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8 Dec
This year’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence ends on Sunday, December 10. With the “Unite! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls,” a lot still needs to be done to protect women and girls in Nigeria, a case in point being the thriving Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
5 Dec
ROTIMI BANKOLE: Astute Professional, Creating Innovations That Help Clients Stay Ahead At All Times Whenever media agencies are being discussed in respect to adhering to global best practice, professionalism and integrity consciousness, one name that features prominently is the SBI Media Group, a company established with a mission to offer best-in-class media solutions to clients with a transparent process and fulfilled staff.
1 Dec
Sa’ad A. Jijji, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (Ag.) of Pension Alliance Limited (PAL PFA), is a 1995 graduate of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University as well a 2009 MBA graduate from University of Oxford. He is also a member Institute of Directors of Nigeria (IOD). His 26 years working career spans across many sectors of the economy starting in 1997 as one of the pioneer staff of Intercellular Limited, a Telco Operator. Sa’ad later switched to Banking with Citibank Nigeria all in Lagos. In 2004, Sa’ad opened MTN Kaduna Office as Manager. A year later, he was promoted to Regional Manager, based in Abuja, in charge of Northern Nigeria. In 2008, he was moved to MTN Head Office as National Customer Intelligence Manager, strategizing for the company’s then 50 million customers.
1 Dec
The Nigerian sports industry is an integral part of the nation’s economy and cultural heritage. Unfortunately, despite the fact that the country has produced world-renowned sports legends, who have brought pride to Nigeria on the global stage, the industry is still largely plagued by myriad of problems. The list is endless; from insufficient funding for sports development, lack of direct support from government, poor welfare package for both active and retired sportsmen/women, scarcity of qualified coaches, high rate of unskilled and unqualified coaches, lack of adequate sports infrastructures, poor maintenance of sports facilities, lack of investment in sports infrastructure development, to inadequate sports technology and equipment. 
1 Dec
Mr. John Anim is a proven ardent manager of people and resources in different capacities. Before becoming the Managing Director/CEO of Platform Petroleum Limited in 2021, he was the Petroleum Engineering Manager, leading and delivering on asset-related corporate targets and ensuring prudent, cost-effective, and optimal operation of the company’s assets.
1 Dec
Professor Ahmed bin Salawudeen, FIIN, FCIB, FCALM, PH. D, ACII (London), is an exemplary Insurance industry leader and Real Estate maverick with over 40 years’ experience spanning global markets.
1 Dec
One of Nigeria’s notable business leaders, driving the nation’s industrial and economic development with indigenous capacity, is Chief Habeeb Olalekan Okunola, OFR, MON, FICA, the Aare Tayese of Iseyinland, Akosin of Yorubaland, and the Chief Executive Officer of TILT Group,
25 Nov
Ajibade discusses critical issues facing the Nigerian economy, including debt profile, subsidies and deregulation of the downstream segment of the petroleum industry, poor compliance with accounting standards by state governments and the many steps his organisation has been taken in the last 25 years to contribute to national development.
15 Nov
Since its establishment in 1962, the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife and now fondly referred to as OAU), has carved a niche for itself as a foremost institution in Nigeria. OAU has lived up to the purpose for which it was established towards the pursuit of excellence in knowledge through learning and research.…
4 Nov
“Our landmark achievement is the development of Nigeria’s first indigenous Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)” - Raji The Focus Group is a conglomerate of ICT companies that provides end-to-end solutions and services to solve present and future challenges. With headquarters in Lagos and outlets across Nigeria, we combine hardware, software, and services to offer game-changing ICT…
4 Nov
The worth of the educational system in any country is its ability to produce quality output, that is, students that can contribute meaningfully to the development of its society. Consequently, it is trite to say that quality assurance should be of essence at all level of a nation’s educational system, particularly, at the secondary school…
29 Oct
In the federal cabinet, she exudes passion, energy, doggedness, results, dexterity, hard work, goal-oriented and purposefulness.

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