included the promotions of Wunmi Ehis-Uzenabor as Executive Director, Operations, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management; Busola Jejelowo as Executive Director, Investments, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management; Emi Agaba-Oloja, Executive Director, Stanbic IBTC Trustees; and Sakeenat Bakare, Executive Director, Business Development, Stanbic IBTC Insurance. These promotions which were in line with Stanbic IBTC’s corporate governance structure and succession policy further showcased the financial institution’s posture as an equal opportunity organisation. Both male and female employees are privileged to rise as…

The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) has announced its inaugural masterclass in partnership with the globally-reputed Henley Business School. The three-day virtual training programme, with the theme, “The Future of Advertising”, will hold from 11 to 13 March. AAAN President, Mr. Steve Babaeko, explained that the masterclass is aimed at providing junior level management staff, advertising professionals and young graduates with proper grounding and foundation for a successful career in Brand Management/Marketing Communications. He also stated that Henley Business School will support the masterclass with its business curriculum. “We are excited to launch the AAAN Academy with this…

Residents of Jakande Estate, Mile 2, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State have called on the State Government to intervene in the activities of Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC) and Lagos State Taskforce on Environment LSTE’s bid to take over their community recreation park from them. The residents, today held a peaceful protest calling for the intervention of the State Government on the suspected land grabbers using the office of the state government to hijack landed property meant for the community purposes. With different inscription of placards which reads; ‘LBIC Handoff Our Utility Space’, ‘Don’t Flood Our Homes’,…

{Lagos, Nigeria. 10.03.2021}- Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), in partnership with all financial service providers is set to launch a QR Code driven payment solution. NQR Payment Solution is an indigenous Quick Response code platform being introduced by NIBSS on behalf of all financial service providers. This innovative solution will serve as a catalyst to boost financial inclusion while providing access to faster, easier and secure financial services to Nigerians. It provides a “touch-free” option of receiving and making payments for goods and services by simply scanning to pay. The NQR Solution will be launched on the 15th of…

By Daniel Aladesehin (dannycrown@gmail.com) In what appears like a full slap in the face, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has for the umpteenth time demonstrated his nonchalance to the growth of Nigeria’s first state-owned television station which ordinarily should be his baby. This is despite repeated calls on him to give due attention to Lagos Television (LTV) which is his government’s only TV station. His latest action of launching a so-called world-class film and television institute by the privately owned Ebony Life TV shows that indeed, the governor gives no hoot about the struggling Lagos Television LTV right there…

By Chris Vic Churchill. Amazing testimonies of healing as people connect with SNR. PROPHET JEREMIAH OMOTO FUFEYIN through online Zoom service THEMED. DREAMS INTERPRETATION AND SOLUTION (DIS) The General Overseer of Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, in a zeal and quest to propagate the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over the World, on February 4, 2021 during an online service prophetically declared healing power of God upon millions of his online followers. The church is still receiving various testimonies of divine healing from diverse diseases, infirmities and demonic afflictions without any physical contact with persons concerned…

LAGOS – Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has urged the ministry of education and the federal government to prioritise research on nanotechnology for national development. Lateef Agbaje, a Professor of Microbiology and Head, Nanotechnology research group (NANO+) of LAUTECH at the 38th inaugural lecture of the institution pointed dearth of experts, deficiency of curricula in covering materials science and nanotechnology, lack of dedicated funding and national policy on Nanotechnology as some of the impediments against nanotechnology research and development (R&D) in Nigeria. The expert viewed that tackling the impediments would enable Nigeria tap into the $714.6 billion…

Nonso Okpala, VFD Group Boss jumps on the #TEFChallenge in an interview and spoke on the importance of the 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme for young entrepreneurs. What were you up to before this call came in?Well, my morning rituals of responding to emails, a thousand and one of them. But I think I’m almost through. Do you mind? What that item over there (points to an artwork on the table)?Right… It’s the sculpture of honorable Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first indigenous governor-general of Nigeria. This was done by an artist in 1962. I noticed there are a lot of art pieces here, which one…

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector have been named as a major driver of growth in the Nigerian economy, and one which stakeholders need to simplify processes for. This statement was made by Akeem Lawal, Divisional CEO for Payments Processing at Interswitch, when he featured on the CNBC Power Lunch programme on Monday, March 1, 2021. He explained that payment being a pinpoint for businesses needed to be simplified, hence the introduction of the Quickteller Business, a platform which connects small businesses with their consumers, while removing the hassles attached to building a website or developing technology capabilities.“The SME…