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Brand Communicator, a leading brands and marketing publication, has concluded plans to host the fifth edition of its prestigious annual Women In Marketing and Communications Conference/Awards (WIMCA) on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. The event is scheduled to hold at the Prestigious Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos at 9 am prompt. The theme for […]
Winifred Bosa The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. According to a press release by WHO, the recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya […]
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Godfrey Efeurhobo, its current Home Broadband Director, as Chief Commercial Officer. Efeurhobo, whose appointment takes effect on the 18th of October, will report to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director as a member of the Executive Council and will be responsible for Airtel […]
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin I. Emefiele says the high level of confidence in the payment system introduced by the apex bank “between 2015 and 2020 has attracted the investment of about $500m in firms run by Nigerian founders.” Emefiele who disclosed this in his keynote address delivered at the 31st Seminar […]
Winifred Bosa Children and young people could feel the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health and well-being for many years to come, UNICEF warned in its flagship report recently. According to The State of the World’s Children 2021; On My Mind: promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health – UNICEF’s most comprehensive look […]
Amaka Obiefuna In a couple of days from now, the Central Bank of Nigeria will be unveiling it’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the eNaira, making Nigeria one of the first countries in Africa, and indeed the globe, to adopt the digitization of its national currency. The Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefele, made the […]
National Pension Commission (PenCom) says the nation’s total pension assets have risen to over N13 trillion. Director-general of the pension commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, made the disclosure yesterday at the opening ceremony of the two-day sensitisation workshop on the “Eradication of Pension Fraud in Nigeria” in Abuja. That means the pension assets’ value rose by N22 […]