New strikes expected on Lufthansa starting Wednesday The German national carrier and founding member of the Star Alliance is in trouble again. Lufthansa’s brand image for a reliable as an on time airline may be history for some time to come. Lufthansa said the planned strike was
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Interested in a career in fashion? Here are eight fashion-related roles to turn your interest into a career opportunity. Fashion designers can either work for a company, as a freelancer or independently on their own fashion label. While some designers are generalists, working across a wide range of products, others focus completely on a specialist […]
The Minister of Culture and Tourism and the Supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke , has appealed to the over 500,000 registered cooperative societies in Nigeria to give loans to young people for small and medium enterprises in order to check unemployment. He made the appeal when members of the National Association of Cooperative […]
Last week,the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)supported First Lego League to inaugurate the Robotic league program in Nigerian schools. The Director of Lego League, Mr Olajide Ajayi,spoke with our correspondent, Tony Nwakaegho, on the Robotics program. In this interview he gave an expose of how it all began and the future of First Lego […]
Today, searching for a property to rent or buy in Nigeria, could be a ramble in the woods or a stroll in the park, due to the average level of tech-savviness among Nigerians, in spite of an array of new technologies available at our fingertips. More specifically, two types of technology are becoming increasingly important […]
A smart cooking device that uses ‘satellite technology’ for precision-temperature cooking has been unveiled. The N105, 000 Cinder Sensing Cooker looks like a sandwich toaster but is used to cook a variety foods, including steak. An app tells you when your food is done and even stores it for up to two hours if you […]
Google has launched the Consumer Barometer 2014 in Nigeria in order to boost the knowledge of how Nigerians and people across the globe deploy the internet for commercial activities. Google created the Consumer Barometer which is in its fourth year to provide professionals such as marketers with the latest consumer insights to support their devising […]
Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has presented an Award of Excellence to Minister of Communication Technology, Dr (Mrs)Â Omobola Johnson, in recognition of her role in initiating policies and programmes fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the software ecosystem in Nigeria. President of ISPON, Pius Okigbo, presented the award to the Minister
Mary Uduma, President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has decried the situation where most of the federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are currently hosting their webs and emails’ servers outside of the country. Uduma said that the situation negate the government directive to register their websites with the country’s top level domain name
At more than half the population of all of West Africa, Nigeria is a country that no one can truly ignore even though it has remained a fledgling giant. The country is still considered an emerging market and a regional power. That is why it is a member of the MINT countries. But the interest […]
Boeing Co. has recently anÂnounced that high-density packÂages of lithium batteries presÂent fire risks and should not be carried on passenger planes unÂtil safer methods for their transÂport have been established. This adds another call to the increasing clamour to stop bulk shipments of lithium-ion batterÂies on passenger planes. Reuters recently quoted a BoeÂing
The Director General of NiÂgerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Usman Muhtar, has advised various unions in the aviation industry to always settle their differences amicably to achieve a harmonious workÂing environment. Speaking while playing host to members of the Air TransÂport Services Senior Staff AsÂsociation, ATSSSAN, Muhtar noted that strife among
The Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, has approved the reports of the committee on Aviation Revenue Automation Project (ARAP) to automate all aviation agencies revenue collection at airports. Chidoka made the approval when the ARAP committee preÂsented its findings and recomÂmendations to the minister in Lagos. He said the ministry has thereÂby approved a […]
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello, during a courteÂsy call by management of Daily Times to his office in Apapa, Lagos, revealed that the MariÂtime sector has the capacity to contribute about five times the revenue being earned from oil, assuring that with strengthÂened regulatory capacity given to the council to oversee […]
Lafarge Africa Plc, promiÂnent cement and building soÂlutions provider, has exhibÂited a robust positive outlook for the year 2015 by raising its stakes in UNICEM and AshakaCEM, the company’s profitability proÂfile also took a leap in 2014, with the company approving a N3.60 dividend for its shareholders repÂresenting nine per cent improveÂment over prior year’s. […]
Oando Energy Resources (OER) has announced output inÂcrease from the commencement of production on Qua Iboe Field. Oando Plc Energy Resources Inc, announced the completion of all civil and pipeline works asÂsociated with the Qua Iboe field, and associated crude delivery and sales infrastructure, with commercial production at 2,150 boepd Gross. Oando Energy Resources holds
Agriculture and manufacÂturing has been identified as two sectors capable of emancipating Nigeria from the uncertainty of an unstable mono-revenue source economy. The Group Executive Director of Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin, addressing newsmen in Lagos, stressed that the salvaÂtion of the Nigerian economy in the future depends on massive agricultural revolution and
The Director-General of the National Automotive Council, (NAC), Engr. Aminu JaÂlal, has stated that the National Automotive policy will bolster the use of advanced and precise technology in the manufacturÂing sector in the country. Jalal made the declaration during an interactive session with journalists at the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, in Lagos on Friday. He further
Nigeria is now about launching into another era of economic boom predicated o effective harnessing of non oil products for growth an development, the Executiv Director of Nigerian Exports Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo has assured. Awolowo said this agains the background of Nigeria’s dwindling revenue from oil resources caused by the glut in global […]
A former President, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Mr. Ayba Wabba, has been elected President of Nigeria Labour Congress at the NLC delegates conference in Abuja. The NLC rescheduled election was concluded this morning at the Eagle Square in the nation’s federal capital.
