Entertainment

Government committed to making the country more investment-friendly-Prof. Yemi Osibanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2019

Isaac Oguntoye The Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibajo reiterated that the one of the major focus of the present administration is to make the country more investment-friendly to potential investors across the globe. Osinbajo stated this at a two-day event in Lagos, tagged

Business

FAAN laments space constraints at Lagos airport over parked aircraft

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2019

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has decried the inadequate space at the apron side of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, saying that it affects other users. This is as DHL, which uses Lagos Airport as its hub in West Africa has threatened to relocate its operations away from the […]

Business

Thomson Reuters unveils Refinitiv, awards West Africa customers

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2018 0

As part of its strategy of giving customers the best, Thomson Reuters has launched its new brand identity, renamed its financial and risk business unit, ‘Refinitiv’. This was disclosed at the West Africa Excellence Awards recently organised in Lagos to appreciate its existing customers who have in no small measure patronised and contributed to the […]

News

Organised private sector in W/Africa collaborates on data protection

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2018 0

The organised Private sector in West Africa has stated their resolve to collaborate with government agencies involved in data regulation and control to curb all forms of cyber crimes as well as sensitizing the citizens on the need for personal data protection. Speaking at a High level policy round table on general data protection regulation […]

Press Release

Consumer Confidence holds steady in West Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2018 0

Nigerian and Ghanaian Consumer Confidence up by 1 point in each country in Quarter 3, 2017 The release of Nielsen’s latest Consumer Confidence Index figures for Quarter 3, 2017 has been marked by small increases and a relatively stable performance in both Ghana and Nigeria, with the latter climbing one point to 117, while Ghana’s […]

Africa News

Annual voodoo celebration takes place in Benin

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2018

Thousands of voodoo followers on January 10th converged at the beach in Ouidah, Benin where they worship spirits and pay homage to the millions of slaves who have passed by this road, when Ouidah was a key location for slave trade in West Africa. Born in the kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Togo and Benin), voodoo […]

News Tech

Uber launches new products to support driver-partners’ needs

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Uber today announced a powerful set of new features on the app that will make it even easier for driver-partners across Nigeria to choose when, where, and how they drive. Driver-partners in Nigeria choose to drive with Uber because they can use the app on their own terms. With these new features, Uber is doubling […]

Celebrities Entertainment

AU, AFRIMA Unveils Exciting Events Calendar

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2017 0

The African Union Commission, AUC and the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has unveiled some of the exciting programme of activities and performers billed for the AFRIMA 2017 main events to hold in the Official Host City, Lagos State between Friday, November 10 and Sunday, November 12 at various premium locations […]

Nigeria Tech

Cybercrimes rise in West Africa – Report

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2017 0

As part of its ongoing Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series (CUES),Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cyber security solutions, in collaboration with INTERPOL, recently released research on cybercriminal activity in West Africa, tagged: “Cybercrime in West Africa: Poised for an Underground Economy.” Currently, West African cybercriminal activity is driven by

Business News

Collaboration’ll reduce cost of doing business

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2017 0

The Managing Director, National Engineering Technical Company (NETCO), SikyAliyu, stated that collaboration among service companies in the country will help to bring down the cost of doing business. It can reduce cost of doing business if investors start establishing companies and also will bring about employment generation. Aliyu stated this at the recent West African

Business

UBA Wins best CSR Company in West Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2016 0

Pan African banking Group, UBA has emerged the best institution in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in West Africa. Its CSR arm; UBA Foundation won the best CSR/Sustainability, West Africa Award at the 10thSERAs (Social Enterprise Report Awards) ceremony which held at the Muson Centre in Lagos Nigeria on Friday November 11, 2016.   UBA Foundation, beat other […]

News

IDC CIO Summit to Host 150 Tech Leaders across West Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2015 0

International Data Corporation (IDC) today formally announced the latest installment of its groundbreaking West Africa CIO Summit, confirming that the event will take place on May 13–14 at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos. This year’s edition will run under the theme ‘ Where IT Meets Business’ will attract more than 150 CIOs, technology decision makers, […]

News

Arik Air Suspends Service to Dubai

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2015 0

Arik Air suspends service to Dubai Arik Air, West Africa’s largest airline currently serving 18 destinations across Nigeria as well 12 international routes including London’s Heathrow Airport and New York’s JFK Airport announced today that its Executive Board has taken the decision to temporarily suspend its Dubai service operating from Lagos via Abuja with effect from

News Tech

Resourcery Set to Host ‘Designed to Impact Ghana’ Forum

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

West Africa’s foremost Information Technology Company, Resourcery Plc; with the vision of providing innovative solutions that optimize service delivery and business performance is set to host stakeholders and key decision makers across the major economic sectors of Ghana in a forum dubbed “Designed to Impact Ghana”. Resourcery Plc which goes by the slogan “Solutions, not

Politics

Gowon Wants Single Government for West Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

Former Head of State and one of the major founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), General Yakubu Gowon, has advocated the creation of a common government for West Africa States. According to him, this will work for the common good of the 15-nation Community estimated at 300 million people as […]

Africa

S’ Leone District Records First Ebola Case in Month

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2015 0

Sierra Leone’s eastern district of Kailahun, once a hotbed of Ebola, has recorded its first case in nearly four months, threatening progress made to stamp out the disease, officials said Saturday.   A 9-month-old boy tested positive for Ebola after dying in Kailahun, the district on Guinea’s border that recorded Sierra Leone’s first Ebola case […]

Health

West Africa Records 10,000 Ebola Death Cases- WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2015 0

A recent reported released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that the death toll from the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa has passed 10,000 Liberia has recorded the most deaths with 4,162. Sierra Leone is the second worst-hit nation with 3,655, and Guinea has recorded 2,187 dead, according to the data. The […]

Africa Headlines News Nigeria

[ICYMI] Boko Haram Will Be Over In A Couple Of Days- Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2015 0

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the dreaded Islamic terror group Boko Haram, will be defeated in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, all in Nigeria’s north east geo political zone in the next couple of days. President Jonathan, who made this known during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), said that […]