Foreign Direct Investment drops 29.7% to $362.8 m in H1’20
By Peter Egwuatu The contribution of foreign direct investments, FDI, to the nation’s economic growth recorded a major setback in the six months period ended June 2020 (H1’20) as inflows dropped by 29.7 percent to N137.6 billion ($362.84 million) from N178.6 billion ($470.51 million) in the corresponding period of 2019(H1’19). This represents the highest Year-on-Year, […]
Literary efforts in rescuing a nation in bondage
By Prisca Sam-Duru With the removal of history as a subject from the Nigerian school curriculum, one can’t help but commend individuals in the creative industry who have through their works, helped in the preservation of events that have so far shaped the existence of the most populous black nation. It’s been six turbulent decades […]
Optimizing Technology: Why Nigerian businesses should invest in user research – Patrick Ogundele
Using the population index, Nigeria has the biggest market in Africa with a population of almost 200 million. Lagos, being the nation’s commercial hub, is quite responsive to the global trend. For decades, only banks were predominantly among the early adopters of new technology. Today, businesses in Lagos have taken a surprising turn where most […]
WAACSP holds 2020 professional certification in Nigeria, Ghana in October
West Africa Association of Customer Service Professionals, WAACSP, an umbrella body of Customer Service professionals in the Ecowas region will next month holds online its 2nd DiietBi annual professional certification in customer service in Nigeria and Ghana. The certification billed to start October 22nd, 2020 would hold online following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Zulum: Northern CSOs urge military to sustain onslaught against terrorists in northern Borno
…say attacks cowardly instigated for propaganda The Coalition of Northern Civil Society Organisations have urged the Nigerian military to sustain its current onslaught against terrorists in northern Borno. According to the CSOs, the recent attacks by the sect is a propaganda attempt, born out of desperation to remain relevant amidst massive success by the troops. […]
Fati, Messi score in 4-1 Barcelona victory over Villareal
Lionel Messi’s desire to leave Barcelona showed no sign of impacting his on-pitch performance as he and Ansu Fati led the 4-0 dismantling of Villarreal on Sunday, marking a triumphant start to the Ronald Koeman era. Barca have been engulfed by all manner of turmoil since losing 8-2 to Bayern Munich in their previous competitive match […]
