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Heritage Bank Supports Over 500 Widows, Receives UN Award for Humanitarian Service

Heritage Bank received the 2022 United Nations Award for Humanitarian Service by the Widows & Orphans Support Society of Nigeria (WOSSA), as no fewer than 500 widows and orphans in Lagos State…

FirstBank to Empower 500 Widows

First Bank of Ngeria Limited is to empower 500 widows in 2019 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibilities and Sustainable Week (CSR).   Already, the Bank has empowered 125 widows as…

“White Widow”, Kenyan Mall Bomber Was in Nigeria-UK Paper

Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow known as “White Widow” accused of masterminding the despicable terrorist attack on Kenyan shopping mall which killed more than 60 people was in Nigeria and…

UK Newspaper Links Samantha Lewthwaite, White Widow to Abuja Bombing

Samantha Lewthwaite, white widow,  may be the terror mastermind behind a horrific attack in Abuja, capital of Nigeria yesterday which left 80 dead and hundreds wounded, according to Daily Star ,…

How Shell Killed My Husband, Widow Tells Court in The Hague

Esther Kiobel, one of the widows of the nine environmental activists that were hanged by the Nigerian Military government in 1995, has given testimony in the court case she filed against Shell, an…

MTN Foundation Unveils Widows Empowerment Scheme

MTN Foundation, the corporate social responsibility vehicle of Nigeria’s leading ICT company, MTN Nigeria, has partnered with the Ministry of Women Affairs to commemorate the first ever International…

LAPO MFB’s Solid Support for Nigerian Women and Widows

By Bola G Ajayi It’s no exaggeration to say that gender equity is inscribed in the very DNA of LAPO Microfinance Bank and the other components of the LAPO Group. The first beneficiaries of this…

COVID-19: UK Aid Supports 6000 Commonwealth Veterans with 2 Meals Daily

The UK Aid says it will support over 6,000 Commonwealth veterans and widows living in poverty in developing countries with two healthy meals a day through coronavirus pandemic.   The British…

A Professor, a Podium, and a Promise to the Poor: How Yilwatda Turned a Convocation Lecture into a National Wake-Up Call

By Abimbola Tooki Convocation lectures are usually remembered for polished grammar, polite applause, and the ritual dash for refreshments. The one delivered at Federal University of Wukari was…

DStv Heats Up TV Screens With Two New Series on Telemundo

It’s all about love, intrigue, suspense and drama this February as DStv premieres two new exciting series, Under the Same Sky and A Passion for Revenge, on Telemundo (channel 118) starting on Monday,…

The Leadership Reset Powering West Africa’s Customer Experience Revolution

Across West Africa, digital transformation is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Mobile connectivity continues to rise across key markets such as Nigeria, with a tele-density of 101.16%, and Ghana, where penetration exceeds 135%.

Women to Watch in GMB’s Govt

The outgoing administration of President Goodluck Jonathan boasts of an array of influential women, who command much respect even among their male counterparts, according to the Punch.  Apart…

Glo Gives NULGE 25,000 Toll Free Lines

Globacom yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide 25,000 toll-free telephone lines for members of the Lagos State Chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees…

Adams Adeleke, the Harder Step from Learning to Earning

A degree still opens a door. In a labour market that now stretches from Lagos to London, the test is whether knowledge survives contact with a live system.

Intron Brings Natural African Language Mixing to Voice AI

Intron, an Africa-centric voice technology platform, today unveiled Sahara v2.5, a major leap forward for African voice AI that enables computers to understand one of the continent's most common ways of communicating: mixing languages within the same sentence and conversation.

Lagos Inaugurates Selection Committee for Dangote Grant

Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, in collaboration with Dangote Foundation, has inaugurated the Local Government Dangote Foundation Micro Grants’ Beneficiary selection…

Alakija, World’s Richest Woman Shuns Lagos Politics

Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, the richest black woman on earth has disassociated herself from the media blitz surrounding her rumored plans to succeed Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola as governor of Lagos…

Telemundo Gives DStv, GOtv Subscribers Sneak Preview of ‘A Passion for Revenge’

Lovers of telenovelas on DStv and GOtv platforms were treated last weekend to a thrilling pre-screening of the breath-taking new telenovela ‘A Passion for Revenge’ that is set to premiere on…

Brighter Side of Mayan Year

Along with predicting the end of the world in 2012, the ancient Mayan calendar could have helped mankind if it threw in a few forecasts about the economy this year to encourage profligacy or…

Nigeria, South Africa Others to Drive MVNO Market in Africa - Report

Airtel Touching Lives….Changing the fortune of Nigerians in Need

Nigeria’s telecom giant, Airtel, in its current revolutionary CSR TV series that is focused on empowering underprivileged individuals, communities and groups in the society, Airtel Touching lives,…

iROKOtv Launches Mobile App Exclusively on Nokia Lumia

iROKOtv, the world's largest online distributor of Nigerian movies, has announced the launch of a brand new mobile app for the platform, in an exclusive partnership with Nokia, global phone…

Qualcomm Opens Office in Nigeria

Qualcomm has opened an office in Lagos, to serve as the Company's hub for West Africa business operations. The office will provide support to mobile operators and device manufacturers serving…

Microsoft Gives $70,000 to BIITC

Microsoft has donated $70,000 (N10 million) to the Bola Ige Information Technology Centre (BIITC) for the third phase of its Unlimited Potential (UP) programme which aims to facilitate information…

MTN Foundation Clocks 10 Today, Spends N11Bn on 341 Projects

With its pioneering status as the first Foundation to be established by a Nigerian telecommunication company, MTN Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle of leading ICT Company, MTN…

FG Urges On-Air Personalities to Support War against Corruption

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, mnister of Information and Culture, has urged On-Air Personalities (OAPs) to support the Federal Government in prosecuting the war against corruption, using their various…

Army Reluctant to Fight Boko Haram over Low Morale, Poor Weapons

A Nigerian soldier in the frontline of the battle against Boko Haram, the radical Islamic militants has accused Nigerian leaders of treating the war on terror like a football game where it is…

Airtel Offers Economic Empowerment to Women

Airtel Nigeria, one of the leading mobile operators has empowered the lives of two women to fulfill their life-long ambitions of being economically independent in the second episode of the Airtel…

MTN Foundation Donations Hit N10Bn, Rivers State Benefits‎

MTN Foundation has invested over 10 billion naira in social projects in the key areas of education, health and economic empowerment in 341 locations across the 36 states of Nigeria and the FCT. And…

Ekeh, Zinox Boosts Terror Fund with N100m

Leo Stan Ekeh, Nigeria's icon of Hope and chairman, Zinox Group has donated some N100 million to the fund to support victims of terror in the country. The donation is a stand out support by an…