In light of the Nigerian Government’s prioritisation of science and technology in education, Gateway Business (the leading provider of pan-African corporate connectivity) will be collaborating with a number of schools in Lagos State on various educational initiatives. These partnerships will form part of an ongoing Gateway Business project to empower the young generation.

A Europe-wide test of the safety of its banks risks becoming a sideshow as long as politicians struggle to contain the continent’s debt crisis and the detrimental impact on day-to-day funding for lenders.

As part of moves towards stemming the declining fortune of the Nigerian capital market, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has said that it will appoint market makers from among the top 10 stock-broking firms in the market.

In recognition of his contribution to the growth of marketing communication and destination branding in Nigeria, the World Bank has invited Mr. Tunji Olugbodi, Group Managing Director of Verdant Zeal Marketing Communications Limited along with 24 other communication experts around the globe for a 10-day executive course on Communications and Governance Reform.

FIVE Nigerians have been appointed departmental heads in Airtel Nigeria and Sierra-Leone, in what the telecommunications company said is part of the firm’s goal of identifying, targeting and recruiting top Nigerian talents and providing them opportunities for growth, develop leadership skills and achieve overall professional fulfilment.

Investors’ agony continued last week, as the value of their investment on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, dipped last week by N152.8 billion.

Mr. Franklin Ozekhome, is the Director, CoolBrands Africa, he spoke with Princewill Ekwujuru on the coming of the CoolBrand Team from Amsterdam to Nigeria, their mission and the evolving new trend in campaign strategy referred to as The Story-Telling analogy.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Abuja Chapter, has offered to assist the Federal Government to prepare its annual budgets early enough to enable the legislature pass them at the beginning of each fiscal year.

The Lagos chapter of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), the foremost people management institute in Africa, is set to hold its 9th annual conference at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo, Badagry.

Air travel in Nigeria is gradually being taken away from the reach of the middle class as the airline operators in the country have increased the cost of air tickets to various destinations in the country hiding under the guise of the increase in Passenger Service Charge (PSC) introduced by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal 2(MMA2) recently.