NGO trains over 20,000 undergraduates on plastic pollution
By Peter Egwuatu U-Recycle Initiative Africa, a youth-led Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, has trained over twenty thousand youths across four federal universities in Nigeria through the second edition of its flagship multi-year initiative for universities, called PlasticWize 2.0. The NGO is advancing environmental education, circular economy solutions, and climate action across Africa. Through PlasticWize 2.0, themed, “Redefining […]
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Ikeja Electric fights corrupt practices among personnel
IKEJA Electric said it has stepped up efforts against the corrupt attitude of its officers.The Electricity Distribution company said it has commenced fight which aims at curbing unethical practices across its network and also encouraging customers to report such practices.
2016 in review: Manufacturing sector groans under recession weight
DESPITE expectations of better business environment in 2016, the reverse was the case for operators in the manufacturing sector of the economy.
Top stock recommendations for year-end, 2016
Stock buys at the end of year (in the last one week of the year) are usually tied strategically to new year positioning with blue chip companies getting most favourable trades.
December sentiment largely positive for stocks
With just three trading days to go for 2016 trading year, stocks appeared heading to a positive close, though too late to recover from year-to-date, YtD, losses record in 2016.
Who Owns First Guarantee Pension?
To say that there has been a deliberate attempt to misinform the public on the regulatory intervention of the National Pension Commission, PenCom, to save the First Guarantee Pension Limited, FGPL, a Pension Fund Administrator, PFA, is to state the obvious.
Amidst Recession, World Pension Summit Raises Hope for Infrastructure, Socio-Economic Development in Africa
The journey to Africa’s infrastructure sufficiency is certainly not a day’s job. But if the insights, suggestions, and opportunities flowing from the summit are taken advantage of, Africa, especially Nigeria, may well be on its way to acquiring infrastructural capacity needed to stimulate the much-needed socio-economic transformation
Vandalism: Oil producing communities to take over pipeline security
Oil producing communities, under the auspices of Host Communities of Nigeria (Producing Oil and Gas), HostCom, have promised to set up a pipeline security unit across the Niger Delta region to forestall the incessant cases of pipeline vandalism and protect other critical oil and gas facilities.
Year-to-Date return on investment down by 1.5%
YEAR to Date, YtD return on investment in the stock market has declined by 1. 5 per cent as the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE market capitalisation closed yesterday at N9.709 trillion from N9.85 trillion.
Guinness Nig Plc: Stock returns drop further, as investors protest bad results
As revenue dropped by 13.94 per cent, a corresponding (or near that) drop in cost would have made all the difference. But cost dropped by just 4.8 per cent.
