Nigeria’ll not be Africa’s warehouse, but Africa’s workshop — Tinubu
By Yinka Kolawole President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria will no longer be content with exporting raw materials and importing finished products, saying the country is determined to become Africa’s industrial workshop. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of State for Industry, Sen.John Enoh, spoke at the 6th Adeola Odutola lecture and Presidential […]
FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N609.95bn November revenue
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed N609.95 billion from the federation Account to Federal, States and Local Government as revenue generated in November.
US launches YALI transparency campaign in Lagos
Members of the Young Africa Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network recently kick-started a month-long “Transparency and Good Governance Campaign” in commemoration of the 2017 International Anti-Corruption Day.
Data protection experts task NASS on legal framework
African Academic Network on Internet Policy has requested that the National Assembly inserts the following in data protection framework or bill, “the use of personal data must be in accordance with the purpose for which it was collected, consent of the individual must be obtained prior to collecting his/her personal data; rights of the individual to seek legal remedies for misuse and or unauthorized access to his/her personal data must be guaranteed”.
Group empowers differently abled children
In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Event Industry Nigeria (EIN) in collaboration with Event Market Nigeria (EMN) recently supported the differently abled in the society by organizing a charity event tagged, ‘Differently Abled Meet and Greet’ for Pacelli School for the Blind and partially sighted children, Surulere, Lagos.
Vatebra emerges ‘Tech Company of the year’ at NiTA awards
Leading Pan-African Tech Solutions provider, Vatebra Limited emerged the Technology Company of the year for 2017 at the Nigerian Technology Awards (NiTA) Ceremony held in Lagos recently. In winning the most coveted award of the night “the Technology Company of the year” Vatebra topped the list of nominees in a category with some industry big names. Having bagged the same award in 2016, Vatebra has concretized its position as the backbone of Information Technology Solutions in Africa.
