Day: 11 December 2019

FirstBank Sponsored National Company of the Year winners claim 4 awards in Africa Company of the Year contest

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Taidob College Abeokuta, winners of the 2019 National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) organized by Junior Achievement Nigeria and sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Friday 6 December 2019, represented Nigeria in Ghana at the 2019 African Company of the Year competition. Taidob College left Ghana with four awards in the keenly contested competition, comprising representatives from 10 other Junior Achievement member countries in Africa, notably from the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Botswana, Kenya and South Africa. Team Nigeria (represented by Taidob…

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We’ll encourage Nigerian youth to realise their potential – Gbajabiamila

Jide Ige

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has assured that the House under his leadership would encourage Nigerian youth to realise their potential.He said the House believes that Nigerian youth have a lot to offer, hence the need to give them a push for the benefit of the country.Gbajabiamila spoke when he hosted a young Nigerian from Surulere, Mrs Olasubomi Iginla Aina, who was recently honoured with the title of the Member of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen of England.The Speaker said Mrs Aina has…

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Iru community erupts in crisis as two Princes emerge Oniru-elect

Jide Ige

The purported announcements of Akeem Ajasa, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) and Adesegun Oniru, a former commissioner in Lagos State and scion of the late Abiodun Oniru family as Oniru-elect to the stool of Oniru of Iru land in upscale Victoria Island, Lagos have thrown the very urbanised community into crisis. Two separate videos announcing the choices of Ajasa and Oniru have since gone viral on social media. Ajasa’s choice was reportedly announced by Chief Biliaminu Sanni in Lagos on Wednesday. Reacting swiftly to the appointment, aggrieved members of…

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